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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI 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
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uponit7771
(93,504 posts)1. Trump said it, he didn't want "the numbers to go up"
Mike 03
(18,690 posts)2. Yes, yes...
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
fleur-de-lisa
(14,704 posts)3. Me too.
