The death rate and emergency hospitalization rate due to COVID-19 is down and has nothing to do with incubation periods.
Texas was at Phase 3 on June 3rd and that was over three weeks ago.
The reason there are more positives for SARS-COV-2 infections is people were previously infected but never showed symptoms. But now they are coming out and getting tested.
Very few infected with the SARS-COV-2 will develop the disease COVID-19.
“... people were previously infected but never showed symptoms. But now they are coming out and getting tested”
There are two types of tests:
1. Are you infected NOW (RT-PCR test)?
2. Were you infected in the past BUT NOT NOW (a serology or antibody test)? Serology / antibody tests don’t work until one to three after the infection.
I believe that almost all of the testing being done is to see if you are sick now, not if you had the disease in the past. So, if somebody who was sick a month ago and recovered comes out today to get tested, they will get the RT-PCR test which will show negative for infection today.
FR Docs — did I get that right?