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Norway lacked test capacity like everyone else early during the pandemic. We did antibody tests later to see what we had missed. Turns out in spite of all asym
by eitland 5y ago
Norway lacked test capacity like everyone else early during the pandemic. We did antibody tests later to see what we had missed.
Turns out in spite of all asymptomatic cases etc the guesstimates were fairly good.
Now Norway is an extremely rich country and healthcare is (generally) excellent here, but if asymptomatic cases were really widespread we should have seen some non trivial percentage showing up in the antibody tests that we weren't aware of earlier.
- ekianjo 5y agoNorway has low population density so you cannot really extrapolate to countries where people live in much denser areas with more chance of exposure.
- qwetueu654 5y agoDoesn't work like that. The main way respitory diseases spread is via socializing (ie talking face-to-face indoors). No matter the population density, rural or urban, people socialize at roughly the same rate nowadays.
- ekianjo 5y agoOf course it matters. If you have millions of people taking public transport every day vs people driving in individual cars, makes a huge difference in exposure.