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uponit7771

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

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #9)

Sun May 24, 2020, 05:11 PM

May 2020

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/14/21257264/coronavirus-testing-positive-rate-covid-reopen-usa

With testing, most states now fall below the 10 percent positive rate. But when it comes to reaching the positive rate seen in, say, South Korea or New Zealand, just six states — Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming — have rates below 2 percent over the week of May 5.

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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