Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@robbysoave Yeah. And also the notion that COVID has a 99% survival rate is very much in line with the expert consensus. While estimates of the IFR vary a bit from study to study, it's pretty bad that Facebook is flagging that sort of post for misinformation. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 9, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Can you do better by also accounting for other stuff like gender, pre-existing conditions, and access to health care? Sure. But age is very very very important in determining COVID fatality rates and looking at age-based survival estimates is surely useful as a first pass. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 9, 2021

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RT @robbysoave: PolitiFact rates as "false" a viral claim that COVID-19 is 99% survivable for most age groups. I say this is fact-check is… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 9, 2021 Retweet