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expand our testing to a larger segment of the population


What would that entail? Testing everyone, or everyone who asks, or...? I have none of the symptoms listed on the CDC site nor does anyone in my household, and it is just us here. We go out and climb or hike or the like, mind good preventive practices when we do, etc. so we think we pretty good on the risk front.

Would it make any sense to test one or all of us?

And also: help me understand how that would help us be more predictive. If say 50% of infected become symptomatic, and we test 50% of people who report with symptoms, and 50% of those come back positive....isn’t that enough data to model how many ICU beds and such we will need? Or do the missing data have a large impact because the model is exponential?