Posted on 07/17/2020 6:06:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
OPINION | This article contains political commentary which reflects the author's opinion. From NBC 4 San Antonio: “Right now there’s a discrepancy in the numbers reported by Metro Health and those reported by the State Health Department. The State Health Department has removed more than 3,000 cases classified as ‘probable’ from the Bexar County and state totals, which puts our local cases at over 17,000. Those are cases confirmed with ‘antigen’ or mouth swab tests.”
Nothing to see here, folks, just another case of a state reporting “probable” cases as “positive” cases. Texas had to remove 3,484 “probable/positive” cases because these cases only had the antigen. Not all cities in Texas use the antigen test since its approval in May, and Texas wants Apples-Apples comparison between its cities.
The question becomes how accurate can the antigen test be? We see that an antigen test for strep is accurate but the rapid test for the flu is not. NPR reported, “Researchers do not expect it to be as accurate as the PCR diagnostic test, but it is possible the antigen tests could be used to screen patients for infection. Dr. Jordan Laser, a lab director at Northwell Health, notes antigen testing is used for rapid strep tests, which are reliable, and rapid flu tests, which are not.”
We haven’t even created an accurate test for the flu. The flu that has been around all of my life, and we cannot figure out how to create an accurate rapid test, but we are supposed to believe an antigen test for a brand new virus is accurate?
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How is that different from every article ever written these days?
“How is that different from every article ever written these days?”
It’s different because MSM articles do it and present it as factual news.
They gotta record them as covid or else they don’t get free money
So in one out of a trillion articles they admit it is an opinion piece.
Soros is laughing so hard, he’s gonna split a gut.
Covid Keystone Cops.
Soros is laughing so hard, he’s gonna split a gut.
Covid Keystone Cops.
The free money story is BS. The figures given, $13K for covid treatment and $39K for patient on a vent was not some kind of bounty or bonus. That was Medicare telling the healthcare system what they would pay for each of those. It does the exact same thing with fractures, sinus infections, childbirth....whatever. Just what they agree to pay.
Daughter works for Visa, handles complaints, credit problems —thankfully by phone. 75-yr old man has huge bill he’s contesting, says he went to hospital for badly broken leg in an accident. Hospital billed him thousand and thousands for C-19, ventilator, etc. He says he was never on a ventilator.
Hospitals are instructed to do this for older patients...who is “instructing” them?
Perhaps someone who wants to shut down the economy?
Idiots.
FWIW...
https://thedonald.win/p/GIq3gOCG/just-spoke-to-someone-at-a-hospi/c/
Subsequent positive tests on the same healthcare worker being treated as new cases...
TN combines confirmed and probable cases/deaths for their daily totals. On one page you can find where they separate the two, but most people don’t even bother to look. They just hear the bogus totals on their local news.
During the Vietnam War, Communist agitators burned their draft cards. Maybe it is time we burned our masks. Told the wife that when this is all over, I’m going to collect all the masks I can find and start a bonfire.
“when this is all over, I’m going to collect all the masks I can find and start a bonfire.”
Why wait? We should do it now. If millions defy them at once, what can they do?
The same peeps who want to handle mail in ballots and to count all votes.
Thats not a bad idea. Which would get more press? Burning an American flag or burning Masks?
bump
The night Donald Trump won, it was reported that CDC staff & professionals could be seen WEEPING in hallways!
Read the report at the link and you’ll understand that the “DEEP STATE” exists well OUTSIDE OF DC: IT IS GOVERNMENT WIDE! THEY HATE TRUMP AND WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WRECK HIS PRESIDENCY.
https://uncoverdc.com/2020/07/17/cdc-politicized-pandemic/
about mutlitple testing on the same individual....I emailed our state DOH about this....Washington...they said that they only count each individual as one test....
govt workers hate trump because they have a nice juicy easy job and don’t want the gravy train to stop.
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