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Stew Cook said:
It might hurt someone's assertions, but It doesn't affect mine. considering my common sense tells me that it helps both ways.

But if you'd like to play Trump's game. The guy wearing the mask had not just been tested negative, but Fauci and wife had... maybe?
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And here’s why this obsession with testing everyone doesn’t work. He was tested the day before. Who’s to say he didn’t catch it in the prior 24 hours?
 
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RockyTop85 said:
Their positivity rate is less than half the national average.
Administered over a million tests in a state with a population of 6 million.
New cases, deaths, and hospitalizations all showing better trends than the national average despite robust testing.
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Tennessee has 800,000 more residents than Maryland...... has administered 300,000 more tests...... 8,000 more positive cases but 2,400 less deaths.... yesterday Tennessee had more positive cases but the same amount of deaths..... I would argue that Tennessee has been much more open but doing a much better job than Maryland.
 
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Some more anecdotal evidence: a younger teenager I know has tested positive 4 times in four months with no symptoms at all.... also someone that I work with but travels to multiple buildings had been exposed.... developed mild symptoms( sore throat mainly).... tested negative but was still quarantined... felt he had it and was able to get another test and tested positive this time

The CDC sent out new guidelines also that now when you test positive that they want you to quarantine for 10 days and go back to work/public without a retest bc people have been testing positive multiple times but not contagious. I wonder how many multiple cases are included in the case count and I also wonder how many are considered covid deaths that test positive due to the same reason.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
And here’s why this obsession with testing everyone doesn’t work. He was tested the day before. Who’s to say he didn’t catch it in the prior 24 hours?
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Even the CDC came out the other day saying a huge portion of these tests produced false positives. We have NO idea what the real numbers are. True positive cases and deaths lower than what has been reported.
 
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headhunter15 said:
Good Morning America opened with the headline, “New Lockdown Looming?” There is literally no way normal, law abiding people will respond to that when they have seen cities burn from mobs and get praised by the media.
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The breathless openings to network news shows have gotten comical.

You’re exactly right.
 
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Vol737 said:
Even the CDC came out the other day saying a huge portion of these tests produced false positives. We have NO idea what the real numbers are. True positive cases and deaths lower than what has been reported.
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Our county in upstate NY had a “spike” last weekend. Then the lab came back and said there was a whole group of tests that were found to be false positives. They informed the county that those people were actually negative. But when the county reported it to the state, the state DOH said they would continue to count as positives.
 
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newyorkvol said:
Our county in upstate NY had a “spike” last weekend. Then the lab came back and said there was a whole group of tests that were found to be false positives. They informed the county that those people were actually negative. But when the county reported it to the state, the state DOH said they would continue to count as positives.
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It’s almost like they don’t want us knowing the real data
 
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Grudenator said:
Will do. 7 of the 8 look like they will be fine but 1 is in pretty rough shape. I wonder if there is a stat or data from smokers who get COVID?
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Probably depends on their condition. If they have lung cancer or emphysema then they more than likely will be a COVID-19 death. And if they smoke and are killed in a motorcycle accident, they will definitely be classified as a COVID death.
 
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Fun coupon VOL said:
Now do one that takes into account how many test are being completed everyday.
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well, that's how we get the figures, so yes, that has to be a factor. we are testing without any real plan to use the tests to slow it down in contrast to the EU. Condisering that fact, I'm not sure when things are supposed to start improving.
 
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Fun coupon VOL said:
Now do one that takes into account how many test are being completed everyday.
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Exactly. I was just discussing this with an administrator at our local children's hospital. He said the number of positive results in asymptomatic kids (including pre-op testing) has risen dramatically.

I don't know what the number is now, but the other day the U.S. was running over 800,000 tests a day. You're going to catch a whole lot of asymptomatic/minimally-symptomatic cases that way. That's why I believe deaths and hospitalizations are better metrics.
 
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newyorkvol said:
Our county in upstate NY had a “spike” last weekend. Then the lab came back and said there was a whole group of tests that were found to be false positives. They informed the county that those people were actually negative. But when the county reported it to the state, the state DOH said they would continue to count as positives.
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Makes no sense. I couldn’t work in government. I’d be charged with murder if I had to deal with that mindset.
 
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