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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by mdavidn on Thursday April 23, 2020 @05:16PM (#22961539)
We calculate both. Case fatality rate (CFR) is based on patients who test positive, whereas infection fatality rate (IFR) is based on all infections. We don't yet have adequate random sampling to have confidence in IFR estimates.
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