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Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy by seppin on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:23PM (#22895003)
That positive rate is far too low. If you get < 15% anywhere with a proven widespread outbreak you aren't doing enough testing.
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Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:32PM (#22895072)
That doesn't make sense to me. If you have a proven widespread outbreak and test everyone in your country, the number's still going to be below 15%.
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Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy by seppin on Friday April 17, 2020 @02:13PM (#22901425)
15% seems to be an average number for an area with known community spread. It was in Korea, it was in Germany.

If you are getting less than that, you aren't testing enough people. ALso if your number is far higher you might be only testing dire cases.

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Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy by 2019-nCoV on Friday April 17, 2020 @08:03PM (#22904166)
You have it backwards. If your positivity rate continues to plummet as testing ramps up it points to the inverse. See other nations with wide spread testing and low positivity rates, namely Australia, NZ, Taiwan, UAE.
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