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This study was funded by the UK Medical Research Council. It was conducted by researchers from Imperial College London, Queen Mary University London and the University of Oxford.
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[1] https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001558
[2] Estimated proportions of confirmed cases that will die were based on 70,117 laboratory-confirmed and clinically-diagnosed cases in mainland China from 1 January to 11 February 2020, with values adjusted for demography and undetected symptomatic cases, while crude death rates were based on the 44,672 laboratory confirmed cases.
[3] Quote direct from author and cannot be found in the text of the Article
[4] https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-Global-Impact-26-03-2020v2.pdf
[5] https://institutefordiseasemodeling.github.io/nCoV-public/analyses/first_adjusted_mortality_estimates_and_risk_assessment/2019-nCoV-preliminary_age_and_time_adjusted_mortality_rates_and_pandemic_risk_assessment.html and https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9020523