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> Also 3000 confirmed cases does not mean 3000 actual infections. That's exactly what it means. 3000 cases of positively identified infections in individuals,

> Also 3000 confirmed cases does not mean 3000 actual infections. That's exactly what it means. 3000 cases of positively identified infections in individuals, if you want to get more wordy. Some of those have recovered, some have died. Still the number is over that today.

llampx 7y ago
Technically it means minimum 3000 cases, probably more .
- Supermancho 7y ago
  Cases are recorded. If it's not in a medical record, it's not a case. Technically, the reference was to ~3000 but someone then wanted to dispute that cases was not the same as infections. The number is irrelevant. If it's not known for sure, it's not a case and it's not a known infection, medically. I don't understand how factual correction gets downvoted, but here we are.
  - digitaltrees 7y ago
    This is a pedantic word splitting argument. The relevant measure is number of people infected no the number we happen to know for sure because we finally got around to testing. If we had South Korea’s level of testing then maybe your argument would warrant breath behind words, under the current circumstances save your breath.
    - Supermancho 7y ago
      > This is a pedantic word splitting argument. No, it's a correction. >> > Also 3000 confirmed cases does not mean 3000 actual infections. This statement is factually incorrect. > The relevant measure is number of people infected no the number we happen to know for sure because we finally got around to testing That is irrelevant to the response I gave. It seems to be a popular interest today, in trying to clarify a concept, which is unrelated. I am done engaging with this derail.
all_usernames 7y ago
3000 cases tested positive but from what I know, we're barely testing. Here in California as of today -- if you have a cough, and a fever, you will not be tested unless you have had international travel or known contact with a victim. This I know because I've spoken to two doctors and a nurse through Aetna.
digitaltrees 7y ago
You don’t have an accurate sample size if you don’t measure. Based on the growth rates over time in every other country, the US should have way more cases. There are only a few thousand because we aren’t measuring. FYI the governor of Ohio estimates 100,000 people in Ohio are infected. So there is that.
- gremlinsinc 7y ago
  He's way off, he's a Republican and more cases = better for them, because that means this has a CFR of < 1%... my guess would maybe be more like 100-1k, but that doubles in 6 days to 200-2k, then 300-3k...etc... in 20 days it could be 100k though.. but the hospital's would be extended beyond belief, and I haven't heard reports of that yet.

llampx 7y ago

Technically it means minimum 3000 cases, probably more .

Supermancho 7y ago
Cases are recorded. If it's not in a medical record, it's not a case. Technically, the reference was to ~3000 but someone then wanted to dispute that cases was not the same as infections. The number is irrelevant. If it's not known for sure, it's not a case and it's not a known infection, medically. I don't understand how factual correction gets downvoted, but here we are.
- digitaltrees 7y ago
  This is a pedantic word splitting argument. The relevant measure is number of people infected no the number we happen to know for sure because we finally got around to testing. If we had South Korea’s level of testing then maybe your argument would warrant breath behind words, under the current circumstances save your breath.
  - Supermancho 7y ago
    > This is a pedantic word splitting argument. No, it's a correction. >> > Also 3000 confirmed cases does not mean 3000 actual infections. This statement is factually incorrect. > The relevant measure is number of people infected no the number we happen to know for sure because we finally got around to testing That is irrelevant to the response I gave. It seems to be a popular interest today, in trying to clarify a concept, which is unrelated. I am done engaging with this derail.

all_usernames 7y ago

3000 cases tested positive but from what I know, we're barely testing. Here in California as of today -- if you have a cough, and a fever, you will not be tested unless you have had international travel or known contact with a victim. This I know because I've spoken to two doctors and a nurse through Aetna.

digitaltrees 7y ago

You don’t have an accurate sample size if you don’t measure. Based on the growth rates over time in every other country, the US should have way more cases. There are only a few thousand because we aren’t measuring. FYI the governor of Ohio estimates 100,000 people in Ohio are infected. So there is that.

gremlinsinc 7y ago
He's way off, he's a Republican and more cases = better for them, because that means this has a CFR of < 1%... my guess would maybe be more like 100-1k, but that doubles in 6 days to 200-2k, then 300-3k...etc... in 20 days it could be 100k though.. but the hospital's would be extended beyond belief, and I haven't heard reports of that yet.