America is likely undercounting infections amid COVID surge
Newsweek, December 30, 2021
Dr. Gregory Gray, a professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch, said that as at-home testing becomes increasingly popular, clinical- and hospital-gathered data about COVID-19 will become increasingly inaccurate as a measurement of the disease in the overall population. He suggested officials may have to move to conducting cohort studies where infection rates are determined through antibody testing of groups over time.