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by andrewseanryan 2288 days ago
One big question is what percentage of positive tests are asymptomatic? If only a tiny percent are asymptomatic, then this false positive issue would not be elevating the total numbers much, right? I won’t claim to have the best resource here but one article stated:

“ Dr. Tedros noted that only 1 percent of cases in China are reported as “asymptomatic.” And of that 1 percent, 75 percent do go on to develop symptoms.”

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/dont-panic-the-compr...