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Simple facts (right?):
More testing has resulted in more positive results for infection.
More testing has NOT resulted in more hospitalizations.
More testing has NOT resulted in an increase in deaths.

Simple redneck summary:

The more test performed will increase the number of positive results for COVID infections.
The more tested will NOT necessarily increase the number of hospitalizations, although those with serious symptoms hospitalized will increase the totality of those tested positive.
The more tested positive reduces the ratio of deaths to infected.

Therefore, if other countries increase their testing, they will see a decrease in the ratio of deaths per infected.

Notice in this redneck calculation, I am not suggesting that deaths will decrease, just that the ratio of death to infected will decrease. Just numbers. Deaths are deaths and you can't change the raw number on that.

In order to make a decent calculation of how this virus is working, you would have to test everyone at the same time, and then test everyone again at another time. If you test a hundred today and then a hundred thousand tomorrow, you will have a spike in positive tests.....likely, unless the virus suddenly disappears.

The only sure statement of this virus is based on deaths, not tests and not infections. The only other stat that matters is how many hospitalizations, because if someone is infected does not mean they will be hospitalized. I've heard of folks being tested several times with negative results but have all the symptoms and many that have been tested many times with positive results with no symptoms.

But, I have gone off the subject which is why some folks spread panic.