Thanks for that. USA should just accept global tests are perfect.Dr. Birx with the Task Force stated today that the WHO test kits were throwing out false negatives and false positives, hence their decision to create their own.
Thanks for that. USA should just accept global tests are perfect.Dr. Birx with the Task Force stated today that the WHO test kits were throwing out false negatives and false positives, hence their decision to create their own.
That's a lot more immigrants than I thought since the number I've heard in 327M here.Still normal around here, sometimes I think we forget there are 350+ Million folks here in the USA.
No matter how many test +, the number of reported cases will always be far less than actual unless everyone is forced to be tested. And why would we do that?Don't know anyone yet, but the bottom line is the USA numbers are probably way under reported due to still the lack of widespread testing. Doesn't really take a genius to figure out why.......
Number +, not number of deaths. Tests don't change deaths - today.Task Force today warned that now that testing is ramping, expect significant number jumps over the next week.
LOL. Just how many deaths would testing have stopped if social distancing didn't happen?It's amazing that federal government is so slow of proving (or deploying) corona-virus tests readily for the masses given the news of the breakout back in the December.
Agree that testing more folks without obvious or weak symptoms would result in a lower death rate. But presence tests can't lower the number of deaths for those with it.Germany has over 8000 cases but only 12 deaths the lowest rate among all countries. One of the factors their health minister attributed the aggressive testing through their regular labs that started on January 21.
Germany does not border Italy.Here again Germany hasn't been overly aggressive considering their proximity and their open border exposure to Italy.
That's exactly right.It's 16% of the people tested. The important question is, who is being tested?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure at this point they are only testing people suspected of having it (showing typical symptoms). So I really have no idea how to extrapolate this to the larger population.
-ERD50
With 3rd largest population - for perspective..(USA: 8th highest national total, with 7,769; 121 deaths)
Without testing, some recent deaths attributed to pneumonia generically, for example, could actually be CV-19 related.Number +, not number of deaths. Tests don't change deaths - today.
Without testing, some recent deaths attributed to pneumonia generically, for example, could actually be CV-19 related.
Germany does not border Italy.
No doubt. This is always a rough time of year where I live because of tree pollen. Many of us suffer greatly from that.
Would seem to me that the CV-19 symptoms are fairly distinct from pollen allergies, at least the kind I get. No fever, or respiratory issues.
I would hope that they give priority to testing hospitalized patients. And that's why they do not test people with mild symptoms.
If a patient died at home, I hope they do the test as part of an autopsy.
... Rita-Fusco Jackson died last Friday and later tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the state’s second victim.
Source?The early symptoms are very similar to colds and allergies. It isn't until the second week or so that the fever and lung issues get started. Certainly similar enough to cause concern, if you've got the symptoms.
Germany does not border Italy.
Attributed or not doesn't change true number.Without testing, some recent deaths attributed to pneumonia generically, for example, could actually be CV-19 related.
I wasn't unfair at all. Quite factual actually.But to be fair, the southern German border and northern Italian border are less than 100km apart. It is 70km from Mittenwald, Germany to Brenner, Italy... and probably less as the crow flies... about twice the width of Long Island... so not very far at all.
I’m pretty sure when and where I picked up the virus — from a small gathering attended by my husband and several of my friends, a few of whom got sick too. But no one knows who dropped it off. No one from the gathering was coughing or sneezing.
Testing personnel and materials are scarce, and resources are rightfully going to help those who most need them. Which means that yes, untested, untreated people are walking around with this virus. One of them gave it to someone I know, who gave it to me. But rather than looking around at your fellow humans and wondering if they’re going to give you coronavirus, think about whether you might be the one giving it to them.
The problem is you don't know who is who.one fact is, at 16% it's still more likely that you have a cold and not COVID...let's not stoke panic in people.