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The problem with these studies is the mild symptom cases may never even be reported as cases, I know alot of people that had covid symptoms but never got teste
by syshum 5y ago
The problem with these studies is the mild symptom cases may never even be reported as cases, I know alot of people that had covid symptoms but never got tested, and would never get tested unless it got to the point where they needed medical care. So if you just had a "pretty bad" flu and sat at home you likely never got tested, and thus would never show up in these studies
Hell I know a couple people that were told by local medical center to not even bother with the test, they just assumed it was covid, was told to self isolate and monitor.
- m4rtink 5y agoBoth can be true - if you have a variant that is less deadly (but still deadly for some) and it is more transmissible then it will kill more people in absolute numbers. Also it can overwhelm hospitals, cuaing additional deaths and injuries (due to late treatment or treatment errors).
- dzhiurgis 5y ago> I know alot of people that had covid symptoms but never got tested Sure, let's just trust anecdotes from random person on internet over data