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JCMach1

(27,559 posts) Sun May 24, 2020, 02:42 PM May 2020

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Texas is hiding negative test numbers (hiding data) [View all]

Yet another state has begun hiding crucial data for the re-opening process:

DSHS recently informed county health departments that NEDSS will no longer share negative test results, so that county health departments can focus on managing positive cases. As a result, the quantity of negative test results will decrease substantially.

https://princetonherald.com/2020/05/23/collin-county-lists-5-new-covid-19-cases/

I don't know if this has been widely reported yet... Just a nugget picked from the local paper daily Covid-19 report.

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Texas is hiding negative test numbers (hiding data) [View all] JCMach1 May 2020 OP

The things they are doing are absolutely nefarious Shell_Seas May 2020 #1

Rolling the dice this won't explode into something they can't hide. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #2

K&R UTUSN May 2020 #3

Never hurts to have more data, but not sure negative test results help county health departments. Hoyt May 2020 #4

% POS is one of the measures of opening. You can't get that stat JCMach1 May 2020 #5

I guess if one wants to calculate that ratio. I wouldn't use it because most of the testing Hoyt May 2020 #9

It means a lot, means they're testing past symptomatic into a sentinel position. (link) uponit7771 May 2020 #10

What's NEDSS? Igel May 2020 #6

Texas, Florida, Georgia Andy823 May 2020 #7

When they started reopening Gov. Abbott pushed JCMach1 May 2020 #8

Why wouldn't they fudge the numbers? Chainfire May 2020 #11

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