>
>> >>
>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Ian Jackson snipped-for-privacy@g3ohx.co.uk> posted
>>>>>>> In message snipped-for-privacy@ryzen.lan, Commander Kinsey
>>>>>>> snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com writes
>>>>
>>>>>>>> 80% of people don't even get symptoms, nevermind die.downfall. >>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 80%? I keep hearing 'a third'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, we don't know, because large numbers of asymptomatic people
>>>>>> have never been tested, so we can't tell whether they have been
>>>>>> infected. The estimate given by any particular source probably
>>>>>> depends strongly on the message they want to pass on.
>>>>>
>>>>> PHE has an ongoing, random testing system, which should give a pretty
>>>>> good picture of how widespread asymptomatic infection is.
>>>>
>>>> Do they drag people off the street? The only random testing they can do
>>>> is on sewage.
>>>
>>> No, they select a representative mix of households and send them testing >>> kits.
>>
>> And of course everyone complies?
>
> Don't need that to get useful data on that question.
It can skew the results.