Tesla factory reported hundreds of Covid-19 cases after reopening (engadget.com) 25 points by scottbucks 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] ajhurliman 5y ago ↗ A 4.5% infection rate of their 10,000 employees is actually much lower than the infection rate of California's entire population[0] (3.6M / 40M = 9%)[0] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/california/ [–] aaaxyz 5y ago ↗ Are Tesla employees a representative sample of the Californian population? [–] Rebelgecko 5y ago ↗ They're tested much more frequently than the general population which I assume makes some difference in the observed infection rate but I'm not sure how significant [–] allenz 5y ago ↗ No, Tesla probably has very few employees older than 65 and no employees in nursing homes.
[–] aaaxyz 5y ago ↗ Are Tesla employees a representative sample of the Californian population? [–] Rebelgecko 5y ago ↗ They're tested much more frequently than the general population which I assume makes some difference in the observed infection rate but I'm not sure how significant [–] allenz 5y ago ↗ No, Tesla probably has very few employees older than 65 and no employees in nursing homes.
[–] Rebelgecko 5y ago ↗ They're tested much more frequently than the general population which I assume makes some difference in the observed infection rate but I'm not sure how significant
[–] allenz 5y ago ↗ No, Tesla probably has very few employees older than 65 and no employees in nursing homes.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 19.0 ms ] thread[0] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/california/