Re:Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
by ekianjo on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:52AM
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Not just in the US. In most countries tests are extremely limited so they screen out massively.
Re:Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
by tonfa on Saturday March 14, 2020 @10:15AM
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Yes, I think CH and FR do that, they ask to self quarantine if you have symptoms. Italy was actually testing everyone afaik.
Re:Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
by ekianjo on Saturday March 14, 2020 @12:57PM
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Japan does virtually no tests at all for example. On the other hand South Korea is a lot more into testing everyone.
Re:Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
by jml78 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:54AM
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And it takes 3-5 days for CDC results to come back. My whole family is in isolation due to potential exposure while we wait to find out if the sick person has cov-19.
Re:Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
by peter303 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @10:52AM
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Trump Inc gave up on CDC testing week and unleashed the more competent private sector. The first CDC portable test kit was defective making them [re]test at their central lab.
Re:Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Saturday March 14, 2020 @10:18AM
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That meme is false and needs to die. Look at testing here [0], from the CDC website [1]. The CDC is just a part of this, and public labs are testing thousands per day right now. Expect this chart to keep going up.
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/images/lab-data-gr...
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/test...
The reason the counts are so low is the CDC refuses to test anyone.