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

idcougarfan

3/25/20 10:26pm

That's just pure fear mongering right now. The real rate is much much lower

Jericho

3/25/20 10:31pm

You don't know either.

Blueto

3/25/20 10:35pm

We can say with certainty that the real death rate is indeed much lower

Jericho

3/25/20 10:37pm

Lol. No you can't. No knows yet. You can hope. But you don't know.

Blueto

3/25/20 10:40pm

OK, you're right, every person with COVID has been tested, lol

Jericho

3/25/20 10:40pm

Follow the logic. You can do it.

Pimpin4Paradise

3/25/20 10:41pm

I'll take it slowly so you can understand what a death rate is. A death rate of

Blueto

3/26/20 5:35am

The same group that said it wasn’t transmitted from human to human?

Jericho

3/26/20 10:47am

This is oddly personal for you. The death rate is the death rate. This is like

Blueto

3/26/20 11:06am

Maybe you should take things slowly for yourself. You need the extra time to think this through apparently.

Pimpin4Paradise

3/26/20 11:27am

The article you posted makes the same point all of us are making:

Pimpin4Paradise

3/26/20 11:29am

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Blueto

3/26/20 11:41am

Dude. You're wrong. People are saying that the REAL death rate is much lower than the current statistics bear out.

Pimpin4Paradise

3/26/20 11:47am

I know, with every fiber of my being, that the mortality rate for this disease is much lower than the official tally

YIsForBrigham

3/25/20 10:43pm

You might be right, but he’s got math on his side.

BoiseBlueCoug

3/25/20 11:01pm

Not necessarily, since the numerator can grow more quickly than the denominator.

chilango

3/25/20 11:38pm

Math is hard. So is logic

byu1

3/26/20 12:03am

Wow, are people really this bad at math and stats, really?

byu1

3/26/20 12:02am

Lol ... you can’t say that with certainty

coolcats

3/26/20 7:07am

The people being tested are the worst affected. If you're primarily testing the people being hospitalized, you're

Pimpin4Paradise

3/25/20 10:39pm

Unfortunately people with no statistical or even almost common sense don’t seem

kotacoug

3/25/20 11:03pm

It’s unbelievable. I’d love to get education profiles of these people

byu1

3/26/20 12:05am

Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Blueto

3/26/20 5:40am

Flu death rates are always estimates.

CougarThug

3/26/20 12:03am

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