Comments by "" (@TheHuxleyAgnostic) on "Trump Spends Entire Day Off Rage-Tweeting" video.
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Total testing is irrelevant. Even testing per capita is irrelevant. Neither tell you how you're testing against the virus spread. Number of tests per positive result tells you how you're testing vs the virus. The US is testing about 6 people per positive result. New York and New Jersey are testing at pathetic rates of 2-3 people per positive result. Most of our world leading countries are failing. France is also testing at a pathetic rate of 2-3 people per positive result. The UK is testing 4-5 people per positive result. Spain is testing 5 people per positive result. Italy is testing 7-8 people per positive result. Germany is testing 13 people per positive result. Canada is testing about 15 people per positive result, which still isn't enough. Countries, like S Korea, New Zealand, and Australia, that quickly contained the virus and flattened their curves, are testing 50+ people per positive result. Sweden isn't even trying to contain the virus, and they're testing at a rate of 5-6 people per positive result. How countries can claim to be trying to contain the virus, while testing at a similar rate, or worse, than a country that isn't even trying, is beyond me. They really don't seem to be trying all that hard.
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