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In the whole world, there are only two places that can reasonably claim to be taking a scientific approach to those aspects of this virus at this point: Iceland
by erikdlarson 7y ago
In the whole world, there are only two places that can reasonably claim to be taking a scientific approach to those aspects of this virus at this point: Iceland and the Faeroe Islands. Both have tested about 3% of their populations (that’s about 6X better than South Korea, 12X better than Italy, and 100X better than the US). Iceland is trying to test a representative population, although their testing is still skewed towards ill and exposed people. The Danes of the Faeroe Islands are tracing almost 100% of cases.
If we're really feeling our oats, let's beat the Faeroe Islands!
- ChefboyOG 7y agoWithout taking any due praise away from Iceland's efforts, it's disingenious to compare Iceland's testing to other countries as a pure percentage of population. Iceland has a population of roughly 364,000. South Korea, for comparison, has over 51,000,000. 3% of one is not comparable to 3% of the other.
- erikdlarson 7y agoOf course not. But they can inspire us to start thinking A LOT bigger and more proactively. We could easily do it, and it would make a bigger difference than the $2T bailout.
- erikdlarson 7y agoLike I said, if you really want to be bold, let's take on the Faeroe Islands, they only have 51,000 people.
- phillipseamore 7y agoFurthermore, Iceland is likely the only country to sequence every positive sample.