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To: 2ndreconmarine
Not quite 100%. We now have a second reported survivor so 2/282 = 99.3% fatal

WHOOPS!!!

I got my excerpt wrong from the previous post. It should have been this.

79 posted on 05/04/2005 3:03:21 PM PDT by 2ndreconmarine
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To: 2ndreconmarine
Actually the quote that's important is The fatality rate quoted by authorities is incorrect. Fatality rates are based on known outcomes of cases. There are 281 reported outcomes for Marburg in Angola and 280 are deaths. Thus, the case fatality rate remains in excess of 99.6%. The fatality rate cited by authorities would be correct if all of the 32 reported cases with unknown outcomes would survive. Since there has only been one survivor in the first 281 outcomes, it is unlikely that there will be 32 survivors in the next 32 outcomes.
82 posted on 05/04/2005 3:10:20 PM PDT by EBH
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