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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat's everyone's sense
Of how many people *really* have it (United States) and not just what's being reported (or what's been tested)? 10 times what's reported? 100 times?
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What's everyone's sense (Original Post)
durablend
Mar 2020
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Shell_Seas
(3,333 posts)1. 10x at least
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)3. I'd say you are not far wrong. At this stage it's the deaths is the
number to watch for.
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)4. I think that's about right. n/t
Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)6. That would be my guess, as well.
J_William_Ryan
(1,753 posts)2. There are certainly
a significant number who will go undiagnosed, believing their illness was something else.
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)5. Probably closer to 10
because of testing delay we know a little about where we were. Certainly not where we are.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)7. Assume at least 1% infected, so over 3 million cases.
Here are some projections (assuming strong precautions remain in place):
https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections
And here's a good one for tracking progress of testing an other reporting:
https://covidtracking.com/data/
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)8. Link inside