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Are you sure that Germany does not perform extensive testing? I admit that reddit comments should not be used as sources but I would love to know more about Ger
by terramex 7y ago
Are you sure that Germany does not perform extensive testing? I admit that reddit comments should not be used as sources but I would love to know more about German approach to testing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/fguheu/why_have_so_few_people_died_of_covid19_in_germany/fk7gzn4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/fguheu/why_have...
Earl_of_Northesk:
The RKI is conducting random sample testing to keep track of Influenza in Germany. These tests now also test on COVID-19. So far, not a single prior undetected case of COVID-19 has shown up in these samples. It is thus highly likely that the extensive early tracking and testing means that Germany has, in comparison to other countries, a very low rate of undetected cases, which would obviously lead to a lower mortality rate. That's what the President of the RKI also said in todays press conference together with Angela Merkel.
Painy_:
How big is the RKIs sample size tho?
patientzero_:
All cases that had the flu and went to the hospital. So the more severe once. But they also re-ran the tests from the beginning of the year to test for Covid-19. If you can't detect it in there it wasn't in the country most likely
Sounds like a massive amount of testing that no other country can match.
- makomk 7y agoFor some context, researchers in China went back and reran old flu surveillance samples from Wuhan taken in December and the start of January. According to the WHO joint mission's report, 1 out of the 20 samples from the first week of January and 3 out of the 20 samples from the second week tested positive for Covid-19. China locked down Wuhan on the 23rd. Things were probably already really bad by that point in a way that wasn't reflected in the number of confirmed cases.
- account42 7y agoNo matter good the test coverage in germany is, the growth is still exponential so the currect prevention measures are insufficient.