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Would this indicate that the mortality rate is actually much higher percentage-wise, since the denominator is actually artificially inflated?
by wycy 7y ago
Would this indicate that the mortality rate is actually much higher percentage-wise, since the denominator is actually artificially inflated?
- andybak 7y agoI think so but wouldn't it also make the transmission rate estimates lower?
- wjnc 7y agoNot that I'd expect, since non-testing in probable positive cases (f.e. in NL those sick, but manageable and in home quarantine are usually not tested) seems to dwarf false-positives in negative cases.
- coding123 7y agoBut could that just be the flu.
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- etothet 7y agoThat was my thinking as well. I also wonder how many people who ARE symptomatic don't get tested and how much this balances out the false positives of asymptomatic people, if at all.