"Coronavirus may have infected 10 times more Americans" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Jun 2020 8:52 p.m. PST |
…than reported, CDC says. "Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus, 10 times more than official counts, indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease, senior administration officials said. The estimate, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is based on serology testing used to determine the presence of antibodies that show whether an individual has had the disease, the officials said. The officials, speaking to a small group of reporters on Wednesday night, said the estimate was based on the number of known cases, between 2.3 million and 2.4 million, multiplied by the average rate of antibodies seen from the serology tests, about an average of 10 to 1…."
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| Wolfhag | 26 Jun 2020 12:07 p.m. PST |
estimate, number of known cases, multiplied by the average rate, about an average of This does not sound very scientific to me. It sounds like more guesswork but probably the best effort to this point. Tune in next week for an update of known data, estimates and averages. Wolfhag |
| Tango01 | 26 Jun 2020 10:23 p.m. PST |
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