.@TexasGOP psychopaths - like @GregAbbott_TX @JohnCornyn @SenTedCruz - are *actually* following Trump's instructions to "slow the testing down, please." The testing is rapidly going down while test positivity goes up. Below is graph of recent TX testing numbers.../1 
...and here is the long term graph on daily testing. Now, notice how the use of antibody tests has been rapidly going up while other tests have been going down during that same time. That disguises how bad the fall of testing actually is. In other words, its worse than this...
...standard diagnostic test - done properly - has low false negative rate. (Some experts say near zero.) Antibody test - done AFTER someone is sick- has high false negative rate. So, by cutting all other tests while increasing antibody makes positivity rate lower than reality...2
...if the spread is worsening while tests are being cut - even while increasing antibody tests - you would expect to see a growing positivity rate. And GOD, does Texas have that, exploding from the day @GregAbbott_TX started cutting testing. Now at 21%!.../3
...what this means is, rather than doing the mass testing that is needed to contain - which results in a single-digit positivity rate that keeps dropping as action taken in response to findings - the people getting testing are either showing symptoms or the spread is so bad...
..is beyond control. Whats amazing is they must think this makes them look better as disease spreads. I dont know where we'll be by election day, but if they dont reverse, the state will be sick as hell. Data manipulation didnt work for the Soviets, it wont work for the GOP...
...this is really a time when Republican voters need to make a strong decision: What matters to you? Do you care about people dying when it could be stopped? Do you care about the economy collapsing? Do you care about children getting sick?
Vote out the GOP. Lives depend on it.
Vote out the GOP. Lives depend on it.
