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FBaggins

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2. Could be good news... but it doesn't seem to fit

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:20 AM

Oct 2020

The reporting seems to fit a narrative of things being moderately worse here in the US than most of the world. Yet fewer than 5% of our tests are coming back positive. I would certainly expect that people who are getting tested are at least moderately more likely to have it than those who are not being tested.

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10% of world's population may have been infected with coronavirus, WHO estimates [View all] Zorro Oct 2020 OP

I think this could very well be the case. ananda Oct 2020 #1

I was thinking the same thing matt819 Oct 2020 #3

Could be good news... but it doesn't seem to fit FBaggins Oct 2020 #2

Depends on reason for testing for low positive rate JT45242 Oct 2020 #4

We may never know the true devastation of the virus until like 10 - 15 years from now. Initech Oct 2020 #5

I think I've had it and didn't know TrogL Oct 2020 #6

Way to go Donny! Botany Oct 2020 #7

11% jcgoldie Oct 2020 #8