Coronavirus: More evidence of effectiveness of isolation

[Eddy Edson]

Lodi was the first Italian province to report a case. It locked down on Feb 23rd with a handful of cases diagnosed (obviously, a lot more actual cases). Bergamo waited until Mar 8th.

In a great preprint, mainly looking at age-related mortality, well worth a look: https://osf.io/fd4rh/?view_only=c2f00dfe3677493faa421fc2ea38e295

Italy, with an older population than eg US/UK, will probably end up with a higher fatality rate, all else being equal. No surprise but interesting analysis.

 

[mikeyB]

As you say, that graph is saying that the more old people live in a country, the higher the death rate from coronavirus, so all the graph shows is the number of each age group living in a country.

A graph showing the rates for dementia and cancer would be similar. Being old is risky.