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Total case count isn't very interesting on its own because it depends highly on testing and policies related to testing. This is one reason why the reported dea
by goalieca 7y ago
Total case count isn't very interesting on its own because it depends highly on testing and policies related to testing. This is one reason why the reported death rates are total crap and why there is such interest in anti-body testing. What is less affected by testing policy and availability is the number of hospitalizations. The number of people currently in hospital presents a pretty good idea of the progress of the disease (it lags a bit.. typically 10 days).
- matwood 7y agoJust growing the infection denominator alone should not change policy very much though without also considering how infectious COVID-19 appears to be. NYC, Italy, etc... have clearly had a lot of deaths from the virus regardless of the final death rate ends up being when this all over. Where antibody testing does come into play (and assuming antibodies at levels those are tested for do give some immunity) is when things can start to go back to normal.