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A comment on Coronavirus – The Outlook Has Worsened. Parent comment

Re:Coronavirus – The Outlook Has Worsened by joosters on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @07:41AM (#22355527)
You could count the number of deaths by date 'n', compared to the number of recoveries by date 'n+14', say, picking a date related to the average recovery time?
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Re:Coronavirus – The Outlook Has Worsened by prepend on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:17AM (#22364845)
The recovery date isn’t fixed so there’s not a single “+14” that is as useful as picking the dead / known outcome.

I think this is because it’s hard to know date of infection, but it’s definite to know whether the case resulted in death or has been determined “recovered.”

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