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Also, "68% of Indians have Covid-19 antibodies" [1]

Really unscientific calculation: The death rate is estimatedly (4 million) / (0.67 * indian population) * 100 which makes the death rate 0.4%.

[1]: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/68-of-indians-have...




Seropositivity surveys have a tendency to fall apart.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/how-not-to-do-an-...

> In mid-April [of 2020], an eye-catching statistic appeared in the news: the number of people who’d been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the California county of Santa Clara was 50 to 85 times higher than thought. While just 956 cases of COVID-19 had been officially recorded by April 1, the true number of infections was between 48,000 and 81,000, outlets reported.

> These elevated numbers were reassuring, some outlets noted, because they suggest that most SARS-CoV-2 infections are milder than feared—a point seized on by conservative political commentators and some of the study’s own coauthors as support for the view that restrictive lockdown measures are an overreaction.

Didn't pan out.


It's true, however that same article has previous tests too:

May-June 2020: 0.7%

Aug-Sep 2020: 7.1%

Jan 2021: 24.1%

July 2021: 67.6%

Which makes me think it's better, as it clearly ticks going upwards over time.




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