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Old 06-04-2020, 01:10 PM
 
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Does it mean the Covid hoax is officially over?
Lol. TX has more daily new cases than NY nowadays. Has been going on for a week or so.

 
Old 06-04-2020, 01:22 PM
 
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No traffic on this thread for 48 hours.

Does it mean the Covid hoax is officially over?

https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-ca...8a607154d.html


Between the lines: Improved testing can cause the number of confirmed cases in a particular state to rise, even if that state's outbreak isn't getting that much worse.

At least in Texas, however, the spike in recorded cases does seem to reflect an actual increase in new infections — not just better testing.

Testing in Texas increased by 36% over the past week, while the number of confirmed infections rose by 51%.

Texas also saw an increase in the percentage of all coronavirus tests that came back positive.

In a state where testing is improving and the underlying outbreak isn't getting worse, you'd expect the share of positive tests to go down.
 
Old 06-04-2020, 02:53 PM
 
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https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-ca...8a607154d.html


Between the lines: Improved testing can cause the number of confirmed cases in a particular state to rise, even if that state's outbreak isn't getting that much worse.

At least in Texas, however, the spike in recorded cases does seem to reflect an actual increase in new infections — not just better testing.

Testing in Texas increased by 36% over the past week, while the number of confirmed infections rose by 51%.

Texas also saw an increase in the percentage of all coronavirus tests that came back positive.

In a state where testing is improving and the underlying outbreak isn't getting worse, you'd expect the share of positive tests to go down.
But let’s go ahead and move to reopen Phase 3!
 
Old 06-04-2020, 03:01 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-ca...8a607154d.html


Between the lines: Improved testing can cause the number of confirmed cases in a particular state to rise, even if that state's outbreak isn't getting that much worse.

At least in Texas, however, the spike in recorded cases does seem to reflect an actual increase in new infections — not just better testing.

Testing in Texas increased by 36% over the past week, while the number of confirmed infections rose by 51%.

Texas also saw an increase in the percentage of all coronavirus tests that came back positive.

In a state where testing is improving and the underlying outbreak isn't getting worse, you'd expect the share of positive tests to go down.
I have to point out something about those numbers. The reason for the spike came overwhelmingly from testing in prisons.
 
Old 06-04-2020, 03:02 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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But let’s go ahead and move to reopen Phase 3!
Again, the spike came from prison testing moreso than the general public.

We probably will get a spike with all the protesting, but this isnt it. If you look at the data, the new cases were slanted towards just a few counties: Walker, Coryell, Grimes, and Jones all of which are home to parts of the prison system.

Thats why I HATE garbage like that Axios article. It could have easily found that information too but it choose to be sensationalist.
 
Old 06-04-2020, 03:11 PM
 
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Again, the spike came from prison testing moreso than the general public.

We probably will get a spike with all the protesting, but this isnt it. If you look at the data, the new cases were slanted towards just a few counties: Walker, Coryell, Grimes, and Jones all of which are home to parts of the prison system.

Thats why I HATE garbage like that Axios article. It could have easily found that information too but it choose to be sensationalist.
hope its true and the article false.... always better to know from real folks than some article
 
Old 06-04-2020, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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hope its true and the article false.... always better to know from real folks than some article
Thing is the article isnt false, its just insanely misleading. Im not saying there hasnt been growth in the general population, but that isnt the reason for this particular spike.
 
Old 06-04-2020, 04:32 PM
 
Location: Frisco, TX
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Thing is the article isnt false, its just insanely misleading. Im not saying there hasnt been growth in the general population, but that isnt the reason for this particular spike.
Right. It’s really due to multiple factors. There really are multiple reasons including increasing movement, lax social distancing, protesting, decreasing mask usage etc.

Ultimately I think we’re going to have to live with COVID-19. Hospitals will have to maintain capacity ability. We’re still a ways from a vaccine (if one can even be developed).
 
Old 06-05-2020, 08:45 PM
 
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Well, looks like we had another record for daily cases in Texas and in Dallas. The positive test rate also went up. And just about a couple of weeks after Memorial day...
 
Old 06-06-2020, 01:26 AM
 
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https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare...d-19-patients/

Dallas Is Nearly Twice as Deadly as Houston for COVID-19 Patients
Dallas has 55 percent of the population of Harris County, but has 96 percent of the fatalities. Dallas has 55
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