Over the last 9 weeks, the number of people being tested has skyrocketed, yet there has been little in terms of a severe spike in positive cases as a percentage of those tested. We pretty much have flatlined as a percentage a few weeks ago, with somewhat of a climb in youth. But this is only because hardly any youth were being tested in earlier weeks. What is going on is that there is a tiny bump now as they are catching youth with very mild symptoms or no symptoms that weren't tested in the early weeks.
It is extremely dishonest to promote the idea that there is some kind of new wave or that the initial wave has not subsided. It clearly has.
Take a look for yourself.
Below is the data from the Center for Disease Control's very own web site detailing what is going on which is that more people are being tested ( a lot more) and so more cases are being detected (at the very low current infection rates). Note: There appears to be a decline in testing for the last week shown on all three charts but I suspect that is because data is still coming in for the week.
The bars show the number of those tested and the lines are the infection rates (which have collapsed).
Remember yesterday, when I published an email asking about possible double-counting of cases in Arizona? And then the state said no, it wasn’t double-counting.— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) June 26, 2020
Must just be coincidence that the number of #Covid hospitalizations fell 300 and ventilator use plunged 25% overnight. pic.twitter.com/0S2tfPtlL8
Also, I should add that Houston appears to be a genuine hot spot. This can occur but is easily explainable for that city:
Reality is stranger than fiction but this should be a big wake up call for people to understand how the government and media lies to them. https://t.co/06PWQOBNvo— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) June 27, 2020
But there is this:
-RW"Health officials in Texas are logging every single COVID-19-positive hospital patient in the state as a COVID-19 hospitalization, even if the patients themselves are admitted seeking treatment for something other than the coronavirus." https://t.co/LLOY7amY5e— Daniil Gorbatenko (@Daniilgor) June 27, 2020
I too don't understand what all the current panic is about. An increase in the number of cases, absent a spike in deaths, is a GOOD thing: it brings us closer, faster, to herd immunity, which is the only thing that will stop the spread of the virus and allow volnerable people to resume some semblance of a normal life.
ReplyDeleteThe only explanation that makes sense to me is that governments like the populace to be afraid, as Mencken pointed out so eloquently nearly a century ago.
It goes way beyond them wanting us to be afraid. They want obedient child like robots incapable of critical thinking, willingly ready to serve their masters as the slaves they are.
DeleteVery interesting stuff. Great research. The "spikes" hysteria is wearing the public out. They are exhausted and capitulating, begging for it to end. It's a dangerous time to be a free thinker.
ReplyDeleteIncreased testing cannot explain increasing positive % of tests, nor can it explain increasing rates of hospitalization.
ReplyDeleteYou need to think this out more. Increasing hospitalization can certainly be attribute to more tests in hospitals for patients arriving for other reasons. And detecting more asymptomatic patients can explain higher positivity rate.
DeleteTesting "positive" for COVID-19 does NOT= becoming seriously ill w/ respiratory symptoms attributed to COVID-19, nor likely to die. Most people - those w/ healthy immune systems - experience nothing more than mild flu-like symptoms; many have no symptoms at all. But Gov/State pols & bureaucrats w/ their MSM supporters keep fanning fears of death in those who keep ignorant of human biology that has evolved in a world of vast numbers of microbes. Learn & rid yourselves of fear by regaining & maintaining good health.
ReplyDeleteConfusing causes and consequences. The rate is still low because a lot more people are getting tested, the majority of which have even no symptoms. A much smaller number of people were testing when test availability was an issue, therefore testing was reserved for people with symptoms, hence the percent positive rate was much higher. Positive rate among tested is meaningless, positive rate among entire population is. As far from everyone was tested in the early days it is hard to get good numbers. Total deaths are the only good indicator - you’ll see in two weeks. “Free thinkers” - free from brains that is.
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking just how many Corporate Media Zombified people are out there, "free from brains" At least free from critical thinking ones. :-(
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