Examples
A half dozen examples will suggest the range of possible CFRs for diseases in the real world:
- The CFR for the Spanish (1918) flu was >2.5%, about 0.1% for the Asian (1956-58) and Hong Kong (1968-69) flus, and <0.1% for other influenza pandemics.
- Legionnaires' Disease has a CFR of about 15%.
- The CFR for yellow fever, even with good treatment, ranges from 20 to 50%.
- Bubonic plague, left untreated, will have a CFR of as much as 60%.
- Zaïre Ebola Virus is among the deadliest viruses with a CFR of roughly 90%.
- Rabies virus, if infecting an unvaccinated individual who does not seek treatment, is also extremely deadly, with a CFR of virtually 100%.
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