This is yuge!. Something I think all of us thought all along!

June 22, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Many epidemiologists believe that the initial COVID-19 infection rate was undercounted due to testing issues, asymptomatic and alternatively symptomatic individuals, and a failure to identify early cases.

Now, a new study from Penn State estimates that the number of early COVID-19 cases in the U.S. may have been more than 80 times greater and doubled nearly twice as fast as originally believed.

In a paper published today (June 22) in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers estimated the detection rate of symptomatic COVID-19 cases using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s influenza-like illnesses (ILI) surveillance data over a three week period in March 2020.

“We analyzed each state’s ILI cases to estimate the number that could not be attributed to influenza and were in excess of seasonal baseline levels,” said Justin Silverman, assistant professor in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology and Department of Medicine. “When you subtract these out, you’re left with what we're calling excess ILI – cases that can't be explained by either influenza or the typical seasonal variation of respiratory pathogens.”

The researchers found that the excess ILI showed a nearly perfect correlation with the spread of COVID-19 around the country.

Said Silverman, “This suggests that ILI data is capturing COVID cases, and there appears to be a much greater undiagnosed population than originally thought.”

https://news.psu.edu/story/623797/2020/0...ater-originally

We will never know the truth about this issue.

This Chicom/Democrat/Media generated pandemic has nothing to do with anything other than bringing this president down.

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This Chicom/Democrat/Media generated pandemic has nothing to do with anything other than bringing this president down.

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No worse than seasonal flu which BTW some here reported LONG ago.

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And, here it is:

Stanford prof: Median infection fatality rate of coronavirus for those under 70 is just 0.04%
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/...-those-under-70

The lower number is 'a welcome piece of evidence,' he says.

By Daniel Payne
Last Updated: June 20, 2020 - 2:38pm

A scientist known for his contrarian takes to dire COVID-19 predictions has released a paper claiming that antibody evidence suggests the median coronavirus infection fatality rate for those under 70 is just 0.04%.

The estimate throws into sharp relief the lopsided mortality figures for the disease, which has claimed an inordinate number of elderly people across the planet while leaving younger individuals mostly unscathed.

John Ioannidis, a professor of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University, argues in a paper published earlier this month that COVID-19 "seroprevalence studies," which measure infection rates using the presence of antibodies in blood samples, "typically show a much lower fatality than initially speculated in the earlier days of the pandemic."-- excerpt, rest at link above --

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And, here it is:

Stanford prof: Median infection fatality rate of coronavirus for those under 70 is just 0.04%
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/...-those-under-70

The lower number is 'a welcome piece of evidence,' he says.

By Daniel Payne
Last Updated: June 20, 2020 - 2:38pm

A scientist known for his contrarian takes to dire COVID-19 predictions has released a paper claiming that antibody evidence suggests the median coronavirus infection fatality rate for those under 70 is just 0.04%.

The estimate throws into sharp relief the lopsided mortality figures for the disease, which has claimed an inordinate number of elderly people across the planet while leaving younger individuals mostly unscathed.

John Ioannidis, a professor of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University, argues in a paper published earlier this month that COVID-19 "seroprevalence studies," which measure infection rates using the presence of antibodies in blood samples, "typically show a much lower fatality than initially speculated in the earlier days of the pandemic."-- excerpt, rest at link above --

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And for this, the economy is destroyed and our rights trampled.

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And, here it is:

Stanford prof: Median infection fatality rate of coronavirus for those under 70 is just 0.04%
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/...-those-under-70

The lower number is 'a welcome piece of evidence,' he says.

By Daniel Payne
Last Updated: June 20, 2020 - 2:38pm

A scientist known for his contrarian takes to dire COVID-19 predictions has released a paper claiming that antibody evidence suggests the median coronavirus infection fatality rate for those under 70 is just 0.04%.

The estimate throws into sharp relief the lopsided mortality figures for the disease, which has claimed an inordinate number of elderly people across the planet while leaving younger individuals mostly unscathed.

John Ioannidis, a professor of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University, argues in a paper published earlier this month that COVID-19 "seroprevalence studies," which measure infection rates using the presence of antibodies in blood samples, "typically show a much lower fatality than initially speculated in the earlier days of the pandemic."-- excerpt, rest at link above --

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And for this, the economy is destroyed and our rights trampled.

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Aaron Ginn @aginnt
2/ “To be clear, in Houston, the percentage of beds occupied by COVID patients is currently 12.9%. In Austin, the percentage of beds occupied by COVID patients is 10.2%,” Carrie Williams, Texas Hospital Association.
2:09 PM · Jun 24, 2020·Twitter Web App

These facts will be ignored. Those who want to destroy our country are desperate.

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We will never know the truth about this issue.

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