Posted on 08/05/2020 9:23:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin
California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said that “the seven-day positivity rate is absolutely affected” by the issue. It’s unclear to what extent and for how long cases have been undercounted, and how this situation differs from the more routine delays when test reporting lags over weekends.
Los Angeles public health officials last week warned that it was expecting a backlog in cases “due to previous reporting delays in the state electronic lab system.” The following day, the county reported highs of 4,825 new coronavirus cases and 91 deaths. Other counties, including Sacramento, Placer and Orange — which reported 263 additional cases Tuesday and two deaths — have recently included a warning on their dashboards that case counts may not be accurate.
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Counting Covid cases seems to be about as accurate as counting ballots in a Dem primary.
“Counting Covid cases seems to be about as accurate as counting ballots in a Dem primary.”
Good analogy.
There’s not enough cases for their scaremongering they need to get more.
/sarc
translation: Trump took control of the numbers away from CDC and we’re about to be busted. So time to fess up.
And for the same reason.
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