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> In all other outbreaks (even the US one) there has been widespread testing Can you back up that claim? From what I've read, the opposite seemed to be the cas

• wideasleep1 7y ago
  Until late Feb, it was mainly CDC, but in March many more states came into the picture: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/testing-in-us.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/test... Depending on one's view of 'widespread' testing, we have currently about 20K tested, and around 2.4K positively diagnosed.
  • golem14 7y ago
    I think it's about 19K "SPECIMEN" tested, not people. Maybe 8K people tested as of today, but only <1K people tested until about a week ago. So, yes, I think claiming the US had widespread testing is stretching the truth beyond BS level.
    • sgt101 7y ago
      But in China for the equivalent stage of the outbreak there was zero testing. Because there were no tests. The data cannot be compared.
• sgt101 7y ago
  The UK has tested 37,746 times so far. [1] Italy is 80k + The testing incidence is going to change the infection confirmation number. The testing protocol will change the confirmation number. The type of testing will change the number (I believe that there are several types of test with a different confusion matrix). [1] https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information...
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