It was a lot more than that. I know half a dozen who have tested positive at home. Never reported it. Me included.
These numbers have been BS all along.
“I know half a dozen who have tested positive at home. Never reported it.”
CDC estimates that only about one out of four infections is officially reported.
They have multiple programs to estimate the total disease burden through direct sampling. They monitor sewage and measure the viral load. They contract with big testing labs (like LabCorp) to randomly sample blood that has been drawn for other routine medical tests. They conduct a variety of other seroprevalence surveys (testing of blood samples) with different partners, such as States, Localities and Private institutions like hospitals, HMOs and Universities.
It is quite possible that the one in four ratio might not apply to Omicron though. If it is much milder, and/or many more people are asymptomatic, even a lower percentage of actual infections might get officially counted.
It will probably be over before we find out, it is such a fast mover. Wham, Bam, Thank you Ma’am.