{"id":85223,"date":"2020-05-23T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trade-center.info\/?p=85223"},"modified":"2020-05-24T00:35:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T15:35:59","slug":"the-us-tested-the-wrong-people-for-coronavirus-%e2%88%92-%e3%82%a2%e3%83%95%e3%82%a3%e3%83%aa%e3%82%a8%e3%82%a4%e3%83%88%e5%8b%95%e7%94%bb%e3%81%be%e3%81%a8%e3%82%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trade-center.info\/?p=85223","title":{"rendered":"The US tested the wrong people for coronavirus \u2212 \u30a2\u30d5\u30a3\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30c8\u52d5\u753b\u307e\u3068\u3081"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r6ewlQs8CAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And you can tell because of a number called the test positivity rate.<\/p>\n<p>Become a Video Lab member! http:\/\/bit.ly\/video-lab<\/p>\n<p>As the rate of new coronavirus cases in the US slows down, many states and cities there are encouraging businesses to open again, easing the lockdowns that have been in place since March. But public health experts warn that in many of those places, opening up is premature.<\/p>\n<p>The reason is that throughout the US, as well as in many other countries, we still don\u2019t really know how many people have the virus, or where they are. That\u2019s dangerous because it means infected people who don\u2019t feel sick are probably mingling with the rest of the population, which could enable further outbreaks. And the only way to really prevent that is by proactively testing people for covid-19 until the people who have it have been tracked down and isolated.<\/p>\n<p>The US started testing its population for covid-19 very slowly, but it\u2019s since ramped testing up, and by early May was performing over 200,000 tests a day. Unfortunately, there\u2019s no magic number of tests that is \u201cenough\u201d to contain an outbreak. The important thing is to test the right people \u2014 and to evaluate whether that\u2019s happening, public health officials recommend looking at a different number: The percentage of tests coming back positive. It\u2019s called the test positivity rate.<\/p>\n<p>Note: The headline on this piece has been updated.<br \/>\nPrevious headline: What the US needs to do to open up safely<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p>Our World in Data is a reliable source for country-by-country covid-19 data:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&#038;zoomToSelection=true&#038;deathsMetric=true&#038;dailyFreq=true&#038;aligned=true&#038;smoothing=7&#038;country=USA+GBR+CAN+BRA+AUS+IND+ESP+DEU+FRA+RUS<\/p>\n<p>Our World in Data also has weekly-rolling test-positivity rate data which gives a better snapshot of where countries are currently at:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-testing<\/p>\n<p>We based our state test-positivity rates on this May 6 Harvard Global Health Institute and NPR analysis:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2020\/05\/07\/851610771\/u-s-coronavirus-testing-still-falls-short-hows-your-state-doing<\/p>\n<p>The Atlantic\u2019s coverage of the importance of test-positivity rates:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2020\/04\/us-coronavirus-outbreak-out-control-test-positivity-rate\/610132\/<\/p>\n<p>An important disclaimer on potential inflation in testing numbers at the national and state level in the US:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2020\/05\/cdc-and-states-are-misreporting-covid-19-test-data-pennsylvania-georgia-texas\/611935\/<\/p>\n<p>Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what&#8217;s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http:\/\/www.vox.com.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our full video catalog: http:\/\/goo.gl\/IZONyE<br \/>\nFollow Vox on Facebook: http:\/\/goo.gl\/U2g06o<br \/>\nOr Twitter: http:\/\/goo.gl\/XFrZ5H<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And you can tell because of a number called the test positivity rate. 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Become a Video Lab member! http:\/\/bit.ly\/video-lab As the rate of new coronavirus cases in the US slows down, many states and cities there are encouraging businesses to open again, easing the lockdowns that have been in place since March. But public health experts warn that in many of those places, opening up is premature. The reason is that throughout the US, as well as in many other countries, we still don\u2019t really know how many people have the virus, or where they are. That\u2019s dangerous because it means infected people who don\u2019t feel sick are probably mingling with the rest of the population, which could enable further outbreaks. And the only way to really prevent that is by proactively testing people for covid-19 until the people who have it have been tracked down and isolated. The US started testing its population for covid-19 very slowly, but it\u2019s since ramped testing up, and by early May was performing over 200,000 tests a day. Unfortunately, there\u2019s no magic number of tests that is \u201cenough\u201d to contain an outbreak. The important thing is to test the right people \u2014 and to evaluate whether that\u2019s happening, public health officials recommend looking at a different number: The percentage of tests coming back positive. It\u2019s called the test positivity rate. Note: The headline on this piece has been updated. Previous headline: What the US needs to do to open up safely Sources: Our World in Data is a reliable source for country-by-country covid-19 data: https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&amp;zoomToSelection=true&amp;deathsMetric=true&amp;dailyFreq=true&amp;aligned=true&amp;smoothing=7&amp;country=USA+GBR+CAN+BRA+AUS+IND+ESP+DEU+FRA+RUS Our World in Data also has weekly-rolling test-positivity rate data which gives a better snapshot of where countries are currently at: https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-testing We based our state test-positivity rates on this May 6 Harvard Global Health Institute and NPR analysis: https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2020\/05\/07\/851610771\/u-s-coronavirus-testing-still-falls-short-hows-your-state-doing The Atlantic\u2019s coverage of the importance of test-positivity rates: https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2020\/04\/us-coronavirus-outbreak-out-control-test-positivity-rate\/610132\/ An important disclaimer on potential inflation in testing numbers at the national and state level in the US: https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2020\/05\/cdc-and-states-are-misreporting-covid-19-test-data-pennsylvania-georgia-texas\/611935\/ Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what&#039;s really driving the events in the headlines. 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It\u2019s called the test positivity rate. Note: The headline on this piece has been updated. Previous headline: What the US needs to do to open up safely Sources: Our World in Data is a reliable source for country-by-country covid-19 data: https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&amp;zoomToSelection=true&amp;deathsMetric=true&amp;dailyFreq=true&amp;aligned=true&amp;smoothing=7&amp;country=USA+GBR+CAN+BRA+AUS+IND+ESP+DEU+FRA+RUS Our World in Data also has weekly-rolling test-positivity rate data which gives a better snapshot of where countries are currently at: https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus-testing We based our state test-positivity rates on this May 6 Harvard Global Health Institute and NPR analysis: https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2020\/05\/07\/851610771\/u-s-coronavirus-testing-still-falls-short-hows-your-state-doing The Atlantic\u2019s coverage of the importance of test-positivity rates: https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2020\/04\/us-coronavirus-outbreak-out-control-test-positivity-rate\/610132\/ An important disclaimer on potential inflation in testing numbers at the national and state level in the US: https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2020\/05\/cdc-and-states-are-misreporting-covid-19-test-data-pennsylvania-georgia-texas\/611935\/ Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what&#039;s really driving the events in the headlines. 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