Author Topic: Covid Culture (was Outbreak Culture)  (Read 107645 times)

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Offline JMT

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Re: Outbreak Culture
« Reply #570 on: March 26, 2020, 11:46:43 am »
I think our current numbers are pretty understated.  In BC we are only testing a) healthcare workers b) people who are associated with outbreaks or c) traveled and show symptoms. 

The only way you can get tested if you don't fit any of those criteria is if you're almost at the hospitalization stage. 

For all we know there is a tsunami headed our way.

The testing numbers don't support that at this stage.  Most of the tests come back negative (about 98% last I heard).  When the tests come back positive at a rate of 10% is apparently where you run into a problem.