[Info-vax] COVID-19

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/13/2020 5:38 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2020-12-13 20:44:55 +0000, Jan-Erik Søderholm said:
>> But the "infected" numbers are very hard to value since they are very 
>> much depending on the volume of testing done.
> 
> More tests does not mean more cases.

If positivity rate is greater than zero then more tests
mean more positive test.

Math.

> With sufficient tests to gain a reasonable sample of the population, 
> it's the positivity rate of the tests run that matters, and less the 
> total number of tests run.

Yes. But that is actually the point in what Jan-Erik said.

Arne