It was noticed, that is how the person in the article first noticed that something was amiss.
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And it shouldn't. Policies shouldn't be made based off positive test numbers. Everybody agrees they are extremely inaccurate, so why are they being used to make policy decisions?
Raw numbers aren't important. What is important is a trend line. If the numbers are now being inflated for past weeks and months and under reported for current weeks the trend line will be skewed in a negative direction.
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www.forbes.com
Fauci: Covid-19 Vaccines Unlikely To Be Mandatory
The Trump administration is predicting a Covid-19 vaccine could be available in 2021, but Dr. Anthony Fauci said the government can’t force people to take it.
www.forbes.com
Nationally, Last numbers I saw today are around the last two days again. State of Iowa is down also, and the dating problem should be corrected since they found out about it a few days ago. Cases trending the right way. Deaths were up over a 1000 today, hopefully they drop down again tomorrow.
Do you use World o meters?
I try to tie in one day's numbers with what happened a week earlier...not always but usually at least Tuesday>Tuesday tends to reflect how the week will go.
Last week, August 11 had 1500 deaths, so far today it'll probably be 1300 so hopefully this week is lower than last and it continues.
United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer
United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.
www.worldometers.info
Do you use World o meters?
I try to tie in one day's numbers with what happened a week earlier...not always but usually at least Tuesday>Tuesday tends to reflect how the week will go.
Last week, August 11 had 1500 deaths, so far today it'll probably be 1300 so hopefully this week is lower than last and it continues.
United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer
United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.
I usually check the 7 day moving average
Do you use World o meters?
I try to tie in one day's numbers with what happened a week earlier...not always but usually at least Tuesday>Tuesday tends to reflect how the week will go.
Last week, August 11 had 1500 deaths, so far today it'll probably be 1300 so hopefully this week is lower than last and it continues.
United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer
United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.
Yes, Seems to be the easiest to use. I usually go off todays and yesterdays and generally can remember roughly the days before. I know we were struggling to get below 50k, so having days in the lower 40s is a nice run.
Worldometers. There’s a check box at the bottom of the graph
I usually reference the New York Times. They have a well laid out site. You can get national data as well as individual states.
Iowa Coronavirus Map and Case Count
See the latest charts and maps of coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations in Iowa.
www.nytimes.com
I never looked at that box as much lately. Kinda weird how it follows a diffinite pattern over the matter of the last couple months. Find a peak and the next peak will be seven days out from it every time. If the graph holds true, we have 4 days of uptrend in front of us.
Interesting twitter thread and link to study on asymptomatic spread.
Asymptomatic Spread Responsible for Most Cases of COVID-19 in DC
A large portion of newly infected coronavirus patients in the District of Columbia contracted the disease from individuals who showed no symptoms.
thedcpost.com
The coronavirus pandemic is being driven by people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who don't know they're infected, according to WHO
"People in their 20s, 30s, and 40s are increasingly driving the spread. Many are unaware they are infected," a WHO official said.
www.businessinsider.com
So the takeaway from that is if asymptomatic people are not infecting other people then we have a lot of folks that are sick but go out in public anyways? Cause that's the only way we'd be seeing the case numbers we're seeing if it is only spread through symptomatic contact. I guess that would explain why we're so much worse than the rest of the world. Americans are selfish.
I think quicker, easier, cheaper, and more readily available testing will be even more important than a vaccine IMO.
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