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Are 1/3 of children showing symptoms? That's terrible. Edit: Sorry. I misintepreted parent comment.
by scoutt 6y ago
Are 1/3 of children showing symptoms? That's terrible.
Edit: Sorry. I misintepreted parent comment.
- rodonn 6y agoNo, that's not the correct interpretation. 1/3 of children who are tested test positive. The children who are tested are (probably) ones who are more likely to be showing symptoms or to have been exposed. The rate of infection in the broader population of children is (probably) lower, though it's hard to say by how much without doing testing on a random sample of the population.
- 0-_-0 6y agoIf they only tested children who showed symptoms, then the results mean that 30% of children showing symptoms are actually positive.
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- jfengel 6y agoNo, it means that 1/3 of children who are showing symptoms (or are otherwise recommended for a test) are in fact positive. In particular, that's 17,000 positives out of 54,000 tested. That's far smaller than a third of the ~4 million children in Florida. Few of those are showing symptoms and thus don't get tested. At least, for another month or so, when the schools reopen and every student (and teacher) gets exposed.
- baldfat 6y agoNo but if your a teacher or live with kids it is a scary figure.