Comments by "" (@TheHuxleyAgnostic) on "World Laughs At Trump As He Touts 'Excess Mortality' Lies" video.
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Total tests, and even tests per million, are actually irrelevant numbers that are totally detached from the number of covid cases. It's the tests per confirmed case rate that everyone should be looking at. The US was only testing at a rate of 5 people per confirmed case, for months, and has only recently brought that up to over 10 people per confirmed case, which is still a pretty pathetic rate. Countries, like S Korea, New Zealand, Australia, that flattened their curves fast, quickly tested at rates of 50+ people per confirmed case. The US hasn't been testing fast enough to get ahead of the virus spread, finding the people that person has infected, and getting them quarantined, before they spread it to even more people.
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