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CrazyEyeJoe  ·  1455 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We Will Regret Not Taking the Economic Effects of Mass Quarantine More Seriously

In general, I agree with your analysis. I won't even bother to read the article, as I've heard it all before, and your rebuttals make it obvious what kind of article this is.

However, one correction. The fatality rate you quote is the rate among confirmed cases. Not the total number of cases (many people go untested, and few countries are testing large numbers. Just South Korea as far as I'm aware). The estimated death rate across all cases is closer to 1%:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51674743





johnnyFive  ·  1455 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a fair point, especially insofar as it's a reminder that we don't know for sure what the fatality rate actually is.