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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by votepaunchy on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @04:57PM (#23024192)
IFR for flu is less than 0.1% according to the CDC.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html

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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by Lewton on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:04PM (#23024280)
That's not the IFR since they're not counting asymptomatic cases (based on a quick read)

They don't mention IFR anywhere as far as I can see

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