Imperial later revised its estimate of the IFR down to 0.66 percent - although the March 16 paper which predicted 250,000 deaths was not updated.
They range between 0.02 percent and 0.5 percent - although Ioannidis has corrected those raw figures to take account of demographic balance and come up with estimates between 0.02 percent and 0.4 percent.
The lowest estimates came from Kobe, Japan, found to have an IFR of 0.02 percent and Oise in northern France, with an IFR of 0.04 percent.
Seasonal influenza is often quoted as having an IFR of 0.1 to 0.2 percent.
The Stanford study suggests that COVID-19 might not, after all, be more deadly than flu - although, as Ioannidis notes, the profile is very different: seasonal flu has a higher IFR in developing countries, where vaccination is rare, while COVID-19 has a higher death rate in the developed world, thanks in part of more elderly populations.
The Stanford study does not include the largest antibody study to date: that involving a randomized sample of 70,000 Spanish residents, whose preliminary results were published by the Carlos III Institute of Health two weeks ago.
With 27,000 deaths in the country, that would convert to an IFR of 1.1 percent.
https://spectator.us/stanford-study-suggests-coronavirus-deadly-flu/
They range between 0.02 percent and 0.5 percent - although Ioannidis has corrected those raw figures to take account of demographic balance and come up with estimates between 0.02 percent and 0.4 percent.
The lowest estimates came from Kobe, Japan, found to have an IFR of 0.02 percent and Oise in northern France, with an IFR of 0.04 percent.
Seasonal influenza is often quoted as having an IFR of 0.1 to 0.2 percent.
The Stanford study suggests that COVID-19 might not, after all, be more deadly than flu - although, as Ioannidis notes, the profile is very different: seasonal flu has a higher IFR in developing countries, where vaccination is rare, while COVID-19 has a higher death rate in the developed world, thanks in part of more elderly populations.
The Stanford study does not include the largest antibody study to date: that involving a randomized sample of 70,000 Spanish residents, whose preliminary results were published by the Carlos III Institute of Health two weeks ago.
With 27,000 deaths in the country, that would convert to an IFR of 1.1 percent.
https://spectator.us/stanford-study-suggests-coronavirus-deadly-flu/
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