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> The trouble is we can only get "real data" by testing more people. We get "real data" by properly testing, not necessarily by testing more people. Currently
by oldgradstudent 7y ago
> The trouble is we can only get "real data" by testing more people.
We get "real data" by properly testing, not necessarily by testing more people.
Currently we are mainly testing people arriving with symptoms.
This results in underestimate of the number of infected and an overestimate of mortality and morbidity rates.