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There is random sampling being done. 2,5% had an ongoing infection in Stockholm in late Mars.[1]

Now, 11/100 blood givers in Stockholm who has not been sick in the last two weeks have antibodies according to researchers.

That gives you a naive mortality rate of 0,4% per infection, assuming the spread among bloodgivers is the same as the population in general and just dividing the death count by 11% of the population. It is a high eastimate as I guess many wont get traceable antobodies and mostly asymptotic people give blood.

[1] (Swedish) https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publicerat-material/publ...



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