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If the number of tests administered is the limiting factor, and if you only increase the number of tests linearly in time, then case numbers would grow linear a
by michaf 7y ago
If the number of tests administered is the limiting factor, and if you only increase the number of tests linearly in time, then case numbers would grow linear as well.
- corpMaverick 7y agoI suppose that in that case you would see an increase of deaths and also the count of respiratory illnesses(covid-19 missclassified).
- rolph 7y agoyes and this would give you an opportunity to estimate how far off the mark you might be.
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- unishark 7y agoOnly if all tests are positive already. Otherwise you should see an exponentially increasing number of positives if the number of infected is increasing faster than the number of tests.