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Are there any such estimates? I assume the proportion is going up, but by how much? We can’t meaningfully compare historical case counts without some idea of this figure. The default is implicitly that it is 1, or at least does not change over time. In the early days I saw an assumption of 10:1 but I think this was a Bayesian prior, devoid of data. The ratio is presumably a function of how many tests are taken. But what would be a sensible parametric form for this relationship? John Bibby -- == *Special Coronavirus issue of Radical Statistics - over 100 pages.* Downloadable FREE from www.RadStats.org.uk ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************