KiaKaha [he/him] to news • 4 years agoUS reports 88,973 new virus infections, another daily recordexternal-linkmessage-square41 fedilinkarrow-up169file-text
arrow-up169external-linkUS reports 88,973 new virus infections, another daily recordKiaKaha [he/him] to news • 4 years agomessage-square41 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKiaKaha [he/him]hexagonhexbear1·4 years agoI mean, if tests are done by random sampling, contact tracing, or by mass testing a la Chinese cities, then you get a whole lot of asymptomatics registering as cases. If you only test when people present at hospital, you get only the worst cases. link
minus-squareDasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]hexbear2·4 years agoYes, but the west outside of a handful of studies only tests when people show symptoms and don't do mass testing on any scale. link
I mean, if tests are done by random sampling, contact tracing, or by mass testing a la Chinese cities, then you get a whole lot of asymptomatics registering as cases. If you only test when people present at hospital, you get only the worst cases.
Yes, but the west outside of a handful of studies only tests when people show symptoms and don't do mass testing on any scale.