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ONOZ - Texas Covid is on Fire - Sensationalist Headlines
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:28 am
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:28 am
Just continuing to show the agenda of local media and buffoons in charge of Houston
The headline
The actual buried data
So now we are ranking all the way to the 28th in order... And as anyone with common sense can put together, who gives a shite about positivity rates if total cases are declining.
If you test 20 people and 10 test positive, you’re at 50% positivity, which sounds horrible, but you only have 10 new cases which isn’t shite.
But wait... Here is the agenda
F the Chron, Turner, Hidalgo and the left in general
ETA: Not linking articles because don’t want the Chron to get the clicks
The headline
quote:
The state's COVID-19 positive test rate on Thursday reached the second-highest rate since the pandemic began, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis of state data. For the second day in a row, the rate jumped and is now at 17.05 percent.
The actual buried data
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Thursday marks the 28th highest day for new cases
So now we are ranking all the way to the 28th in order... And as anyone with common sense can put together, who gives a shite about positivity rates if total cases are declining.
If you test 20 people and 10 test positive, you’re at 50% positivity, which sounds horrible, but you only have 10 new cases which isn’t shite.
But wait... Here is the agenda
quote:
Local health authorities and public officials have repeatedly said that they want Houston's positive test rate to decrease to about 5 percent before reopening schools or scaling back any stay-home measures.
F the Chron, Turner, Hidalgo and the left in general
ETA: Not linking articles because don’t want the Chron to get the clicks
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 9:29 am
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Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:30 am to Lsut81
Solution? Stop testing. Then the positive rate drops to 0%.
You’re welcome, Houston.
You’re welcome, Houston.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:31 am to Lsut81
frick the Houston Chronicle.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:31 am to Lsut81
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Texas Covid
Dallas Morning News has resorted to informing us that muh children can get infected!
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 9:32 am
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:34 am to Lsut81
It has relevance because the higher the number the more likely there are undiagnosed carriers. The problem is there are so many factors that create a moving target (increase in public awareness, testing availability, contact tracing advancements) that you can’t really come up with an accurate number that is acceptable.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:34 am to teke184
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Solution? Stop testing. Then the positive rate drops to 0%.
Sounds good to me, take away the media’s fear mongering tactics
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:35 am to Lsut81
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F the Chron, Turner, Hidalgo and the left in general
Agreed
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:35 am to Lsut81
Are they still begging for shutdowns ?
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:36 am to BigB123
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The problem is there are so many factors that create a moving target (increase in public awareness, testing availability, contact tracing advancements) that you can’t really come up with an accurate number that is acceptable.
so none of this shite they are doing has any practical effect whatsover
"Hey, let's stop the wind!"
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:36 am to NIH
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Are they still begging for shutdowns ?
It’s funny that you haven’t heard a single word about hospital or ICU capacity in the past 3 weeks...
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:38 am to Lsut81
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For the second day in a row, the rate jumped and is now at 17.05 percent.
The actual buried data
quote:
Thursday marks the 28th highest day for new cases
Those are two different figures. Percent of tests which is positive and raw numbers of positive tests aren't measures of the same thing.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:39 am to TBoy
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Those are two different figures. Percent of tests which is positive and raw numbers of positive tests aren't measures of the same thing.
He clearly did not say they were
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:39 am to teke184
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Solution? Stop testing. Then the positive rate drops to 0%.
You’re welcome, Houston.
Yeah, basing reopening on positivity rates makes zero sense whatsoever. It should be based on total cases.
One person in TX gets tested for smallpox. Tests positive. "OMG the positivity rate for smallpox in TX is 100%!!!!!"
BTW, who the frick is getting tested who doesn't feel sick? I'm sure some people are, but you can't use test positivity rates as an accurate measure of how widespread the virus is. You're working with a skewed sample of people who most likely are feeling unwell. I doubt many people who feel fine are taking time out of their days to get tested. It's stupid, especially considering you could test negative one day and then catch the virus the next day.
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 9:42 am
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:40 am to Lsut81
Everyone's gonna get it and until we reach herd immunity we will continue to see these headlines. I don't even care anymore about the numbers anymore. We long ago flattened the curve and kept hospitals from being over run. Its all a bunch of crap IMO.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:42 am to Lsut81
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:43 am to Vacherie
The problem is I don’t trust the testing centers inane way shape or form to be effective or honest. They need this to keep going to stay in business, so I would t be surprised if they are pulling what those Florida testing centers were and not sending in all the negatives in.
Just sad.
Just sad.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:44 am to NIH
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Are they still begging for shutdowns ?
The masks are working!
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:45 am to gthog61
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He clearly did not say they were
The OP's suggestion is "Aha! They buried this other figure which undermines the first figure!" But they don't undermine each other, they are different figures which are not correlative.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:47 am to BigB123
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that you can’t really come up with an accurate number that is acceptable.
There is no "accurate" number that is acceptable. The "acceptable" number is COMPLETELY arbitrary and (apparently) subject ONLY to the discretion of specific government leaders. THAT is the problem with the whole charade.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:48 am to teke184
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Then the positive rate drops to 0%.
Or test everyone and it drops the positive rate AND shows what an overreaction we have had to this thing looks like...
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