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Originally Posted by penguinz
Not remotely accurate. Those countries are actually testing where the US barely is.
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That story that was posted earlier about the data being all wrong and decisions being made without having anything remotely resembling accurate data made this point in two ways. We not only don't know what the real impact is because we have no way to test if people have it on a widespread basis or if they have had it in the past, we're also comparing the data that is available on COVID-19 to flu data that is ESTIMATED. We know that the flu impacts many more people than actually come in and report their illness (and thus don't get counted).
The big difference is that COVID-19 is happening over a shorter period of time and consequently increasing the stress on the health care system. It also seems to be causing more damage in those that get seriously afflicted (possible permanent lung damage, etc.). Not diminishing it in any way, but we don't know what this really is doing yet -- especially if the majority of people who get it are and remain asymptomatic.