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[–] MetaCog ago 

They've been pushing the increased number of test results as a "breakout" narrative, when it's just more results because far more tests are being performed, and they've been doing this all along.

The fact people are so dumb they can't figure out the difference between an actual surge in a disease and a surge in test results means there's not much hope.

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[–] freshouttashecks ago 

don't believe their lies

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[–] MFin_Looter_Kangs 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

My impression is that it’s at least partly a manipulated political thing:

  • More testing gives more results and more positives.

  • They lump tests for virus and antibodies together. A positive antibody test could actually mean someone has had it and recovered, a good thing.

  • The criteria for a diagnosis can be very relaxed. In some cases they just infer someone has the virus because of some symptom, e.g. a cough.

  • Contact tracing by smartphone apps has kicked in: Once they infer you have Covid they can infer people you have been close to have it!

Anti-Trump politicians could manipulate this and the media gleefully amplifies it.

The actual death rate per day has been lower than it’s been in a while. That’s the most significant metric, yet the media emphasizes positive cases found per day (The other day I saw an article that grudgingly mentioned this but muttered about pending death certificates, sure enough now it’s trending up.)

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[–] crazy_eyes 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

The reason for the spike is the change in the way they count cases, now one positive test equates to 16 probable cases, which they count as 17 new cases. Thats the real reason the cases has risen

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[–] Shadowlight 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Ask yourself, why with all the new confirmed cases, does the death rate stay the same at a very small number?