Ten-Minute Coronavirus Test for $1

Re:Ten-Minute Coronavirus Test for $1 by btilly on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:39PM (#22597435)

For example Canada had first case in January, and 2 months later is only up to ~500 confirmed cases.

My niece and great nephews in Victoria, BC just turned up with symptoms for COVID. They were told to self-quarantine and were not tested.

You cannot believe the numbers from any country which does not have a robust testing regime. That emphatically includes Canada along with the USA.

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Re:Ten-Minute Coronavirus Test for $1 by jopsen on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:49PM (#22597556)

Yeah, in Denmark yesterday simple math says that 18% of people tested was infected.

That's not to suggest that 18% of the population is infected. Merely suggests that positive tests is a useless metric because people are not tested.

Number of people admitted to hospital might be a better indicator -- though this has a lot of delay.

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