From e549e9b473ca873e11b27444ca83a66848687ea5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Bevand Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 22:24:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update README --- README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 973e673..5fd8570 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -321,10 +321,6 @@ IFR: Japan at 1.274-1.605% (excluding Levin et al.) The country with the youngest population is expected to have the lowest overall IFR: Uganda at 0.074-0.147%. -The **IFR of COVID-19 is one order of magnitude (10×) higher than the seasonal flu** -for all regions. For example, in the US the average flu IFR is 0.078%, compared to -0.669-1.169% for COVID-19. - The **overall IFR varies dramatically by more than 10-fold** between countries with a young population and those with an old population. @@ -347,6 +343,10 @@ predicted an overall IFR of 0.669% in the United States, which is very close to [overall US CDC estimate of 0.65%](https://web.archive.org/web/20200712055258/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html) published in July 2020. +The **IFR of COVID-19 is one order of magnitude (10×) higher than the seasonal flu** +for all regions. For example, in the US the average flu IFR is 0.078%, compared to +0.669-1.169% for COVID-19. + # Calculating the age-stratified IFR of COVID-19 from the Spanish ENE-COVID study The largest serological prevalence survey of COVID-19 was conducted by Spain