Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier are symptom-free
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Re: Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier are symptom-free
#2This is because they're testing the entire population as opposed to simply those who end up hospitalized and those around them.
We need population testing to get an actual idea of how many people in an area have it. There's likely way more cases nationwide than being reported. In NYC, most asymptomatic/low symptom cases of coronavirus aren't going to be tested until antibody testing later on.
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#3This is because they're testing the entire population as opposed to simply those who end up hospitalized and those around them. We need population testing to get an actual idea of how many people in an area have it. There's likely way more cases nationwide than being reported. In NYC, most asymptomatic/low symptom cases of coronavirus aren't going to be tested until antibody testing later on.
Yes. Many institutions test only if preparing to admit. Anybody else is told to go home and recover in isolation.
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#4I find this to be good even excellent news.
It is quite possible the virus is not nearly as dangerous and lethal as people fear. If the young have nothing to worry about the prospects are pretty good.
The best way to reach herd immunity is to have lots of immune people around you.
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#5This is because they're testing the entire population as opposed to simply those who end up hospitalized and those around them. We need population testing to get an actual idea of how many people in an area have it. There's likely way more cases nationwide than being reported. In NYC, most asymptomatic/low symptom cases of coronavirus aren't going to be tested until antibody testing later on.
Yes. Many institutions test only if preparing to admit. Anybody else is told to go home and recover in isolation.
if the US has 33K deaths and the death rate is 0.6% then the US must have at least 5 million cases. If the death rate is lower (most likely around 0.3%) then it means 10 million infections.
Also a good news actually.
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#6>> The majority of the positive cases so far are among sailors who are asymptomatic, officials say.
I don't know much about this kind of thing, but isn't the most important word in that sentence "sailors"? I would think people living on an aircraft carrier are, on average, way different in many major ways than the average American. So it seems like making any kinds of assumptions based on this wouldn't be super reliable.
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#7Sailors are very young. You can't assume that the proportion of people who are asymptomatic to be the same for every age group.
The 60% asymptomatic percentage is also a lot lower than some of the assumptions flowing around the internet (~90%).
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#8Young people in the best shapes of their lives tolerate C19 well. I thought it was common knowledge.
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#9So people who are fit enough to pass active duty basic training tend not to have symptoms. Solution: put everyone through basic training?
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#10This is mixed news. While this indicates the death rate may be lower and the infection rate higher among the general population, the demographic of individuals in the US military are going to be of significantly higher health than the general population.
So, it doesn't necessarily ease the risk for demographics already identified as 'at-risk'. If anything, their risk might be understated given the higher infection rate.