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Questions:
2. MY guess would be that when MLB slugger Joey Gallo was tested 4 times in 10 days--2 Positive and 2 Negative, but NO SYMPTOMS--that this went in the books as 2 positives. (Even though HE NEVER HAD IT).
3. In reviewing the data daily these last several months, I have never felt that "Reversals" of cases were part of the reporting. Certainly I have never seen any negative numbers, even when looking at the County level in some instances.
It’s been said that COVID-19 is the only deadly disease where people have to take a test to determine if they have it.
Also remember - it wasn’t 2 that went on the books - it was 2*24 (or whatever the tracing factor was applied)
Is there any reason why you don’t, or any way that you could, present the daily deaths along with the cases? I keep hearing it’s going down but I never see it and in the paper all they say is the deaths INCREASED to some total number so you would have to know what the number of deaths was the previous day and then subtract today’s to calculate today’s deaths. Not critical, just curious. Thanks for all you do I look forward to your daily reports.
Mark
I know this is twelve hours after your postings, but wanted to comment. One other aspect is the utter chaos this constant testing is causing in hospitals. Medical record departments and clinics are swamped with requests for tests and test results. Our local hospital here in Idaho is experiencing an increase many times the normal volume.
Answers:
1. It’s a numbers game. They aren’t “removed” in subsequent testing. If they are negative, it lowers the number of positive results for that day.
2. Not a question but, in those 10 days, were there indications of a wave of positives and a subsiding of positives?
3. Not a question but, it does seem odd that the number of tests or the number of negative results is not reported.