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(07-14-2020 09:59 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(07-14-2020 09:48 AM)Z-Fly Wrote:  

(07-14-2020 09:27 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  What's been truly amazing is watching the rest of the world in on this vast liberal media / deep state COVID-19 conspiracy. Reporting drastically lower numbers than us as they get their economies going because they say they actually listened to the experts. Banning US citizens from the EU and many other countries abroad because of our inability to address it. This thing is truly global. The reach of liberals and the deep state is large.

Could it be argued that we are over reporting it? For example counting Anti-body testing as new cases. Honest question.

The simple answer is it can be counted toward probable cases if there are other confirming factors (exposure to those who were positive, serious symptoms linked to COVID, etc.), but not toward confirmed cases.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/cont...yes-and-no

The simple answer is that this right wing conspiracy nut news organization called the AP has been writing about this since early May. https://apnews.com/6dbd9ad370add2ba299c7da46c25004f

Quote: In Virginia, Texas and Vermont, for example, officials said they have been combining the results of viral tests, which show an active infection, with antibody tests, which show a past infection. Public health experts say that can make for impressive-looking testing totals but does not give a true picture of how the virus is spreading.

States are still doing it. Municipalities are still doing it. Hospital systems are doing it. All for whatever reason floats their boat.

The CDC has no mechanism for gathering data. No mechanism for verifying data. Review the congressional testimony from May 12, 2020 from the mouth of the director of the CDC. The system is “archaic”....his words. They can only sit and wait for states, municipalities and hospital systems to report whatever they report and they accept that information from God’s mouth to their ears.

Mix in the fact that it keeps being established that hospital systems’ reported numbers are often proven to be garbage for whatever reason....malfeasance or negligence...and I can’t For the life of me figure out why anyone who considers themselves a free thinker would not be asking lots of tough questions. Skepticism is the first step towards truth and we all know what the truth will set you...