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In reply to the discussion: The case fatality rate for COVID-19 is not "about 2%" - it's 3.4% [View all]The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)35. Yes, but there's an at least equal incentive to under report deaths
Both to obscure the lethality, and also to make the reporting country look more effective at combating the disease itself, as opposed to just looking more effective at slowing its spread.
Under-reporting deaths tends to make the reporting country look better at managing cases, under-reporting cases makes the reporting country look better at managing the spread of the infection.
I have no idea if such intentional, politically motivated under-reporting is going on. We may get some better indications as the global case load rises. At the moment, the most likely thing is that asymptomatic cases are simply being missed.
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The case fatality rate for COVID-19 is not "about 2%" - it's 3.4% [View all]
The_jackalope
Feb 2020
OP
If you honestly think that the published number so those who've contracted
PoindexterOglethorpe
Feb 2020
#6
That percentage is probably still helpful as a benchmark vs other similar diseases though ...
mr_lebowski
Feb 2020
#5
So maybe it's turns out to be half as lethal as Spanish Flu, and affects older people
The_jackalope
Feb 2020
#10
But Chinese politicians were (and are) heavily involved in the data management.
The_jackalope
Feb 2020
#9
But if you don't count all the carriers, and the virus has gotten out of containment,
applegrove
Feb 2020
#14
Overcounting the cases or undercounting the deaths both make the situation look better.
The_jackalope
Feb 2020
#15
But it is spreading. Other countries will be able to figure out the mortality rate
applegrove
Feb 2020
#19
The majority of those are in China though and alot of those I suspect are people that were more
cstanleytech
Feb 2020
#24
we have little dependable data as China held back for so long, and I am more concern about
beachbumbob
Feb 2020
#32