How do we know that Person B was infected by Person A, unless Person B went into quarantine directly after interacting with Person A? If they don’t go into quarantine, how do we know that a random Person C didn’t interact with them and cause the infection?
And for the vast majority of infections that can’t be contact traced like the example above, how do we determine the date they were actually infected if the disease can be transmitted asymptomatically?
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In the US, depending upon where you are, the doctors are telling people to just stay home and if it gets worse to call them. They aren’t offering for people to get tested because there aren’t even test kits.
I have the flu, we think, and that is what happened when I called my doctor. They didn’t want me to leave the house until it got better or call them if it got significantly worse.
Based on that, I’m not sure how accurate the infection rate numbers are.
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