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Re:Covid-19 in Iceland: Violated Isolation and Infected over... by mr_woozy on Saturday September 26, 2020 @04:21PM (#24601795)
>The reason for an order of magnitude spread in CFR is because Iceland is testing everyone (hence approximating the actual fatality rate, IFR) whereas every other country is testing different groups.

We're not actually testing everyone here, it's a common repeated trope from international news but testing is readily available to all who want to and we test all inbound arrivals via the single airport (now we do, didn't before). They can either self quarantine for 14 days after that or get another test in 4-5 days.

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Re:Covid-19 in Iceland: Violated Isolation and Infected over... by arcticbull on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:04PM (#24602533)
Fair enough, although that wasn't really my point. The point I was making was about selection bias and methodologies leading to massive disparities between a number that we know should be the same the world over -- or at least within a range. Not within a couple orders of magnitude.

People are pointing to these "fatality rates" as though they're accurate, consistent and fair representations of the risk the disease poses to individuals. That's simply not the case. They're correct, but they're different and inconsistent.

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