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schmuck wrote:the actual death toll from Covid-19 only is probably well under 20k

Softball Bat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:32 am

schmuck wrote:the actual death toll from Covid-19 only is probably well under 20k

Yeah, probably.
lol


It's funny how countries around the world are funumbers, following mask and distancing recommendations, and flattening their curves -- all in a unified effort to make sure Donald Dump looks bad and won't get re-elected.

Donald Clorox is the arbiter of all truth, worldwide.

Left Seater wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:27 am Covid numbers in Bexar county (San Antonio) were just adjusted down significantly due to padding of numbers.

Kierland wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:05 am

Left Seater wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:27 am Covid numbers in Bexar county (San Antonio) were just adjusted down significantly due to padding of numbers.

Another lie from the fat man.

...The addition of 5,000 or so cases is complicated via a disagreement between the way San Antonio Metro Health and the State of Texas reports positive cases.

Metro Health uses two different types of tests to represent positive cases: positive molecular test (PCR) and antigen. 

“Antigen tests quickly identify people who are currently infected with the coronavirus by detecting proteins from the virus in nose and throat secretions. This is the same technology used in your doctor's office for rapid strep testing. By contrast, a PCR test, looks for genetic material,” a Metro Health news release said.

A PCR test can take several days to process while an antigen test can produce a more rapid result. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses both PCR and antigen testing in the national statistics.

However, the state does not. 

Bexar County had about 3,400 of its positive cases attributed to antigen tests. Texas has removed the antigen tests from Bexar County in the state’s total case count. 

Now, what Metro Health lists “confirmed” and “probable” cases will now be separated on its daily reporting dashboard. The City of San Antonio said in a news release that it separated the reporting after a request from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

“To be clear, this is not an ‘error’ in Metro Health’s reporting,” said Dr. Bridger. “This is a disagreement over what should be reported in total counts. We will continue to align our definitions with those from the CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services, while honoring the state’s request to separate probable cases.”

Both San Antonio Metro Health and the state health department noted that neither uses antibody tests in its total case counts....

FiatLux wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:04 am you do know schmuck is a retard, right ?

unreal

Innocent Bystander wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:13 am

FiatLux wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:04 am you do know schmuck is a retard, right ?

unreal

Because you disagree with him? Why?

Kierland wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:15 am No because he lies about everything.
Schmick said:

schmick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:34 am NYC loads hospice cares with Covid-19 positive patients and then lists every death inside the hospice care center as a Civid-19 death. People already in hospice care are already dying, if they catch a flu on the way out, it doesn't mean the flu caused the deer death.

... which is probably related to this, link provided by NPR in April: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronaviru ... s-covid-19 -- after-deaths-at-home-in-nyc-officials-plan-to-count-many-as-covid-19

...New York City officials will begin to count suspected COVID-19 deaths in addition to cases confirmed by a laboratory, following a WNYC/Gothamist report revealing a staggering increase in the number of people dying at home but not included in the official tally because they hadn't been tested for the novel coronavirus.

In a statement, Stephanie Buhle, a spokeswoman for the New York City's Health Department, confirmed the change in protocol.

"The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and the NYC Health Department are working together to include into their reports deaths that may be linked to COVID but not lab confirmed that occur at home," she said. She didn't say when the city would begin reporting suspected deaths along with the overall count...

is the difference between truths and lies a matter of dates? probably often. Anyway, why did March and April happen?


And it wasn’t padding, cause the fat man is a lair too.
Then what is it?

Wolfman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:08 pm Daily "news" down here would have some thinking the streets are littered with the dead. I don't even see a spike in the daily newspaper obits. I'm still waiting to see the Haz-Mat receptacles for used masks and gloves.

The Big Pickle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:56 pm I don't know if this was posted already...................

Anyhoo..21 year old that died in a motorcycle accident in florida is listed as COVID death.

Softball Bat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:32 am

schmuck wrote:the actual death toll from Covid-19 only is probably well under 20k

Yeah, probably.
lol


It's funny how countries around the world are fudging their numbers, following mask and distancing recommendations, and flattening their curves -- all in a unified effort to make sure Donald Dump looks bad and won't get re-elected.