Monday, 27 July 2020

Positive Covid Stats That Don't Tell You How Much Testing Was Done are BS

US has one of the highest Covid testing rates in the world. You might think it's a No Brainer that the more people you check, the more people you'll find with a virus reaction.   You'd be wrong.

The first chart shows the US rate of Covid positives before and after correcting for the number of people actually tested.  The second is a Twitter showing how people (Krugman in this case) who hate what you stand for will mislead you.     The second chart is also scaled to amplify vertical differences.   (Sourced here)


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