[FamiliarFace]

I’m quite certain that the CoVid numbers are counting positive cases and not only symptomatic ones, unlike the flu.

With CoVid, lots of people were required to be tested once there was a positive symptomatic person in their sphere. As an example, if a restaurant had one case, all the other employees were given tests too, so even asymptomatic people who were positive were found and were quarantined for 2 weeks. This happened to someone I know, and he was never sick with anything, nor did anyone in his close circle get sick from him.

With CoVid, we suddenly started testing in a new way. There can’t be any apples to apples comparisons, only apples to oranges.

[alexander_busek]

With CoVid, lots of people were required to be tested once there was a positive symptomatic person in their sphere. As an example, if a restaurant had one case, all the other employees were given tests too, so even asymptomatic people who were positive were found and were quarantined for 2 weeks. This happened to someone I know, and he was never sick with anything, nor did anyone in his close circle get sick from him.

But wouldn't that actually LOWER the fatality rate?

By practicing "indiscriminate" testing, and counting even asymptomatic cases, you are boosting the denominator of the fraction. The number who die (the numerator) remains the same. So the overall percentage would, perforce, DROP.

Regards,