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by matz1 1969 days ago
Massive spike doesn't mean anything. Most importantly, how many are actually sick.

The solution are obvious, do not test people with asymptomatic/mild symptoms. A lot of people are forced to stay at home simply because positive test, even though they are not sick or already recovered from sick.

Sure, some may say they can still infect other but the chance a low and even if they infected other, doesn't mean that the other people become sick too.

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The chance of someone positive for COVID infecting others is emphatically not low, compared to other diseases like influenza.
Sure, if it compared to other diseases like influenza it maybe higher but in general both are still low number and then you still have to multiply that probability of getting positive on test with probability of becoming actually stick, which is another low number.