(07-15-2020, 09:31 PM)burger Wrote:(07-15-2020, 08:44 PM)Mick Wrote:(07-15-2020, 12:01 PM)BostonCard Wrote: and, in fact, an argument can be made that over time the IFR has been a bit less scary).
BC
Do you think the IFRs cited in this document are accurate?
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/...20101253v3
This Twitter thread suggests no. I haven't read the paper myself (and I'm not going to. One episode of near fraud is enough for an author to get a permanent ban from me).
[tweet]https://twitter.com/AVG_Joseph96/status/1283234509639618560[/tweet]
I believe cdc is saying that ifr is 0.65% now. I'd bet that's closer to correct than 0.3.
Here's another Twitter thread with more criticisms.
[tweet]https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1283232023402868737?s=19[/tweet]
What would we do without twitter threads.......These twitter folks certainly have better credentials than Ioannidis : https://profiles.stanford.edu/john-ioannidis
Particularly Gideon M-K. One day he may just get that PHD from the Univ of Wollongong. Until then he can write about how Red Bull’s are actually good for us......
