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> Did we really miss that many people in March/April or did something else change? If you remember, back in March, and extending into at least April, the tests
by pwg 6y ago
> Did we really miss that many people in March/April or did something else change?
If you remember, back in March, and extending into at least April, the tests were very limited and so the symptoms one had to exhibit in order to even be tested were such that one was likely only a few days away from being hospitalized before one could even get tested.
So all mild, and many bad, but not quite bad enough cases were never able to be tested, because they didn't meet the then current "criteria to be given a test".
So given the strict controls to giving tests that were in place back then, yes, it is reasonable to believe we missed a lot of cases back in the March/April time frame.