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> "However, the good news is that 75% of the tests coming back from county labs are negative." How on earth is this good news? 25% of people coming back positi

• blhack 7y ago
  Because the projected figures are often times between 50-70% positive.
• jfoutz 7y ago
  This is pure speculation based on incomplete and casually arranged data, feel free to dismiss me as a crackpot. The U.S. really didn't have any capacity to test for months. Only recently, a small amount of testing has become possible. Oklahoma burned up nearly its entire daily ration to test the Utah Jazz, for example. I'd guess the biases in place would indicate whoever is able to authorize tests had a fairly broad view of "who has ncovid" so they're burning their tests on a broad array of very sick patients. It's good news, because whoever can authorize testing will gain experience about what severe cases really look like. Fewer critical but non infected patients will be tested, so more tests can be used for less severe or possibly even asymptomatic cases.
• fiblye 7y ago
  As far as I know, not everybody is getting tested. I'm assuming it's mostly those showing symptoms and seeking tests, or those who believe themselves to have been exposed seeking tests. It's still a high number, but not the apocalypse.