From Monday's update: "The number of tests given daily has also gone down slightly."
Nice try. How about, Our 7-day avg of tests reported reached its lowest level since June 24.
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Again, nice try. Our pos rate was 15.5%, the same as it was 7days prior...and higher than it was 14days (15.1%) or 21days (15.3%) before.
In fact, on no other Mon had it ever been higher.
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"We've hit a significant milestone," he said," we have extended our rate at which infections double to 35 days. This is the longest timespan we've had...and is hard proof that what we're doing is working."
Well, we cut testing by 15% over 6wks!
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And that means covid is spreading undetected through our city.
This is just a fact. But our leaders refuse to acknowledge this or warn the public.
It's a big problem.
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First, if you haven't, read what I had to say about this on Sat, after the Health Dept quietly dropped the new health directive...at 10:22pm Fri night via social media!
No briefing, no press release, nothing.
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They could have announced it in Th's briefing. NOPE.
But surely they would announce it in Tues's briefing, right? WRONG.
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So here we are, 5days after they released a new health directive, with long-awaited trip wires, and we've had ZERO public discussion.
There are no words for how angry I am about this.
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Why is this not the leading question after every single covid task force briefing?
Why is there no accountability from the city council or the county commission?
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Don't get me wrong: Strickland deserves it all - and then some.
But the Health Dept answers to Harris. I've actively supported him for 10yrs, but he gets no pass.
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