Registered: 12/06/07
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Loc: St. Petersburg, Florida
Originally Posted By: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor
Kill rate x infection rate
Ebola Kill rate 0.6 Infection rate (lets assume CDC projections of 1 million by the end of January) out of a West African Population of 10 million = 0.1
It is not a good use of statistics to assume that an infection rate (or a death rate for that matter) in West Africa would be of any use for determining rates in first world countries. The situation for both quarantine and medical care is SIGNIFICANTLY different.
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