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04-25-2020, 09:55 AM | #24421 |
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04-25-2020, 09:55 AM | #24422 |
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I've thought about this last point as apparently anyone in IL can go to the over 120+ drive through testing centers to get tested but I honestly have no desire because I don't have symptoms nor have been in contact with a known positive. So if that line of thinking is prevalent, then even when widespread testing is available, only those more likely to have it are getting themselves tested so the number of new cases will continue to look bad.
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04-25-2020, 09:59 AM | #24423 | |
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That leads to herd immunity which is what a vaccine does as well. But the RO drops as more people recover form infections (if they can't be reinfected) as they can't pass it on so the chain of transmission stops. |
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04-25-2020, 10:02 AM | #24424 | |
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And that reporter guy is obnoxious as ****. Last edited by TLO; 04-25-2020 at 10:19 AM.. |
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04-25-2020, 10:05 AM | #24425 | |
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04-25-2020, 10:16 AM | #24426 |
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I would think most of the test subjects being symptomatic would make the entire thing inaccurate as hell when trying to determine state wide numbers.
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04-25-2020, 10:22 AM | #24427 |
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04-25-2020, 10:29 AM | #24428 | |
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A fairly large operation had previously floated the idea of importing an already quarantined temporary workforce that could be isolated in a large temporary housing situation. I believe it was tabled when Union issues arose. |
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04-25-2020, 10:30 AM | #24429 | |
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04-25-2020, 10:32 AM | #24430 | |
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04-25-2020, 10:32 AM | #24431 |
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They can only go off the data they have, and they ARE allowed to extrapolate it out. They do this for not only California, but for New York and other countries going off of THEIR data.
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04-25-2020, 10:33 AM | #24432 |
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04-25-2020, 10:34 AM | #24433 |
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As I said, they can but they shouldn't. If they didn't do random testing, and mostly tested symptomatic patients, of course their numbers are high.
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04-25-2020, 10:34 AM | #24434 |
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04-25-2020, 10:35 AM | #24435 |
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