<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:29:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/ifr/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Was the pandemic declared under false pretences?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci, in march of 2020, published in the New England Journal of Medicine that Covid-19 has a case fatality rate (once you get it what are your chances of dying) similar to the ordinary flu, a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fauci/@arbitration/was-the-pandemic-declared-under-false-pretences</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fauci/@arbitration/was-the-pandemic-declared-under-false-pretences</guid><category><![CDATA[fauci]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:56:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdHVBsg9fyvrKGyJb4ppuHxnX4cWzhYGJ3qJSvEA2yNhoRfmtvp1ZsAeD99qCCEzPzuKAmAXSpP2CdwrhLAbyBVag4wVzxsttNdfq7HN646d4wV5Mb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospitalization survival rate.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I learned something new about COVID today, and my impression before-hand turned out to be very, very wrong. tl;dr - People entering the hospital with COVID have about a 45% chance of dying, and that ratio]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/hospitalization-survival-rate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/hospitalization-survival-rate</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 21:18:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stuXpnvnU2D4w5Hhi3Micu1ZRCk7Tjiao4xBwLYzD8UGf2ap5ZeDkZzJ8Jg2FsoCJSzDuf4xV4UxkvhCdjsF4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could the government really have responded better to a novel virus?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Various sources I've seen suggest that the infection fatality rate for the non-elderly without serious co-morbidities may be around .04 (0.04%), much higher than influenza, but probably not worth shutting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@nooses/could-the-government-really-have-responded-better-to-a-novel-virus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@nooses/could-the-government-really-have-responded-better-to-a-novel-virus</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 03:51:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrqK543e93tNR5VEqgZhGg2un64avKXLeCzz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[73% of prison inmates test positive for COVID - True case fatality rate relatively low?]]></title><description><![CDATA[From aggressive testing of cooped-up populations in homeless shelters and prisons, we are beginning to learn the true prevalence of the virus. It remains to be seen how many of the inmates will develop]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@lifecoma/73-of-prison-inmates-test-positive-for-covid-true-case-fatality-rate-relatively-low</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@lifecoma/73-of-prison-inmates-test-positive-for-covid-true-case-fatality-rate-relatively-low</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lifecoma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2020 04:47:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHeAwgP6oj4gVpJ9U3TD85UWEJiwjy3w2tYEb3L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A closer look at disease severity.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The infection fatality rate (IFR) is not always lower than the confirmed case fatality ratio (cCFR or just) you initially estimate for a new disease. Initial estimates can be really wrong in both directions.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@lifecoma/a-closer-look-at-disease-severity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@lifecoma/a-closer-look-at-disease-severity</guid><category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lifecoma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 09:10:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQbgNXRaJ6i3SqbhL5b8AYajP7ZcPhFhj8SHri269s96CRyFuHRzirGvVRtkzRrbD9EWuXNz89c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>