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Content of the Lesson: You may have heard several different projections about the fatality rate of COVID-19. How do different health organizations come up with these figures, and why do the numbers seem so fluid? Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---3-march-2020 https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section3.html https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/27/a-single-coronavirus-case-exposes-a-bigger-problem-the-scope-of-undetected-u-s-spread-is-unknown/ https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm/2012/978901/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/25/new-data-from-china-buttress-fears-about-high-coronavirus-fatality-rate-who-expert-says/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic.html https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMe2002387?articleTools=true https://khn.org/news/fact-check-coronavirus-homeland-security-chief-flu-mortality-rate/ https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=&bid=0030 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673604174813 https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/25/new-data-from-china-buttress-fears-about-high-coronavirus-fatality-rate-who-expert-says/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/26/we-cant-stop-coronavirus-now-we-can-be-ready-it/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/208354 https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0jwCaN2Ls7RtVoJjlcu3REPJb4VmeYwbyrNghpn7fp9wDc3n44nOdwnL0#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/#S3 https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/02/28/flu022820 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704758/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22105170 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704758/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/03/who-is-getting-sick-and-how-sick-a-breakdown-of-coronavirus-risk-by-demographic-factors/ https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/192/8/1355/894623 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-does-coronavirus-treatment-cost-cdc-health-insurance-2020-2 https://miro.medium.com/max/1448/1*-qwLqHR-UmvVmiC9T5PAXw.png https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/global-communications-gm1133545557-300882431 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/abstract-ocean-with-light-flares-7-p1ljp https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/vial-with-corona-virus-covid-19-gm1206766523-348159658 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/set-of-icons-of-people-gm1161268712-318149696 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/clean-elegant-abstract-shining-rays-background-7usylgk https://www.videoblocks.com/video/hospital-building-blue-sky-timelapse--q-qtyj https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/allergens-and-viruses-in-the-air-vector-illustration-gm1148617159-310244434 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/doctor-connects-the-patient-to-the-medical-equipment-preparation-for-surgery-sogeor6t8ejsxramao https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/laboratory-mouse-gm175231313-22516882 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/vaccine-vial-dose-flu-shot-drug-needle-syringe-medical-concept-vaccination-gm1183046723-332459672 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/flu-ill-woman-lays-on-sofa-at-home-and-blowing-her-nose-gm1172564750-325346848 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/wash-your-hands-regularly-to-keep-the-germs-away-gm1081913664-290132193


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