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2020-05-21 | The CDC and States Are Misreporting COVID-19 Test Data - The Atlantic
'When it resumed publishing test data last week, a page of its website explaining its new COVID Data Tracker said that only viral tests were included in its figures. “These data represent only viral tests. '
'Read: Why the coronavirus is so confusingThe CDC stopped publishing anything resembling a complete database of daily test results on February 29. '
'The absence of clear national guidelines has led to widespread confusion about how testing data should be reported. '
'Antibody tests are not currently captured in these data,” the page said as recently as May 18. '
'It is impossible to know the true percentage of positive viral tests in Texas. '
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'When it resumed publishing test data last week, a page of its website explaining its new COVID Data Tracker said that only viral tests were included in its figures. “These data represent only viral tests. '
'Read: Why the coronavirus is so confusingThe CDC stopped publishing anything resembling a complete database of daily test results on February 29. '
'The absence of clear national guidelines has led to widespread confusion about how testing data should be reported. '
'Antibody tests are not currently captured in these data,” the page said as recently as May 18. '
'It is impossible to know the true percentage of positive viral tests in Texas. '
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