Are COVID Case Surges More
Fake News?
American Thinker,
by
Brian C
&
Joondeph MD.
Original Article
Posted By: mc squared,
10/12/2020 11:08:22 AM
COVID cases are on the rise, or so we are told daily by a hysterical media. Newspaper headlines scream panic as this recent USAToday article proclaimed, “COVID-19 cases rising in 39 states – 9 months into the pandemic: We are overwhelmed.” It’s the American people that are overwhelmed. Nine months into masks and lockdowns, with a presidential election just weeks away, facing a daily barrage of doom and gloom from the media. Are cases really on the rise or are these simply positive tests? The above article, one of many warns, “A startling nine states setting ominous, seven-day records for infections.” 39 states reported
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Hairy Eyeball 10/12/2020 11:18:34 AM (No. 570191)
At my hospital we test covid patients every day until they are negative, so they may have 10 positive tests. EACH TEST is submitted to the state as a positive result. That has to stop!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
seamusm 10/12/2020 11:33:02 AM (No. 570202)
When number totals are added continuously from the beginning, every single new case adds one more to the total for a 'NEW RECORD'. Yes, it is part of MSM lying to get Harris elected president. Honest reporting would look at PER DAY numbers which are only marginally higher than six weeks ago.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Suzi 10/12/2020 11:33:56 AM (No. 570203)
#1.. Yup.
Tiny hospital with average census of 20. We have a robust outpatient surgery program. But really small hospital over all.
We test for Covid in our town every 15 min/8 hours a day/7 days a week. That’s a lot of testing.
Now multiply that by however many HUGE facilities are testing every day throughout the country.
Now add the fact that the year is coming to close and deductibles will renew to 0 in January. Everyone is scrambling to get their knees/shoulder/hips replaced.
Health care is a cabal. It’s driving this testing. And they’re making money on every single test that’s run.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
tsquare 10/12/2020 11:37:04 AM (No. 570207)
Between false positives, multiple testing of patients, and analyses extending out beyond 33-34 steps, and a symptomatic tests, I have no faith in the reported data, but rejoice that it may well be showing a growing herd immunity. In my county, deaths with covid have shrunk to de minimus levels, and it appears nationally that our current death rates (total) are lower than last year
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Clinger 10/12/2020 11:39:35 AM (No. 570210)
The measurement is so biased the data is virtually meaningless. Cases is meaningless, more testing = more cases holding everything else constant.
The fact that we are on a pace to have a very normal total death rate in the US, even lower that some recent years, is quite telling.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 10/12/2020 12:58:20 PM (No. 570264)
Newsfeed protocol used to be If It Bleeds, It Leads. Now, it is if it sneezes, it pleases.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mindsport 10/12/2020 1:13:06 PM (No. 570271)
Anytime there is a new segment of the population being tested ie. Colleges and Universities we've seen an increase in cases, but hospitalizations are down and deaths way down. I suggest you use the word "cure" (the new dem trigger word) when discussing with friends and family. The Trump and staff, including Chris Christie (with several underlying conditions) have all recovered after receiving the "cure".
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
JimJr 10/12/2020 2:25:38 PM (No. 570303)
This may sound morbid,but what we need to be looking for is "excess hospitalizations" / "excess deaths". This is the kind of data actuaries look at to determine things such as life insurance rates. The Medical Examiner in one of our more populous counties wrote an open letter decrying the fear, uncertainty, doubt and panic being sown by politicians and the media. Not to mention that every hospitalization or death classified as cv19 means more money to the hospital and state. Thus there is a perverse incentive to inflate numbers.
If we find excess deaths or hospitalizations, we need to push to see that the causes are correctly and honestly reported. Was it due to cv19 or was it something else, because with healthcare facilities locked down, many people either could not or were too afraid to get the on-going medical treatment they required.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 10/12/2020 3:03:49 PM (No. 570314)
Well, of COURSE it's fake news. You can't believe any of the numbers they're throwing out. One of my wife's friends told us about 2 of her friends in Florida, who decided to get tested for coronavirus. They went to the testing center and filled out all the forms, handed them in, and got in line for testing. After about 30 minutes they decided not to wait any longer, and left without getting tested. The next week, they both got their "test results" in the mail - and they both tested positive.
We're being played.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/12/2020 6:19:02 PM (No. 570461)
Here's an interesting experiment some of you may want to replicate. I took a red Sharpie and made several not large but noticeable red spots on the outside of my face diaper. The only time I wear the fool ting is at the grocery store up until I have paid and the food belongs to me.
In 18 days now nobody staff managers security or other customers has even mentioned the apparent blood spots on my mask. If they do I intend to ask them what sterilization procedures they use on their masks.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bamboozle 10/12/2020 10:18:40 PM (No. 570590)
Since WHO seems to parrot Chinese propaganda, can we assume that the CCP is lying to us again?
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There is no way you can tell me so many tested positive, including people who registered, got tired of waiting and left, but received a letter they tested positive. People should be dropping like flies.
Somebody can correct me, but it's my understanding hospitals are getting money for positive patients.
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