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It's the same virus no matter where you are in the world. Weekly new cases (per capita) is the best metric for how likely you are to get it when you step outsid
by AlanSE 6y ago
It's the same virus no matter where you are in the world. Weekly new cases (per capita) is the best metric for how likely you are to get it when you step outside.
- dr_dshiv 6y agoMm, how to account for the percent of tests given that are positive? That seems like important information. BTW, this is a very well done indicator dashboard for the Netherlands. https://coronadashboard.government.nl/landelijk https://coronadashboard.government.nl/landelijk
- hdjdbtbgwjsn 6y agoWeekly new hospital admissions is better. Case numbers are massively skewed by testing capacity.
- bluGill 6y agoEven that isn't good - it doesn't account for people who don't go in and drop dead. It is suspected this is happening in India.
- rossdavidh 6y agoWell, as of early May there were 198 variants identified: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52557955 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52557955 We don't know that there's any difference, currently, between what variants are dominant in different parts of the world. But, we sure don't know they're the same, either.
- BlueScreenDeath 6y agoA virus is not computer code. They mutate.
- Wintamute 6y agoCompletely false. Weekly new cases per capita is merely a function of number of tests performed by authorities, and furthermore the false positive rate of those tests too. Percent positivity of those tests is a somewhat more accurate indication, but those figures rarely see headlines because they are less sensationalist. For example, UK test positivity rates are less than 1/10th what they were at the peak.