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It appears US is better than Indonesia in reporting, but worse than Singapore, according to their preprint [1]. AFAIK, the coronavirus test is not being conduc
by nemonemo 7y ago
It appears US is better than Indonesia in reporting, but worse than Singapore, according to their preprint [1].
AFAIK, the coronavirus test is not being conducted for people who have no history of visiting China or traveling outside, and the virus can be transmitted before symptoms could appear. Based on the article, it is conceivable that the virus could soon be found from a person who has no travel history outside US, but only when the person gets dangerously sick.
[1] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.04.20020495v2.full.pdf https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.04.20020495v...
- hurrdurr2 7y agoIn the US they also are not testing people who came from China even if they have mild symptoms. Unless you have a fever and a cough they won't test you. According to the latest research out of China there are many people who when admitted to the hospital had no fever but tested positive. Frankly a lot of cases are likely not being caught in the US and elsewhere.