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kimdaddy35
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Death rate STILL cannot be calculated until everyone in the
denominator is either healed or dead.
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US fatality rate (minus NY) holding steady under 1.5% while NY's is increasing daily, unfortunately.
Bob Vance
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4/1/20 12:01pm
Keeping in mind NY fatalities are 40% of the national number
Indy Coug
4/1/20 12:03pm
What numbers are being included for today already?
chago04
4/1/20 12:03pm
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Bob Vance
4/1/20 1:19pm
It shows that as the hospital systems become overwhelmed the death rate rises
flyzag
4/1/20 12:04pm
Does it?
The Old Y
4/1/20 12:05pm
No.
cougfanz
4/1/20 12:20pm
This
Blueto
4/1/20 12:05pm
Can we agree that percentages are unreliable when the denominator is unknown?
PJMort
4/1/20 12:20pm
Can we agree that if we have a KNOWN pool of infected persons, the rate is
flyzag
4/1/20 12:27pm
But what does that really tell us? For some unknown x% of people who we know about, y% of them die
Indy Coug
4/1/20 12:28pm
I think it provides a hint at medical capacity
Bob Vance
4/1/20 1:26pm
Could we not say this about ANY disease? Unless 100% of pop is tested?
flyzag
4/1/20 1:39pm
Yeah Indy! When are you going to learn about statistics?
PJMort
4/1/20 1:43pm
I know right... if anybody knows about random sampling... AND
flyzag
4/1/20 1:50pm
This isn't random sampling. These are self-selecting data points. If you know of a credible effort
Indy Coug
4/1/20 2:00pm
Not really. The OP compares "Fatality Rates" between NY and rest of the US.
PJMort
4/1/20 1:33pm
Death rate STILL cannot be calculated until everyone in the
kimdaddy35
4/1/20 12:49pm
I readily concede this is not the actual fatality rate for the disease. I find it troubling that
Bob Vance
4/1/20 2:14pm
At least one N.Y. Doctor indicated they weren’t testing obvious patients
PJMort
4/1/20 3:19pm
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