I’m not passing judgment on what the right thing to do is, but if the count is the proven cases only, this does result in a systematic undercount, right?
I think that is necessarily true, yes. A reasonable thing to do would be to report multiple numbers; “confirmed cases”, “suspected cases”, “estimated total cases”, each with a clear definition.
I’m not passing judgment on what the right thing to do is, but if the count is the proven cases only, this does result in a systematic undercount, right?
I think that is necessarily true, yes. A reasonable thing to do would be to report multiple numbers; “confirmed cases”, “suspected cases”, “estimated total cases”, each with a clear definition.