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Thomas Tsai, MD, MPH Profile picture
Thomas Tsai, MD, MPH
@Thomasctsai
Improving health care and public health through clinical and policy innovation | @brighamsurgery @HarvardHPM | Personal Account
Aug 16, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
There's a lot of discussion on why testing has gone down the last week (see chart below from @COVID19Tracking)

Some have suggested data issues at the county and state levels. True but not whole story.

Some have suggested demand is decreasing..

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1/10 So I took a look at Google Trends.

A simple search of "covid testing near me" at the national level is revealing.

Interest decreased dramatically week of 7/5, plateaued x 3 weeks and decreasing again

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