Rapid Response
"Clearly, mortality is age-stratified from covid-19. The corrected median estimates of IFP [infection fatality rate] for people aged lower than 70 years is currently 0.05%, which, for the population less vulnerable to deaths, is similar to influenza. However overall estimates for covid-19 are higher, due to the higher fatality rate in elderly people.
Here, we explore in more detail the assessment of the IFP for the two viruses and focus on four issues we believe are important ...
So, what is a reasonable IFP for covid-19? The overall corrected median IFP from 61 studies in a meta-analysis is 0.23%."
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