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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by Lewton on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @04:19PM (#23023725)
No (hence the question mark), I'm seeing 0.04% pop up everywhere but I haven't found the source for the number.

But it seems plausible if the CFR is <0.1% as there are both asymptomatic cases of the flu and people don't always go to the doctor even if they have symptoms. It seems like caring about IFR was rare before this pandemic and the lockdown

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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by rocha on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @04:43PM (#23024030)
Got it. Thanks. I think it may be because the IFR is less reliable, since for most diseases it requires a gross estimation the real number of infected persons. It is probably more popular these days because people are putting a lot of effort into the comparisons with the seasonal flu.
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