re: #180 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

My sister keeps pushing the “testing is unknown so the disease is actually far more prevalent than it seems” narrative, which is driving me nuts because at an approximated 1% death rate (give or take a couple of points), that would be a LOT of dead people.

My hunch is that there are a lot of undiagnosed cases that aren’t going to get reported. In part because of the asymptomatic nature of this virus and in part because mild cases are not going to have access to testing. In theory, this means while we might see a 1% death rate for known cases, the overall number will be drastically lower. Of course, the other problem is that if the known cases overrun the health care system, we’re all fucked because there will be spill over effects for everyone not dealing with bad cases of COVID-19.