Because it's logical. What makes this virus dangerous? The speed it spreads plus

Apr 2, 2020
11:16:09am

Harbinger Walk-on

The fact that a majority of cases are asymptomatic. So if we had it here in January and did nothing to mitigate the spread until mid March, it only stands to reason that it spread rapidly.

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Question: why are some assuming testing will reveal that TONS of people have it?

macdizzle

4/2/20 11:13am

Because it's logical. What makes this virus dangerous? The speed it spreads plus

Harbinger

4/2/20 11:16am

So why aren't more people testing positive? Only 5% of the people who think they

macdizzle

4/2/20 11:18am

They're not testing for antibodies right now, so that 5% is only active

Harbinger

4/2/20 11:19am

Why is the positive test rate only about 5% if so many people have it?

flyzag

4/2/20 12:54pm

Could you not be bothered to read the exact same question right above yours,

Harbinger

4/2/20 1:48pm

yeah, my bad. Disagree with your answer however.

flyzag

4/2/20 2:39pm

You disagree that they're not testing for antibodies or that the 5% is active

Harbinger

4/2/20 2:44pm

I disagree with your premise. IMO, if this virus was spreading amongst the pop

flyzag

4/2/20 2:48pm

I cant say I disagree. I'm not saying it's one way or the other, just explaining

Harbinger

4/2/20 2:52pm

LOL, you said it's a fact that "the majority of cases are asymptomatic"...

flyzag

4/2/20 2:59pm

You think there is literally no one who has had this virus without symptoms?

Harbinger

4/2/20 3:49pm

I believe all infected get at least mild symptoms.

flyzag

4/2/20 4:44pm

Have you heard of typhoid Mary...

Harbinger

4/2/20 4:52pm

of course. But when it comes to CV19, I'd rather not guess. or make assumptions

flyzag

4/2/20 5:21pm

They have proven that it's highly susceptible to heat and humidity. It's not a

Harbinger

4/2/20 5:32pm

No, they determined in a lab that it dies a little sooner. 2 hours instead of 3

flyzag

4/2/20 5:45pm

Or 4 minutes... Ya know, but don't let facts get in your way.

Harbinger

4/2/20 6:09pm

LOL did you actually read your link?

flyzag

4/2/20 6:11pm

Yeah but apparently you didn't read yours.

Harbinger

4/2/20 6:23pm

Here you go

flyzag

4/2/20 6:15pm

The huge increase in carriers when tests became available in the US, without a

vagabonder

4/2/20 11:17am

Plus california paradigm at this point

CarolinaCoug

4/2/20 11:23am

I wonder what the false negative test rate is. For example my niece attended a conference in Washington

Cosmodiar

4/2/20 11:27am

Didn't I read this morning that 30% of some of the tests return false negatives?

IBe_WhyYou

4/2/20 11:50am

57% of all statistics are made up.

flyzag

4/2/20 12:55pm

Because there are a large number of asymptomatic carriers

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