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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by Lewton on Thursday April 30, 2020 @07:01AM (#23029562)
There's a strict lower bound of around 0.5% on how mild the IFR can be looking at NYC and Italy

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.18.20070912v...

There's absolutely no way that it's been running rampant since december

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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by Drdrdrq on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:48PM (#23033727)
Hell no. That estimate comes with many assumptions, so unless you are willing to list them all, it is better to just provide the link. And it is still just one study, waiting to be proven / disproven. Take it easy and use common sense.
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