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sirgog t1_j7jussa wrote

Reply to comment by jayhillcpa in (Virology) Has SARS-CoV-2 outcompeted all the other coronaviruses which have been called the ‘common cold’? by jsgui

A small percentage of people who are tested have their sample sequenced as well.

If a lab performs 250000 PCR tests a week and gets 20000 positives, it will likely sequence 100 of the positives.

This then shows trends across the population in which variants are dominating.

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