Posted on 12/27/2021 9:48:21 PM PST by Tipllub
Los Angeles County reported 7,425 new cases of Covid and nine additional deaths on Monday. But those numbers were artificially low due to reporting delays from the holiday weekend.
The region’s test positivity rate — which is considered a more accurate indication of infection spread because it is an average and also a percentage, rather than a raw number — told a different story.
Last Monday, L.A.’s 7-day average test positivity rate was 3.4%. Today, that same 7-day average has risen more than 300% to 12.4%. That’s a shockingly steep rise over the course of 8 days in a data point that is an average, not a raw number. The one-day numbers are equally shocking.
On December 20, the reported test positivity (for that day alone) was 8%. That number alone would have qualified it for the “Widespread” infections category in last winter’s guidelines issued by the State of California for county reopening.
By Sunday, however, the single-day test positivity rate had jumped to 26%. That’s among the highest, if not the highest, single-day test positivity rates of the pandemic. According to the L.A. County data dashboard, the only day that even comes close is December 26, 2020, at the absolute peak community transmission of the winter 2020 surge. Given the steepness of the trend line and the spread of Omicron, it is unlikely to dip in the next few days.
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If the infected are 65+, there will be many deaths.
If not, there won’t be.
Really?? Remind me...how many deaths world wide due to Omnicron so far? I’ll wait.
Glad none of these came across the border.
“Positivity rate.”
Oooooh, there’s a cold going around in late December. Who’d have thunk it?
But don’t worry they’ll still play the rose bowl and super bowl
People should stop getting tested. All it does is result in a high number of false positives.
Computer models? They can be manipulated to return whatever results you want. If you want to pump up fear, tell people the hospitals are going to overflow and they won’t have access to timely treatment.
Look at NY. Their cases are skyrocketing, but the deaths aren’t following.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/new-york/
OmniCon...
Here I Western Pa our Hospital had a surge two weeks ago and it’s already going down !
🐴💩
I guess this is what happens when you send out a boatload of instant tests and tell people to head to the emergency room if they test positive. Thousands of asymptomatic people are suddenly overwhelming the hospital that is severely understaffed due to mandate firings. Go pound sand Demoncrats.
“Really?? Remind me...how many deaths world wide due to Omnicron so far? I’ll wait”.
I’m waiting with you. I’ve heard over and over that Omnicron is very mild. Why in hell would hospitals “surge” with new patients? Total horse crap...............
“with a little lemon twist it’s good” lol
Deadline Hollywood. This is an entertainment industry magazine.
They review a few movies, then have this article, followed by more movie reviews. What?
The articles author: Tom Tapp
Deputy Managing Editor
Tom has covered the entertainment industry for more than 20 years. He joined Deadline in 2020 after working on the homepage teams of both Yahoo and AT&T. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Premiere magazine and on The Daily Beast. Tom founded the popular industry website and newsletter HollywoodWiretap.com, which he later sold. Before that, he spent seven years at Variety, where he was the Managing Editor of Features. While there, he created the trade’s award-winning lifestyle publication, V Life, and was its Executive Editor.
It doesn’t sound like a very credible source.
These people are vax-happy California hippies.
And I’ll bet ya a dollar that Bob Goodell doesn’t have a contingency plan for moving the Super Bowl when Garcetti or Newsome put the kibosh on the the whole shootin match because it’s a super, super, spreader event.
Like predicting future casket sales based on the number of cough drops sold today.
Regards,
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