[Info-vax] COVID-19

[Dave Froble]

On 12/13/2020 9:00 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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

The thing about testing is, usually there is some reason to test. 
Therefore the percentage of positives may be higher than the percentage 
of people with the virus.

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