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Editorial
. 2021 Feb 23;28(2):taaa239.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa239.

Unraveling the flaws of estimates of the infection fatality rate for COVID-19

Chen Shen  1 , Derrick VanGennep  1 , Alexander F Siegenfeld  1   2 , Yaneer Bar-Yam  1
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Editorial

Unraveling the flaws of estimates of the infection fatality rate for COVID-19

Chen Shen et al. J Travel Med. .

Abstract

The infection fatality rate (IFR) of COVID-19 is of importance for policymaking. We show that there are significant flaws in many studies estimating the IFR and used as references by public health authorities.

Keywords: COVID-19; Infection Fatality Rate.

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