haxxiy on 28 January 2020
That is the case for most infectious diseases, though. The number of people with mild symptoms or assymptomatic carriers overwhelm those with symptoms multiple times. For instance, unreported dengue fever cases are estimated to be up to 99% of the total.
It's more or less the same concept as the "ciffre noir" of criminology and the 80 - 20 rule of economic statistics.
