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Originally Posted by Trigga*happY
So can someone tell me why epidemiology looks at total cases vs deaths, rather than recovered vs deaths?
To me it seems a results based metric is more useful than a "well maybe these ones might survive" metric?
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In my opinion only closed cases should be considered in fatality rates because the number of ‘active cases’ is based on tests performed and is therefore totally unreliable in representing true infection numbers. So, fatality rates should be calculated this way:
Totals deaths / total deaths + total recoveries *100