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Not my field, but my understanding is that a high positivity rate means you’re not testing enough. That’s been my concern with the rush to say that children don
by gdubs 6y ago
Not my field, but my understanding is that a high positivity rate means you’re not testing enough. That’s been my concern with the rush to say that children don’t spread coronavirus. It seems more likely that children are asymptomatic, and therefore not tested as much. If you’ve had the test, you can understand why parents are probably not rushing to have their asymptomatic kids tested for the sake of having better data.
- croutonwagon 6y agoI think its probably hard to draw much from this, other than it seems to substantiate the theory that a LOT of the transmission has been asymptomatic. And kids are the least vulnerable here. I dont think it would be a stretch to say most kids are asymptomatic. But, at least here in Florida, there still not a lot of "show up and test" style facilities available. Most have to be registered with your employer or healthcare provider. So you have to have some symptom or otherwise ASK to be tested.