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I read yesterday that they're about to take a random sample from the population to see how far along on the curve we are.
That's going to be quite interesting! I suppose they'd have to do both type of tests though, both to see whether you're currently infected, and the antibody test to see whether you've already had it.
I'm hoping antibody tests become widely available soon. It'd be rather interesting to see who and how many people have already had the virus, either without even knowing, or with mild symptoms. After all, even on this forum plenty of people have been saying they had something that could have been it, but it was relatively mild and there's no way of knowing without a test.
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Don't know. It's just my take on things from what I've gathered in the news
Think you're right in that they're working on the assumption that we'll all get it, it's just a matter of slowing down the spread enough so the curve is more of a hill rather than a spike
I read yesterday that they're about to take a random sample from the population to see how far along on the curve we are.
Also saw some data modelled charts yesterday where they've gone through Sweden area for area and based on current data calculated how hard the hospitals will be hit. According to their calculations it should be manageable. But how they know that without large scale testing I don't know