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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by learc83 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:16AM (#22434516)
>And that's still going to be a lower bound since they'll all be getting medical care from often before they're even diagnosed.

It's not a lower bound because cruise ships skew much older than the general population. All 4 who have died so far have been in their 80s.

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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by Alex3917 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:33AM (#22434748)
Good point. That you can at least try to correct for to match various populations though.
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