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But the vast majority of samples are coming from people who will ultimately survive, but who have respiratory illness. Anyhow, scientists have considered testi
by projektfu 6y ago
But the vast majority of samples are coming from people who will ultimately survive, but who have respiratory illness. Anyhow, scientists have considered testing bias.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6937a6-H.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6937a6-H.pdf
“Initially, declines in influenza virus activity were attributed to decreased testing, because persons with respiratory symptoms were often preferentially referred for SARS-CoV-2 assessment and testing. However, renewed efforts by public health officials and clinicians to test samples for influenza resulted in adequate numbers tested and detection of little to no influenza virus.”