Once again, we cannot know the death rate without the infected rate, which is not available because of limited testing

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Mar 25, 2020
10:19:17pm

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The US death rate keeps creeping up. Now at 1.5%

cougarblue

3/25/20 10:17pm

Once again, we cannot know the death rate without the infected rate, which is not available because of limited testing

SJS

3/25/20 10:19pm

We will end up well below 1% imo

Backcountry

3/25/20 10:20pm

Fair point. I just felt better when it was less than 1% a few days ago.

cougarblue

3/25/20 10:23pm

The better marker right now is total deaths per day from COVID. The percent

Game Changer

3/25/20 10:53pm

Plus there remains some question as to the accuracy (sensitivity) of the test.

Taysom 4 Heisman

3/25/20 10:54pm

Death rate of people tested. Most sick people can’t even get tested so far.

idcougarfan

3/25/20 10:19pm

Yup. My MIL has all the symptoms, but they won't test her

LiveCoug

3/25/20 10:36pm

True, but most sick people haven’t had time to die yet. In most countries so far

chilango

3/25/20 10:49pm

Sorry, keep forgetting. Is that for those

BYU71

3/25/20 10:21pm

I see answer above.

BYU71

3/25/20 10:22pm

This is a meaningless statistic at this point. It’s probably not worth worrying about until we have much better testing

YIsForBrigham

3/25/20 10:23pm

I’m actually surprised the percentage is this good considering the testing

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