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To: CptnObvious
Re: “And now that 2% population testing is kicking in we are seeing folks who test positive but show no symptoms.”

Not sure I know what that means.

According to Johns Hopkins, we have performed 29.2 million tests.

That is a fraction below 9% of the USA population.

No one is sure if that number includes antibody testing, or not. In fact, no one seems to know how many antibody tests have actually been done.

Yesterday, the CDC estimated that between 5% and 8% of the USA population has been infected.

Since 8.3% of the USA 29.2 million tests are positive, I think the CDC is low balling its total infection estimate.

Why? Because when the number of infected people goes up, the Case Fatality Rate goes down.

In at least four European cities and New York state, the total population infection rate is between 11% and 15%.

If the USA is tracking in that same range, that means the COVID-19 fatality rate is very close to our influenza fatality rate.

12 posted on 06/26/2020 8:21:50 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen
Re: “And now that 2% population testing is kicking in we are seeing folks who test positive but show no symptoms.”

Not sure I know what that means

No congestion, no fever, no sniffles, no temperature. IE: No Symptoms yet test positive in antibody tests. These are being called "cases".

Also there was a push to get States to test at least 2% of the population. These stats are now coming in and guess what? They show more people have been exposed than were recorded in the past (DUH!).

Unless these new "Cases" result in more deaths, the panic pushers will have more egg on their faces (DOH!).

19 posted on 06/26/2020 9:45:56 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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