Over the past few days, many articles appeared in the media with data on mortality and mortality due to 2019-nCoV. People often confuse these concepts.
What is this interview in the Moscow Komsomolets worth:
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Journalist asks about mortality, the interlocutor answers about mortality! Is it simple incompetence or, again, "a scientist raped a journalist"?
What's the difference?
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COVID-19 — , SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV). — , /, .
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(. Mortality rate) — , . — . . 100 000 . ? , . :
? . , , : 60 100000 — ? .
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2-3% , ? - . ? ! . 2% — . , 0,5%. — , , 96 , 2- 2- , , 4%, 50%. . , , . .
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(. Case fatality rate (CFR)) — , - , . , , .
2019-nCoV ((427)/(427 + 781)) * 100% = 35%.
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MERS-CoV. .
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(. Basic reproduction number) — , . ..
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- 80% — 60 .
- 75% (, , - ..).
- 71% — .
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- (71%!!!).
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