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You don't trust Italy with their numbers?

Last time I checked it was around 3% there.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-deaths-ch...

In the linked figure in the article, the SK tests have about 5x more per million people so their denominator is likely a better idea of the true number of cases.

I don't disagree with the idea that the total number of cases is unreported but the WHO said yesterday it's actually 3.4% globally.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/who-says-coronavirus-death-r...

The WHO is reporting the Case Fatality Ratio. This is a well defined number, just not a very useful one in the early stages of an outbreak.

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