Barozi said:
wow so ~27% of all tests in New York are positive? Wasn't the ratio closer to 10% in other countries? Looks like there is still an incredibly amount of undetected infections within the state. |
Yesterday they did 16,000+ test in new york, and found 5700+ infected.
5700/16000 x 100 = ~36% (of those tested yesterday)
Remember they mainly test, those that have symptoms.
Or have been in close contact with others confirmed to have it.
(+ medical staff ect)
Its neither good nor bad, the % of people that are actually infected of those tested is high or not.
You could go some place remote, and test a million people that seemed health and without symptoms.
Numbers of infected here would be very low (% wise), however what good would that do?
(ofc you could still inform those infected, they need to stay in doors and not infect others)
However if you find alot all at once, the more people you can "prevent" from infecting even more.
So I think ultimately you want the number to be high, when your testing (so your not just wasteing the tests).
(this assumes that theres a limited supply, and you cant just test everyone in the entire country at once, if you can do that, go ahead and test everyone)
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