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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:34 PM Apr 2020

MSNBC said 1% of Americans have been tested

Well Hell then,
let's open everything back up and return to 'normal' !

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MSNBC said 1% of Americans have been tested (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 OP

And folks who tested negative months, weeks, or even days ago might test positive today. Tom Rinaldo Apr 2020 #1

Our testing rate is abysmal. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #2

Here is the league table from the 17th April OnDoutside Apr 2020 #3

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Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)

1. And folks who tested negative months, weeks, or even days ago might test positive today.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:40 PM

Apr 2020

So functionally that 1% figure is way too high.

gibraltar72

(7,503 posts)

2. Our testing rate is abysmal.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:55 PM

Apr 2020

Think we were like 38 out of 40 countries.

OnDoutside

(19,953 posts)

3. Here is the league table from the 17th April

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 04:20 PM

Apr 2020

This is the best measure I’ve seen of quite how few #COVID19 tests the UK has done. It is an international league table of countries ranked by percentage of population tested, compiled by Julian Ozanne (who was on FT with me in another life). The UK comes 20th out of 20

https://t.co/pvJaMe3GH6

Link to tweet

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