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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't think that's quite right. When there's less testing to go around, testing is limited to people who are more likely sick. (Extreme examples from a few months ago: Initially, tests were only used on people who had been in China, and later to people who were presenting at hospitals with symptoms.) So you would expect that as you test more people, the positive rate should drop. Obviously, it depends on how people get tested, because it's not a random sample of the population.
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sure. But our numbers are in the last few weeks. If comparing April to now yes.
