• RBG
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    493 months ago

    I don’t doubt it is on the rise again but the percentage is probably high because the total number of tests is quite low. There is no blanket testing done anymore, I would assume most tests are being done when you suspect you might have something, so its only logical the percentage is higher than it used to be.

    • @[email protected]
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      223 months ago

      Were they ever blanket-testing asymptomatic people? I didn’t think the antigen tests showed positives until a few days after the onset of symptoms.

      • RBG
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        193 months ago

        Maybe blanket-testing is calling it a bit more than what it was but there were countries that required negative tests for certain things, e.g. entering stores or swimming pools. You had to show a negative test no matter if you had symptoms or not, and that result was registered centrally.

      • Irremarkable
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        83 months ago

        Everyone? No, far from it. But many events, some jobs, etc. required a negative test result for entry. There was absolutely far more asymptomatic getting tested then.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 months ago

        There were times when people were getting tested at the airports. The tests were mandatory. You could know how many people out of how many from a flight from a country tested positive.