re: Faking positive Covid tests to keep numbers up?

Makes sense

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I am just wondering about the 50+ people she came in contact with, no one has it (or showing symptoms)

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My wife and I both tested positive. We had pretty mild symptoms but definitely had it. I lost my sense of smell for a few days. We were at a Christmas party the night before I started having symptoms and not a single person tested positive. I’m talking 12+ people got tested. It’s weird for sure but that could also mean several people had it already without knowing it and had anti-bodies. It could also mean we had a mild case and were emitting a large viral load. Or a host of other reasons. It doesn’t mean, however, our tests were wrong.

My buddy’s FIL passed today and another buddies father passed this week from COVID, both in their 60s and in good health. The numbers may be inflated some but they’re definitely on the rise, Especially in TN where I live.

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Makes me want to point out that if a single individual tests positive twice in a 10-day time frame, they count it as 2 confirmed cases. Padding numbers by protocol

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I don't understand the logic of using "padded case numbers" to argue the government is overreacting. If case numbers are artificially inflated, this thing is deadlier than thought. If only a few thousand people actually caught covid, and 95% of them are all dead - then yeah we better be shutting down.

The best, and IMO most likely, mathematical option is the confirmed cases are a vast undercount (by a factor of 3x to 10x) depending on if we're talking today or last March. That is where the low fatality rate comes from (~0.5% ish, heavily weighted toward the elderly and trending to absolutely miniscule for the young). The undercount will come from people like most of us on the OT, who really aren't going to get tested unless we have to.

The best news ever for ending this quickly would be Gov. Edwards reporting that each and every Louisiana citizen was a confirmed positive.

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1) Young people don’t transmit at the rate adults do

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Could this be because kids no longer speak face-to-face, electing to text or use other social media to communicate?

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TulaneLSU

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This guys schtick is getting old.

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It’s a weird virus. I know people who had it and didn’t transmit it to anyone despite plenty of opportunity. And then I know of a single person spreading it to a dozen people in a single setting.

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So, either this is the most whackadoodle virus in history, or there may be some issues with the methods and consistency of the tests.

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So you had a pending test and didn’t wait until results were known before having more people over?


That was really stupid

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Yep. These are the same retards saying masks are ineffective and pointing to positive cases as proof.

Fake numbers aside, this is correct. The testing they use is super sensitive so its picking up very small “bits”.

I'll also add that it has the same mortality rate as the flu.

And the $$$ are in the crono.
Why do you think the flu is basically non-existant this year?
Because there is no $$$ to be made with flu cases.
Lots of $$$ to be made with the crono!