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To: combjelly who wrote (156390)3/21/2020 10:49:12 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 356864
 
the ratio of deaths to recovered is anomalous. The recovered should be much higher than the deaths.

Early in an epidemic the deaths to recovered ratio will greatly overestimate the ultimate rate of deaths as it takes longer for patients to recover than to die.