2015, multiple authors, Early Characterization of the Severity and Transmissibility of Pandemic Influenza Using Clinical Episode Data from Multiple Populations[1]:
If the IFR is low, as was the case during the 2009 pandemic [19], expensive interventions are unlikely to be justified.
2016, multiple authors, Estimating the Severity and Subclinical Burden of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia[2]:
Estimated IFR
2020, Streeck et al., Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a German community with a super-spreading event[3]:
With the seven SARS-CoV-2-associated reported deaths the estimated IFR was 0.36% [0.29%; 0.45%].
2020, John Ioannidis, The infection fatality rate of COVID-19 inferred from seroprevalence data[4]:
Some aggressive interventions that potentially induce also more pronounced collateral harms1 may be considered appropriate, if IFR is high. Conversely, the same measures may fall short of acceptable risk-benefit thresholds, if the IFR is low.
2020, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Lea Merone, A systematic review and meta-analysis of published research data on COVID-19 infection-fatality rates[5]:
The meta-analysis demonstrated a point-estimate of IFR of 0.64% (0.50-0.78%) with high heterogeneity (p<0.001).
