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No jurisdiction is doing randomly-sampled testing, so how is this relevant?
by vonmoltke 7y ago
No jurisdiction is doing randomly-sampled testing, so how is this relevant?
- the8472 7y agoSingapore does, and it's relevant because it's the best way to get an unbiased view of the situation, such as asymptomatic spread.
- vonmoltke 7y agoSource? I can't find any information that Singapore's testing is random. Also, if it is I stand corrected on my original statement. However, Singapore is a pretty small, cohesive nation with a strong central government. They, along with a handful of other city-states, are uniquely positioned for this. The poster child for testing-based control, South Korea, is not testing randomly. So, how is this a dig on the US?
- the8472 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eRK2Y5jBHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eRK2Y5jBHk > So, how is this a dig on the US? It factors into the "most confirmed" discussion. Nobody has a true perspective if everyone's samples suffer from wildly different biases.
- mbrubeck 7y agoWashington State has https://seattleflu.org/scan https://seattleflu.org/scan (not totally random across the population but attempting to get a representative sample)