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Well, yes. Even areas of the world with high levels of testing and low levels of infection are going to be missing some cases. Here in MA where a full 30% of

Well, yes. Even areas of the world with high levels of testing and low levels of infection are going to be missing some cases. Here in MA where a full 30% of tests are coming back positive[1] it would be surprising if actual infections weren't a multiple of confirmed cases. But things are probably much better than they were in February where estimates of the ration are that we were factor of 100 or more behind actual cases. [1]https://i.redd.it/ajxsj8jxyur41.png https://i.redd.it/ajxsj8jxyur41.png

hprotagonist 7y ago
19.9% per https://dashboard.cityofboston.gov/t/Guest_Access_Enabled/views/COVID-19/Dashboard1?%3AshowAppBanner=false&%3Adisplay_count=n&%3AshowVizHome=n&%3Aorigin=viz_share_link&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&%3Aembed=y https://dashboard.cityofboston.gov/t/Guest_Access_Enabled/vi... i wonder why the disparity?
- lsllc 7y ago
  On the graphic it's "29% of todays tests were positive", not of overall tests which indeed stands at 19.94% positive (18941/94958). The graphic is incorrect with 16% of all tests positive. EDIT: Creator of the graphic is /u/oldgrimalkin who posts these each afternoon in /r/CoronavirusMa
fulafel 7y ago
The paper is comparing to "clinical estimates", probably those estimates already tried to take this into account?