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redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 06:36 PM Mar 2020

I seriously doubt that all the cases are being reported or counted

A relative in the military came up with all the symptoms, went to the doc, the doc wouldn't or couldn't do the test. As a result her kid has it now and the rest of the family is self quarantined. So she officially is not counted. Trump is playing with fire by keeping the test kits unavailable.

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I seriously doubt that all the cases are being reported or counted (Original Post) redstateblues Mar 2020 OP
Trump said it, he didn't want "the numbers to go up" uponit7771 Mar 2020 #1
Yes, yes... Mike 03 Mar 2020 #2
Me too. fleur-de-lisa Mar 2020 #3

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
2. Yes, yes...
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 06:53 PM
Mar 2020

From the NYT:

Scientists tracking the spread of the coronavirus reported on Monday that, for every confirmed case, there are most likely another five to 10 people in the community with undetected infections. These often-milder cases are, on average, about half as infectious as confirmed ones, but are responsible for nearly 80 percent of new cases, according to the report, which was based on data from China.


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/health/coronavirus-statistics-undetected.html
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