Thread by @StillDelvingH

@etymologic @faisalislam @bealelab @BruceReuters May I step in?
The actual R is unknown. Check the screenshot provided here 👇 Almost 75k tests for an *unknown number of people* (?!?) Should the results of these tests be delayed (eg posted tests) actual number of infection is *widely* unknown.

https://twitter.com/stilldelvingh/status/1266040953535713281?s=21

https://t.co/QUsToPplwR

@etymologic @faisalislam @bealelab @BruceReuters Another possibility is we are talking about these quite useless home tests -positive means positive, negative means well not much really. Especially when you have symptoms -Dobt trust a negative result, the sample collection process s****.

https://twitter.com/stilldelvingh/status/1263290174450130947?s=21

https://t.co/htDf3ScthB

@etymologic @faisalislam @bealelab @BruceReuters Another possibility is that those 75k ”tests” were conducted on a rather low number of people, which would lean the infection is spreading and there are not enough tests to track it -let alone trace it.

@etymologic @faisalislam @bealelab @BruceReuters In any case: Reopen the country/schools right now is madness.
The country-wide equivalent to get into your car for a drive as you think there’s a good chance you can’t see well enough to drive.