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That positive rate is far too low. If you get < 15% anywhere with a proven widespread outbreak you aren't doing enough testing.
by seppin 7y ago
That positive rate is far too low. If you get < 15% anywhere with a proven widespread outbreak you aren't doing enough testing.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoThat doesn't make sense to me. If you have a proven widespread outbreak and test everyone in your country, the number's still going to be below 15%.
- seppin 7y ago15% seems to be an average number for an area with known community spread. It was in Korea, it was in Germany. If you are getting less than that, you aren't testing enough people. ALso if your number is far higher you might be only testing dire cases.
- 2019-nCoV 7y agoYou have it backwards. If your positivity rate continues to plummet as testing ramps up it points to the inverse. See other nations with wide spread testing and low positivity rates, namely Australia, NZ, Taiwan, UAE.