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> As we increase testing capabilities in the US, it is inevitable that the number of detected cases will also rise Most people miss that aspect and just look a
by caseysoftware 6y ago
> As we increase testing capabilities in the US, it is inevitable that the number of detected cases will also rise
Most people miss that aspect and just look at overall case count.
Personally, I'm more and more encouraged every day that the case count grows dramatically and the resulting deaths don't. That means it's far far less deadly than we thought in March.
- AstralStorm 6y agoExcept the death count has followed cases count nearly exactly with about one month of delay. (R > 0.9 for dumb linear fit, better for other kinds.) Unless you're alleging that testing people or quarantining them kills them, which would be laughable. Or some grand scale conspiracy theory to make it look like a pandemic worldwide.
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- thu2111 6y agoIn which countries? In the USA the case graph and death graph looks quite different. Just use the Google charts to quickly see: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=usa%20covid%20deaths https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=usa%20covid%20deaths In Spain the death graph lagged the cases graph by only a few days in the first wave. In the second wave of cases (positive tests) they're now experiencing, deaths haven't gone up at all, as apparently the patients are now younger and recover quicker. Can you show some graphs and working for this claim that death graphs are basically just lagged versions of the case graph? Also why would deaths follow cases by a month when infection-to-death is supposedly about 18 days.
- erichocean 6y ago> That means it's far far less deadly than we thought in March. It could also just mean that our tests are inaccurate, and it's as dangerous as it ever has been.