Ed, yes, it's the testing of many who have minor or no symptoms which, as the chief medical officer said in his briefing alongside the chief scientific officer this morning, increases the denominator thus reducing the percentage. (He did say that German infections might be lagging other countries so those currently seriously ill might increase the mortality rate.) But it's like the WHO said: test, test, test, ... I also wonder if Germany is ahead on understanding and implementing the science because their leader is a scientist? (Merkel has a PhD in quantum chemistry.)
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