Not to dispute, but to note the critical importance of definitions and measurement ability, this raises a few other points:
- Are we comparing and rating deaths vs. cases on time of viable exposure or first clinically detectable presentation?
- What is the earliest an infection is reliably detectable?
- At what point during incubation is a personnthemselves infectuous?
Probably others.
I'm pretty certain based on past experiences that these discussions are being had among medical and epidemiological circles.
At what point though is the question one of failing to achieve potentially complete coverage versus fundamental limits of detection?
That said, deaths lagging exposures by ~20 days is valid. Thank you.
Not to dispute, but to note the critical importance of definitions and measurement ability, this raises a few other points:
- Are we comparing and rating deaths vs. cases on time of viable exposure or first clinically detectable presentation?
- What is the earliest an infection is reliably detectable?
- At what point during incubation is a personnthemselves infectuous?
Probably others.
I'm pretty certain based on past experiences that these discussions are being had among medical and epidemiological circles.
At what point though is the question one of failing to achieve potentially complete coverage versus fundamental limits of detection?
That said, deaths lagging exposures by ~20 days is valid. Thank you.