Re:The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming
by mrfusion on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:11AM
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I believe that most of the current testing only shows active infections?
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Re:The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming
by simonh on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:47AM
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Yes, and it has shown initially small numbers of active infections, growing rapidly, as a proportion of those tested. If the virus was already widely distributed, we would expect it to be much closer to equilibrium.