The CDC's New 'Best Estimate' Implies a COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate Below 0.3%

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CFR by country:
US - 5.8%
Spain - 9.6%
Italy - 14.3%
France - 15.6%

These three European countries appear to be statistical anomalies, because their fatality rates are much higher than average. I haven't studied them closely enough to form an opinion on why their fatality rates are so high. I have read though that half of their deaths occurred in nursing homes & assisted living facilities. So they probably made the same fatal mistake that New York made by forcing these places to take COVID-19 patients.

The IFR rate from studies in many other countries is also much higher than what the CDC provided in their recent politically-driven "Pandemic Planning" study with no attribution for where they get their assumptions or data. The problem with IFR is the uncertainty about the number of infections which is simply a guesstimate -- which makes the CFR much more valuable from a science and medical perspective.