Graph 2: COVID ICU Census vs. Deaths (7DayAvg) vs. Daily Detected Cases
***Large dumps of backlogged deaths in many states caused an artificial spike last week
- ICUs continue dropping
- "Cases" from mass/forced college testing + case definition changes = artificial increase
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Graph 3: Daily Tests + Detected Cases + Case Positivity
*Why are so many tests being done? 2M in the last 2 days
- Tests up 329k WoW <- All from colleges?
- Detected Cases up 5,000 WoW (1.5% Positivity)
- National Positivity jumped early week but dropping quickly again
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Graph 4: Coronavirus - Census for Hospitalizations vs. ICUs vs. Ventilators
***All 3 metrics continue declining despite case inflation
- Hosps DOWN 1,201 W-o-W
- ICUs DOWN 222 W-o-W
- Vents Down 53 W-o-W (Accounts for MS +88 addition)
*Vents far lower than prior low point
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Graphs 5: Daily Estimated Cases vs. Deaths
Tests shot up to almost 1.1M, so I changed the threshold to 1.2M for daily tests in the formula.
Somehow we're testing more people despite less COVID-Like Illness (CLI).
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Hello, @m_scribe and @guardian , this article has false claims about Flu, CoV2, and RAV, which should be corrected.
None of the 3 are rising, and the CoV2 weekly changes are out of date. You gave the weekly changes for week-ending 12/30, but CDC updates through week-ending 1/6.
All 3 can be seen declining no later than 12/30.
Will you fix the article based on the above, or is there a better method for requesting a formal correction?
Sure, I will respond genuinely on the basis you are asking earnestly.
First, I think EVERYTHING in the screenshot is bad:
1) “Ritual and solidarity” are brainwashing techniques. Fooling/coercing people into accepting and then propagating a measure is dastardly to begin with
2) Doing that with a measure that is ineffective is downright evil, because it brainwashes people unknowingly into a self-harming act both directly (unsanitary, dehumanizing, social detriment, etc) and indirectly (increased exposure due to false sense of security)
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3) Nothing wrong with people protecting themselves, but community masking with any material was not protective for the individual and especially not the community. It was always a lie even if Zeynep truly believed in masks personally
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