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That article title is absolutely awful. They did a tiny test in some under-tested area and extrapolated it to everywhere. What we really need is random samplin
by bufferoverflow 6y ago
That article title is absolutely awful. They did a tiny test in some under-tested area and extrapolated it to everywhere.
What we really need is random sampling tests from large areas, not tiny counties. And you don't even need that many of them to have a statistically significant result. I'd say 10-50 thousand random tests across the US will give you a very accurate figure of how many people have had the virus.
I also highly doubt the claims that the mortality of this virus is low. It's demonstrably not. We have hospitals that used to have a few deaths a week (from all causes), and now have multiple deaths per day (mostly corona). With only around 1% of the population infected.
- goalieca 6y agoWith only 1% of the population infected? Nope. It’s definitely a lot more than that. You know where the claim that up to 80% of people can be asymptomatic came from? It was when they tested all pregnant women for delivery at a hospital in New York. I recall that they found 15% were infected.