The modelling around COVID-19 fatality rates has been consistently inaccurate over the entire life of the pandemic, according to University of Sydney's Professor of Statistics ProfSallyCripps.
The modelling around COVID-19 fatality rates has been consistently inaccurate over the entire life of the pandemic, according to University of Sydney's Professor of Statistics Sally Cripps. Early modelling created alarm among politicians and the Australian public that the number of deaths domestically could be over 100,000. To date, 102 have died from the novel pathogen.
"I think as we've learnt a lot, as the data has come out that we're not faced with these terrible costs to life". "And in fact the costs that the lockdown imposes, while they will save human lives from COVID-19, can have serious consequences on other aspects of health. "For example domestic violence ... mental health, there are studies that people are dying more of cancer, more of heart attacks.
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