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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.
. 2021 Jan 4:taaa239. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa239
Unraveling the flaws of estimates of the infection fatality rate for COVID-19
Chen Shen
1, Derrick VanGennep
2, Alexander F Siegenfeld
3,4, Yaneer Bar-Yam
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Alexander F Siegenfeld, Ph.D
3New England Complex Systems Institute
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Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1New England Complex Systems Institute
2New England Complex Systems Institute
3New England Complex Systems Institute
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Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5New England Complex Systems Institute
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Corresponding Author: yaneer@necsi.edu
Received 2020 Dec 15; Accepted 2020 Dec 17.
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