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Or not. What about all the infected people who haven't had symptoms serious enough to warrant seeing a doctor and getting tested positive for Coronavirus?

• lern_too_spel 7y ago
  That is a constant factor on the denominator, which is lower in Korea than elsewhere due to the availability of 10-minute drive-through tests. The factor on the numerator will be much higher at the start of an epidemic and go down to 1 when it completes. The estimated average time to die for those who die from COVID-19 is 28 days. 28 days ago, Korea had fewer than 50 cases total.
  • alexilliamson 7y ago
    How is the number of mild, untested cases a constant factor? If less serious patients start to get tested more frequently, this number will change.
    • lern_too_spel 7y ago
      > If less serious patients start to get tested more frequently, this number will change. If everyone were tested, the denominator goes up by some constant factor. In Korea, people are already being tested at the first sign of cold symptoms.
  • Fjolsvith 7y ago
    The vaccines will change all these numbers.