Monday, November 2, 2020

Covid by the Numbers

 Covid by the numbers, from the CDC. These are the mortality rates from the coronavirus. (via Weasel Zippers and Maggie's Farm) Draw your own conclusions.



8 comments:

Illuninati said...

Either I don't understand the graph or there is a mistake in the numbers. If the death rates are percentages they are off by a factor of 100. For example, the death rate for those over 70 should be 5.4% not 0.054%.

Sam L. said...

That's encouraging. I'm over 70, but I live in a rural area and the county has only 11 cases. No deaths.

Dan Patterson said...

I could not find that chart on the website yesterday; either I don't know where to look or the chart is a troll piece?

David Foster said...

CDC Planning Scenarios are right here:

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

The Infection Fatality Ratio for those over 70 is .054, which is 5.4%.

David Foster said...

Also should be considered: hospital resource use. Here is some data on bed occupancy and ICU bed occupancy:

https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america?view=resource-use&tab=trend&resource=all_beds

...at present, about 46,000 beds and 12,000 ICU beds are consumed by Covid-19 patients...total numbers available are 738K total beds and 84K ICU beds, for the total US.

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Anonymous said...

COVID-19 is not just about mortality. There is serious morbidity associated with the virus as well that can affect multiple organs and systems.

Dan Patterson said...

David Foster: Very helpful, thank you. I stumbled through the site and missed it.