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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by michaf on Saturday March 21, 2020 @02:38PM (#22648758)
If the number of tests administered is the limiting factor, and if you only increase the number of tests linearly in time, then case numbers would grow linear as well.
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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by corpMaverick on Saturday March 21, 2020 @02:45PM (#22648827)
I suppose that in that case you would see an increase of deaths and also the count of respiratory illnesses(covid-19 missclassified).
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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by rolph on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:42PM (#22649323)
yes and this would give you an opportunity to estimate how far off the mark you might be.
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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by unishark on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:57AM (#22653447)
Only if all tests are positive already. Otherwise you should see an exponentially increasing number of positives if the number of infected is increasing faster than the number of tests.
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