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It would be interesting to randomly test, say, 500 patients with flu/cold like symptoms to see how many are actually Corona.
by yummybear 7y ago
It would be interesting to randomly test, say, 500 patients with flu/cold like symptoms to see how many are actually Corona.
- sjg007 7y agoWell Coronaviruses are a class of viruses. We are specifically interested in the one that causes covid-19
- rdtwo 7y agoIf you did that it’s gotta be truly random and you need to get almost all 500 to actually do the test
- _bxg1 7y agoWhat they should do is randomly test 500 (or ideally more) people. Just random people. Then that can be broken down into what percentage have the disease, and each can be followed up to have their eventual symptoms, if any, studied, including death. That would give the most accurate picture. Anything else is going to be heavily skewed.