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Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by SamBam on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:13PM (#25899015)
I think the poster above you was talking about the chances of death from the virus, not simply the chance of infection.

I think it's pretty well established at this point that the case fatality index for children is vastly lower than for older adults, about 0.1% for people under age 29. [1]

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518649/

Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by nradov on Monday January 25, 2021 @12:47AM (#25899752)
The actual best estimate of infection fatality rate for people under age 29 is way less than 0.1%.

0-19 years: 0.003%

20-49 years: 0.02%

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scena...

Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by dnautics on Monday January 25, 2021 @03:41AM (#25900897)
And that's counting people who have bothered to get tested. If younger people are getting asymptomatic or minor symptom covid that looks like a cold, then the "true" ifr will be even lower
Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by majewsky on Monday January 25, 2021 @05:56AM (#25901808)
Infection fatality rates are based on antibody seroprevalence studies and thus accounts for asymptomatic cases. What you're thinking of is the case fatality rate, not the infection fatality rate.
Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by dnautics on Monday January 25, 2021 @12:10PM (#25905746)
You can't get an accurate community seroprevalence measure when your community is told to shelter in place.
Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by nradov on Monday January 25, 2021 @05:31PM (#25909851)
Seroprevalence studies have been conducted all over the world. For example in Delhi India approximately 50-60% of the population now have antibodies for SARS-CoV-2. There are statistical techniques for adjusting the raw results based on population demographics.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-may-be-head...

Note that seroprevalence studies will underestimate the number of infections because some recovered patients don't produce detectible levels of antibodies.

Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by hanniabu on Monday January 25, 2021 @01:35AM (#25900019)
There's more to this virus than fatality. Many people that live will have debilitating aftereffects for the foreseeable future.
Re:18.7 Million Americans Vaccinated by parineum on Monday January 25, 2021 @07:59AM (#25902622)
The virus hasn't been around long enough to make that claim.