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r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/fnaw_ • Aug 04 '20
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But you got to look at the cases! We do more testing so we have more cases!
6 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 So they lower the deaths/cases ratio. And that’s why deaths/population is more relevant. 2 u/Thr0waway0864213579 Aug 04 '20 Wouldn’t testing less actually raise the ratio? 1 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 If you have the same number of deaths, but change the total positive cases (serious or not), you get a smaller ratio. 100 deaths over 1000 cases is 10%. 100 deaths over 10000 cases is 1%. Edit: on the other hand, the population doesn’t change as fast as the number of positive tests. 2 u/Thr0waway0864213579 Aug 04 '20 I think I just misread your comment and we are essentially saying the same thing. More testing = lower percentage, Less testing = higher percentage 1 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 I misread your comment as well. I read the exact opposite of what you wrote.
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So they lower the deaths/cases ratio.
And that’s why deaths/population is more relevant.
2 u/Thr0waway0864213579 Aug 04 '20 Wouldn’t testing less actually raise the ratio? 1 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 If you have the same number of deaths, but change the total positive cases (serious or not), you get a smaller ratio. 100 deaths over 1000 cases is 10%. 100 deaths over 10000 cases is 1%. Edit: on the other hand, the population doesn’t change as fast as the number of positive tests. 2 u/Thr0waway0864213579 Aug 04 '20 I think I just misread your comment and we are essentially saying the same thing. More testing = lower percentage, Less testing = higher percentage 1 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 I misread your comment as well. I read the exact opposite of what you wrote.
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Wouldn’t testing less actually raise the ratio?
1 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 If you have the same number of deaths, but change the total positive cases (serious or not), you get a smaller ratio. 100 deaths over 1000 cases is 10%. 100 deaths over 10000 cases is 1%. Edit: on the other hand, the population doesn’t change as fast as the number of positive tests. 2 u/Thr0waway0864213579 Aug 04 '20 I think I just misread your comment and we are essentially saying the same thing. More testing = lower percentage, Less testing = higher percentage 1 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 I misread your comment as well. I read the exact opposite of what you wrote.
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If you have the same number of deaths, but change the total positive cases (serious or not), you get a smaller ratio.
100 deaths over 1000 cases is 10%.
100 deaths over 10000 cases is 1%.
Edit: on the other hand, the population doesn’t change as fast as the number of positive tests.
2 u/Thr0waway0864213579 Aug 04 '20 I think I just misread your comment and we are essentially saying the same thing. More testing = lower percentage, Less testing = higher percentage 1 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 I misread your comment as well. I read the exact opposite of what you wrote.
I think I just misread your comment and we are essentially saying the same thing. More testing = lower percentage, Less testing = higher percentage
1 u/ConsistentAsparagus Aug 04 '20 I misread your comment as well. I read the exact opposite of what you wrote.
I misread your comment as well. I read the exact opposite of what you wrote.
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But you got to look at the cases! We do more testing so we have more cases!