Originally Posted by
rickair7777
And there are a significant % of low/asymptomatic cases out there, essentially none of those were counted in the early days.
Data collection problems are indeed a big issue, especially internationally. And if the asymptomatic cases that aren’t being detected are actually - as some studies suggest - 10 cases for every case counted, that decreases true case-fatality rates even further, to little worse than the influenza case-fatality rate in a bad year.