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Random testing in Indiana shows COVID-19 is 6 times deadlier than flu, and 2.8% of the state has been infected

  • Written by Nir Menachemi, Professor of Health Policy and Management, IUPUI
imageRandom testing conducted in Indiana gives public health officials some of the most representative and accurate data to date.AP Photo/Darron Cummings

Since day one of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. has not had enough tests. Faced with this shortage, medical professionals used what tests they had on people with the worst symptoms or whose...

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