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graeme | karma 18001 | avg karma 3.47 · 2021-06-04 02:28:17

Thanks for that context. I had thought the hospital care was more significant as flu hospitalization is rare in working age people.

But medical visits are common so that is quite different.

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repiret | karma 1754 | avg karma 3.82 · 2021-06-04 03:49:43

What’s really missing in the analysis is the base rate of WIV workers visiting the hospital with cold symptoms. I’ve heard plausible explanations for why it might be pedestrian or why it might be exceptional, but it’s all meaningless without the base rate.