re: Why is Texas's COVID death rate almost 50% higher than California's?

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These numbers are all sketchy.

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This. Differing cycle threshold values on the tests between states could explain as much of the denominator variation as anything. How many false positives does a given state want to crank out to affect their numbers and rates? No one brings up the mountains of false positives these crappy tests are cranking out.