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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by nradov on Saturday May 23, 2020 @06:57PM (#23287350)
The latest data indicates an infection fatality rate of about 0.3%.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/article/Los-Angeles...

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by toshk on Saturday May 23, 2020 @07:06PM (#23287420)
Latest study in Spain around 1-1.3. 70,000 participants.

https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-05-14/antibody-study...

Most studies in Europe show this: 0,5 - 1.

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by rsynnott on Saturday May 23, 2020 @07:38PM (#23287633)
NYC and Stockholm antibody tests would indicate an IFR more like 1% or a little over.

Though I'd be cautious about being too confident in antibody study results, for now. A lot can depend on test accuracy (especially where covid is rare anyway).

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by radioactivist on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:09PM (#23287848)
That study (and the related Santa Clara study by a subset of the same authors) were torn apart by statisticians for the shoddy methodology and irresponsible selling of its results to the media.
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