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This seems like alarmism. All of these tests are useful, and the antibody tests scale better as they are quicker and cheaper which makes them useful for contac
by m0llusk 6y ago
This seems like alarmism. All of these tests are useful, and the antibody tests scale better as they are quicker and cheaper which makes them useful for contact tracing containment. Because most COVID-19 infections that have negative outcomes, that is hospitalization or death, are in people with one or more other major chronic health problems the numbers are complex and identifying a single cause of death is not necessarily correct.
In any case most analysts agree that if you want really good numbers for comparison between countries and over time then the only way to go is with all cause mortality. That number captures all of the most serious impacts and has a strongly identifiable spike.