E.g.Trump said, 'If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases.' # of confirmed cases depends on extent of testing. Testing positivity gives an indication bc if 30% of tests are positive, it means testing is limited to those who are pretty ill & missing many others.
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And if half the results are being lost, you're all kinds of screwed!
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If only we knew how many people had been tested in uk (excluding the antibody testing)
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Scotland gives a count of people tested.
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Sadly our health secretary is too busy patting himself on the back about the numerator

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And counting his illicit cash, yes he can count.
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Oooo 'Denominator' that's a big word. It was on the curriculum back in the day when 'journalists' went to school but 'many' of them liked English or gossip or whatever and flunked their numeracy. It's hard to speak truth when the constituent words are from a foreign language.
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I can’t believe that we still don’t know the number of people being tested. How long does the validation process take? It’s almost like Trump’s tax returns. “I would if I could, but I can’t”.
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So a low test positivity is better, right? What would be considered a good number?
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I think the FM said Scotland is 0.3%
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