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by CriticalCathed 2276 days ago
Is this a serum or antibody test? If so, this is very good news.

If mass testing occurs we will know very soon the true nature of the disease. For example, after serum testing for H1N1 we learned -- to our horror -- that 1.4 billion people had it. However, it also meant that H1N1 wasn't as dangerous as we thought it was.

I hope this will give the medical community and our governments the clear data we desperately need. The decisions our governments are making are based on unsound data -- we are flying blind.

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> after serum testing for H1N1 we learned -- to our horror -- that 1.4 billion people had it. However, it also meant that H1N1 wasn't as dangerous as we thought it was.

Citations please?

Which part? I'm happy to oblige for specifics, but it's all available on the Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic