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by PaulDavisThe1st 2076 days ago
I would agree with you that it does look as if the overall IFR is in the range of 0.8-1.6%, and that the Spanish study was well conducted. But it is also horrifying that a pandemic that has killed more than 1M people worldwide still has so few similar studies to help answer these questions.

2. I don't want to make strong claims about this, but I do think it has moved quite a bit.

3. Yes, mask utility seems really well established now and has been for "many" months.

I still wish we would hear more public speakers using the numbers from 1. above combined with "flattening the curve" to make it clear what we're trying to do. 1% of the US is a million people. That could still be the outcome, but at the very least, we'd like that not happen all in the same month!