Posted on 12/08/2020 9:31:45 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
....Monday’s announcement eliminates that verification step going forward.
After understanding more about antigen tests, the CDC changed their definition in August. As a result, antigen tests, according to the CDC, could be included in case counts without additional verification,” said DeWine. He continued “we will begin reflecting those tests immediately in our daily reported case counts, moving forward.
Currently, there is a 12,600-test backlog that will hit the positive column tomorrow. DeWine said the backlogged cases would be assigned an onset date, that not all of them would end up being positive and that it will result in a one-day artificial spike.
The Governor said the change comes after health officials significantly increased the use of antigen tests since November 1 and have tried to keep up with the corresponding higher number of positives – increasing from “approximately 332 per day to an average of 725 per day.”...
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The stats are crap.
The stats have always been crap.
WuFlu was NEVER about public health.
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