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Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents may have been infected with the coronavirus by early April, far outpacing the number of officially confirmed cases, according to a report released Monday.

The initial results from the first large-scale study tracking the spread of the coronavirus in the county found that 2.8% to 5.6% of adults have antibodies to the virus in their blood, an indication of past exposure.

Я понимаю, одно исследование не стоит многого. Два, три... но на каком-то этапе если все исследования говорят одно и то же, идею, что это всё случайная ошибка эксперимента, придётся оставить и признать, что да, мы уже имеем минимум 1%, а максимум 5% и более носителей вируса? И дальше принимать решение в соответствии с этим?

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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/how-cdc-estimates.htm
How CDC Estimates the Burden of Seasonal Influenza in the U.S.
Seasonal influenza may lead to death from other causes, such as pneumonia, congestive heart failure, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It has been recognized for many years that influenza is underreported on death certificates. There may be several reasons for underreporting, including that patients aren’t always tested for seasonal influenza virus infection, particularly older adults who are at greatest risk of seasonal influenza complications and death. Even if a patient is tested for influenza, influenza virus infection may not be identified because the influenza virus is only detectable for a limited number of days after infection and many people don’t seek medical care in this interval. Additionally, some deaths – particularly among those 65 years and older – are associated with secondary complications of influenza (including bacterial pneumonias). For these and other reasons, modeling strategies are commonly used to estimate flu-associated deaths. Only counting deaths where influenza was recorded on a death certificate would be a gross underestimation of influenza’s true impact.

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ОК, т.е. по гриппу тоже estimate? Ну, тогда можно сравнивать, если estimate проводится тем же способом (как это узнать?)