South Korea has tested 140,000 people for the coronavirus.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

That could explain why its death rate is just 0.6% — far lower than in China or the US.

The US and South Korea announced their first cases of the coronavirus on the same day: January 20. More than six weeks later, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested around 1,500 people for the virus. South Korea, meanwhile, has tested about 140,000.

The nation is capable of conducting as many as 10,000 tests per day and has built drive-thru testing clinics that can detect coronavirus cases in just 10 minutes. Officials say the clinics can reduce testing time by a third.

This quick response has allowed South Korea to detect more than 6,000 coronavirus patients, around 35 of whom have died. That means the country's fatality rate — the number of deaths out of the total number of infections — is around 0.6%.

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Widespread testing could mean a lower death rate because the majority of coronavirus cases — around 80% — are considered mild. But the cases reported first are often those with the most severe symptoms, since those people go to the hospital. Milder cases, on the other hand, could go uncounted or get reported later on.

https://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-tested-140-000-031000719.html

[BusyBeingBest]

1. SK has got their shit together.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. They act like there's no such thing as Magic April!

Morons Are Governing America. May pasty old Republicans be the first to succumb.

[yonder]

3. According to this, the US has tested just over 1% of the people S. Korea has.

It's hard to get my arms around that number. Mind boggling.

[underpants]

4. So THAT's where all of our test kits went

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South Korean pirates

[dewsgirl]

7. LoL🤣

[defacto7]

5. It's all good

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Except for the death rate which is not figured with the number of cases but the number of cases with an outcome. That number is 178 compared to the number of deaths 36. That is over 20% which is not reasonable because there aren't enough cases with an outcome to be rational. In other words we can't say what the death rate is yet. Therefore the article premise is faulty.
I wish people would stick with the facts and stay away from media sources that are biased or unreliable.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Hmmmm, are you sure...

This quick response has allowed South Korea to detect more than 6,000 coronavirus patients, around 35 of whom have died. That means the country's fatality rate — the number of deaths out of the total number of infections — is around 0.6%.

From what I see, they had 6000 who tested positive with 35 fatalities. Math looks good to me.

Now, in the US, we don't have any idea how many are infected yet, so yeah, we're in the dark.

[defacto7]

13. The calclation for death rate is determined using

the cases with an outcome. Cases with an outcome are the number of recovered patients plus the number of deaths. That is about 180. The pecentage of deaths in that figure is too high to be accurate in determining the actual death rate. Many more cases with an outcome are needed. The number of deaths compared to all open cases is irrelevant. It doesn't represent anything useful. That's why it's never used to calculate the death rate. A probability of deaths can only be reasonably guessed if there are a lot of outcomes and South Korea has very few to date. Out of 6000 cases only about 180 have an outcome. The rest are still sick and there's no way to determine what will happen to them.

In other words, the article is determining the death rate incorrectly.

[bluestarone]

6. Any of OUR soldiers get tested?

[dewsgirl]

8. I believe there are 7 confirmed military cases there

on the US base.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[bluestarone]

9. TY! GOOD they

Were tested. I'm happy for that!

[dewsgirl]

12. You're welcome, my son's Sargent, who is also his best friend

is there, they all just deployed about a month and a half ago. We watched his children last night, scary.

[Wounded Bear]

11. If they are just military and not dependents...

they should be OK, as they are typically younger and more healthy than average folks.

[nykym]

14. Now that's something...

built drive-thru testing clinics that can detect coronavirus cases in just 10 minutes.
And then you can place your order for the impossible whopper.