How Deadly is COVID-19? Understanding the Difficulties with Estimation of its Fatality Rate
Andrew Atkeson
Abstract
To understand how best to combat COVID-19, we must understand how deadly is the disease. There is a substantial debate in the epidemiological literature as to whether the fatality rate is 1% or 0.1% or somewhere in between.
Topics & Concepts
Case fatality rateCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)EstimationPandemicEconometricsScale (ratio)Epidemic modelEpidemiologyDemographyActuarial scienceMedicineEconomicsGeographyDiseaseEnvironmental healthPopulationInfectious disease (medical specialty)CartographySociologyPathologyManagementInternal medicineCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research