WOULD AN AT-HOME TEST FOR CORONAVIRUS BE A GAME-CHANGER? MAYBE. “Widespread antibody testing will also reveal whether large numbers of mild infections have gone unnoticed. It would be great news if this is the case, allowing many to return to work and meaning that the infection fatality rate is lower than thought. Unfortunately, places like South Korea that have been doing lots of genetic testing haven’t found vast numbers of mild cases.”

I see a lot of people online trying to convince themselves that the “weird flu” they had in December was the coronavirus. Maybe it was, but maybe they’re just trying to convince themselves. The latter is the way to bet, I’m afraid, even though I’d much rather the former were true.