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COVID-19 Check-in 2.0
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I show below the Month data for June and July to date:
You can see in June there was only 1 of the "Top 10" states at 15% or higher. July so far 7 of the 10 meet that criteria. The combined total at 12.9% is over 50% higher than June. The sub-total for Cases and deaths are considerably higher in 23 days versus the 30 in June.
As you see the daily totals from yesterday the situation continues to get worse with 3 of the states (not counting MS) are over 20% positive tests on new subjects.
One actually appears to be his wife. Maybe the other is his pitching coach who is just wearing his mask as part of his witness protection agreement. 🤣
I guess your point is that masks aren't necessarily as important for them since all three tested negative before the game?
If they tested negative before the game.....wouldn't that be with the fast test that I was specifically told by you and denman weren't very accurate?
And I was told that my company was "cheap" for using the fast test......
Seems like a mask would still be important.
Sounds like a "cavalier" response to me.
Depending on which PCR setup you are using it can be like an hour to and hour-and-a-half to actually run the test. I'm sure they used the PCR test since they have all the equipment and time necessary to do so.
Edit: I also never said you're test wasn't accurate just that it wouldn't be as accurate as a PCR test. I even said the big question with these non PCR tests is finding out how inaccurate they are. 5%? Not bad. 50%? Bad
Good one!
What does it matter if they tested negative hours before the game? I thought POTUS, who gets frequently tested along with anyone who come near him, was supposed to wear one to set an example for others. Here we have the primary mouthpiece for wearing a mask sending what message to the public?
Here he is when all the cameras were on him setting an example.
I have to say it was a horrendous example. He couldn't even get the ball to the plate.
@Denmen185
I think most here appreciate your efforts tracking these numbers, but once again, your pos% rates do not match what the States are publishing. The benchmark for alarm concerning pos% test rate (10-12% or whatever) was set by CDC using some formula that obviously includes repeat negatives for SOME people. Consistency is key. As long as Florida, Georgia, and the other states are using the same criteria CDC set to calculate these important values, then the data they report is accurately presented for comparison against the benchmark set by CDC.
For some reason, you have decided that your formula for reporting pos% is better than the experts. I’m not sure why you leave their data out of your reports.
If PCR tests can be checked in 60 minutes. Then why don't Doctor office's use them?
Doesn't make sense.
I understand why drive thru testing can't use them.....but you would think a doctor's office could be set up for fast PCR testing.
They don't have the equipment for them and it's resource intensive so it's usually done in bulk at a centralized facility
Here is a more accurate answer:
It is more profitable to send the tests out to a lab. The cost for the test by an outside lab is lower than the cost of the person running the machine in a doctor’s office. That’s what he means by “resource intensive.”
It’s like that in both human medicine and veterinary medicine.
Why do you so confidently say things in areas you have little to no knowledge of?
That's not at all what I mean by resource intensive. It quite literally takes lots of physical resources for sample preparation for these kinds of tests to ensure high quality. The machines are also really expensive to purchase, maintain, and operate. It wouldn't make sense for most doctors' offices to have one. But yes you would also need a dedicated lab scientist who knew how to perform the protocol which would also be expensive. And all of this cost from such an inefficient setup would fall back on the patients.
What local clinics and doctors' offices need are accurate POC testing that are easy to operate. We just aren't there yet.
One thing I have found to be odd is that academic labs were never asked to help with testing, since many labs have all the necessary equipment. Probably something to do with quality control and specialized training for clinical samples.
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/7/21/21331407/coronavirus-utah-covid-19-testing-why-does-it-take-so-long-test-results
Little to no knowledge? I know how this works.
Profit is the issue, which is something about which an academic such as yourself knows very little.
”Dedicated lab scientist” Comical.
There are labs all over the country running these tests using people they only recently trained for this stuff.
Just saw an interview with Rebekah Jones who said that she was fired for refusing to manipulate the numbers. She said Florida was not following CDC guidelines on reporting deaths (lower than the really are) and by watering down positive rates by including negative retests to make the numbers look better than they really are to justify re-opening.
Florida tests per my spreadsheet = 3,276,636
Florida tests per your source 2,874,324 neg 402,312 pos (cases) = 3,276,636.