Thread by @AWokeZombie

#NJ #COVID19 Any politician ever bother to ask the NJDOH or Murphy how less than 1 case per 100k in the state is ever attainable? The CALI metric, which some schools are using to FORCE students back in masks, assumes a ZERO COVID strategy, since case rates will NEVER be green

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This metric was developed by the self avowed zerocovid nutters over at "Covid-Act Now" back 2 years ago, and was never changed despite not only the strategy shift away from "Covid zero is attainable", but was never adjusted for the significant increase in testing available

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BUT, When one goes to the link provided by the NJ CALI footnotes, and navigates to their current methodology, we find this.

Oh wow, look at that, COVIDACTNOW has changed their methodology and metrics to match the CDC case levels.

So why hasnt NJ?

covidactnow.org/covid-communit…

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Im calling on the press, the politicians, to push the DOH on why our metrics havent changed for case rates, since we are FORCING children to mask bc of this
@ActualAlexZ @EdTheTruckerNJ @declanoscanlon @njdotcom @nj1015 @NJDeptofHealth

Please pass along to others I've missed
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To summarize:

Aug 2020: NJ DOH adopts Zero Covid metrics from a Zero Covid website, 1 case per 100k is "green".

March 2022: CDC determines case rate metrics are too low, changes to 200 cases per 100k as green/yellow toggle.

April 2022: COVIDActNow determines case rates are too low, changes to match case rate toggle from the CDC

May 2022: NJ still uses 2 year old metrics, doesnt change them, schools utilize ridiculous metrics to force masks on students

DOH: 🦗
Politicians: 🦗
Press: 🦗