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Comment by XFrequentist

Epidemiologist here: you're right.

Testing resources are in short supply, so testing is being performed to guide clinical decisions (ie sick people) rather than public health/science (ie random sample).

The handful of serosurveys that have been performed have been quite valuable, but there aren't nearly enough.

Hopefully this changes as testing capacity ramps up.

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