This article brought up a good point on testing larger populations for the coronavirus in order to get better estimates and results on the larger picture. It is difficult, right now, to predict anything that will happen for sure in the near future regarding the coronavirus, the economy, and the people themselves. The article talks about how it is important to have all the factual information first before assuming anything and taking steps in order to improve the situation. The current pandemic numbers are predicted to be not very representative of what is really going on. The best example it gives as to what is happening is if there was a toll on the Trump-Biden race, but the toll was taken at a Trump rally. Nobody would rely on that toll or believe it to be accurate and the same may be happening with the COVID-19 testing. I agree with the article in terms of the fact that we should most definitely have more elaborate and widespread testing done on the large population to get a sense of what may be happening and the action steps we should take next.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/opinion/coronavirus-testing.html
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I agree with your point and the article. Having widespread testing and increased measures to ensure that social distancing remains is so essential. Without testing, there is no way to truly understand the gravity of the situation and policies needed in the foreseeable future. It is nice to see that some governor's are making it their responsibility to increase the number of testing kits available, like in Maryland.
I also agree with what this article says and Sophia as well. I think that while yes the numbers of those infected and the deaths across the country are indicators to a general degree, I think that without consistent testing these numbers may not be completely accurate and in addition there are many people dying who have covid-19 but not from the virus directly and the hospitals are either incorrectly labeling their cause of death as covid-19 or they are being added to the death toll when they should not be. I know that years from now we will probably have more accurate numbers, but until then we should be acting now with extreme precaution and assuming the worst.
I agree. more testing needs to be done and it needs to be done more efficiently. For all we know this could all look a lot worse then it actually does and a lot of states are starting to open things up, which is only going to make the situation even worse.
I agree that more testing needs to be done. However, I also agree that the numbers are not reflective of what is really going on. This is because, it is predicted that the amount of infections could be 30 times higher than those of confirmed cases. If this is the case then the numbers are not reflective of the real rates which would mean that the death rate is way lower then presented. I believe that the more testing we do, the better we will be able to address this issue
I agree completely. More testing needs to be done and more than 2% to be able to reopen. The numbers are not reflective at all of the amount of people with COVID-19. People are turned down to be tested every single day and the states reopening are the ones gaining higher numbers.
I think it is imperative that we implement more testing in the United States. In Mexico the testing is so bad that people are completely unaware of how bad the situation is. The same is happening in the states to a different extent, and it could lead to even more tragedy because people are misinformed regarding the severity of the virus.
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