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Re:In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% w... by lyjackal on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:53PM (#22983573)
Prison demographics are very different than cruise ships, so might be interesting if different
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Re:In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% w... by godelski on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:54AM (#22985137)
To give evidence to this comment, the gp's source notes that ~75% of those that tested positive for covid were >60 years old. Whereas the BOP [0] reports a distinctly different age demographic. We know that covid dramatically affects people differently based on age, so I wouldn't suspect IFR to be similar to that of a cruise ship (where it is typical for the demographic to be older and retired)

[0] https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_age.j...

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