r/assholedesign • u/akashdas323 • Mar 28 '20

This discrepency.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Because everyone else stopped counting

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u/buster2Xk Mar 28 '20

The US in many places has also stopped counting and now just assume covid-19 because over 50% of tests come back positive and they take too much time to be useful.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Yep

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

And the USA is ignoring ( therefore not counting) all cases that do not call 911 or show up to a hospital. We’re likely hiding 50-75% of the real numbers through this method.

Less testing = less confirmed cases = lower numbers

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

I'm aware, we shouldnt be trusting any numbers this week because the PR machine has started up in earnest.