Coronavirus testing is decreasing across the US and it's all part of Trump's strategy

[SouthernCal_Dem]

(CNN)Just as more students head back to school, health experts are worried about a disturbing trend in much of the country: decreasing testing combined with high test positivity rates.

In other words, Covid-19 is still spreading rampantly, but there's less testing to find and isolate cases.

The number of tests performed each day in the US has dropped by an average of 68,000 compared to the daily rate in late July, according to data from the Covid Tracking Project.

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"One of the reasons that testing is decreasing is that supplies aren't being shipped to places that can test. I think it's part of a strategy not to count how many people are infected," Haseltine said.

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Dr. Kent Sepkowitz said he's worried some states may be taking cues from President Donald Trump, who said "when you do more testing, you find more cases," which might make the US "look bad."

Sepkowitz noted that several states that have touted decreased case counts also had some of the highest test positivity rates -- an indicator that the virus is spreading rampantly.

More:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html

[Iliyah]

1. It will be hard to cover up the uptick in . .

hospitalization and deaths, although they will try.

[spinbaby]

3. Florida is trying

Link to tweet

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[DBoon]

5. Beware of a sudden increase in pneumonia deaths and hospitalizations

They can call it something other than Covid

[Thekaspervote]

2. People are going to get sick regardless. The death toll will go up if people can't get tested

They will ignore symptoms until it’s too late for any treatment to work

[mr_lebowski]

4. People should take care about their conclusions re: statistics not gathered based on proper

sampling techniques.

RANDOM sampling is a critical aspect of most statistical analysis.

[Doodley]

6. More people will spread the virus and more people will die at home without becoming an

inconvenient statistic. Nice if you are a psychopath!