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Slim majority, not vast - NYC test positivity rate peaked at around 55% IIRC.

• CydeWeys 6y ago
  A lot of those tests were people not presenting with COVID-19 symptoms though. Think of all the asymptomatic people who were getting tested; that group had a much lower test positivity rate than 55%, thus bringing the average down. For people who had all the right symptoms, it was higher than 55%.
  • Marsymars 6y ago
    That effect doesn't seem like it would skew a larger difference between Alberta and NYC test positivity rates. If anything, that would depress Alberta test positivity rates more than NYC ones, since we've got more spare testing capacity for people without all the right symptoms.
    • CydeWeys 6y ago
      What does Alberta have to do with anything?
      • Marsymars 6y ago
        It's the "we" (I live in Alberta) I was originally referring to with the 3.5% test positivity rate.