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Re:Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befallin... by andy_ppp on Monday April 06, 2020 @12:55PM (#22795359)
I'm not sure I buy it as we don't have any idea how many people actually have the disease. I have to assume the denominator is of those tested, X% required hospitalisation. If it is those confirmed to have the disease, and because clearly the whole population hasn't been tested the results are skewed as we only test people with severe symptoms.
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Re:Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befallin... by nradov on Monday April 06, 2020 @01:00PM (#22795409)
Right those population level samples only started on a limited basis in a few areas last week. For now the actual denominator is a total unknown; the range of upper and lower bounds is so wide as to be effectively useless for planning.
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