mappy

oh, but you forget... i can get rid of you

can we vote you off the island? no wonder @WxWatcher007 doesnt want you on his team when you bring jello'd spagehttios with vienna sausages.

lol

right. i think i said that later on. as we test more, more will be negative thus lowering the % we arent testing enough now, hence the consistent % positive (which was my point).

let him leave, he will be back soon enough when hes bored and need someone to play with him

sometimes you have to let the crowd do the moderating.

ha, welcome to my world

yup. MD separates out probable and confirmed as well. the death counts we see daily are only confirmed. some sites, like worldometer, counts both but has made it clear that that they are doing it. just avoid those sources if you dont want to see it combined. its pretty easy.

mmmm who to believe a NY firefighter on the front lines, or phineas

youre better than me, i just ignore that stupidity in his posts. but his MD comment was true, MD DOH was pushing back on releasing nursing home information

well, i think it should still be something people acknowledge. but its not a useful metric to reopen. people are going to get this, even after we reopen. its in the community, and has been for some time now, before Mid-March. Hell, many of us may have had it and we didn't even know it. More and more stories of people being ill with covid-like symptoms in December and January. WBAL did a whole thing on it yesterday. One of their own anchors was out sick with awful flu like symptoms but tested negative for Flu A and B. I think he was going to be doing the Quest Diagnostic anti-body test that is available.

Yeah not sure why MD DOH was doing that. I think Hogan got on them about it though...

if it wasn't widespread, we wouldnt be seeing % positive rise thats good! and we need more of that. more tests = more negative = drop in % positive.

Yes, there will be those who are recently positive that will require hospitalizations. not everyone will of course, which is why hogan isn't using it as a metic. and correct, as far as i know, you can't just go get a test. i have no idea who they are testing, i assume only those with symptoms. but they may be contact testing too, who knows.

because its widespread and to be expected. its going to be some time before we see that go down.

maybe. i'm not even sure whats the argument anymore. the state isn't testing enough. until we do we arent going to be seeing a decline % positive, or positive cases.

I agree. Was just sharing the post, not that I agree with it.

i may not be the best math person out there, but if we see a rise in positive cases, % positive is going to rise too until we test enough people to level it out. More you test, more negatives will be found, thus lowering the % positive. We aren't there yet.

and its going to continue to rise as we test more people. why are we going around in circles?

mmmmm not sure, but ill take your word for it. in the end, our positive cases are going to continue to rise as we test more residents. and it should be expected every time there is an update. it shouldn't be a metric for reopening and it shouldn't be something to fret over.

Now you're getting it!

They have been testing more than MD has.

its going to remain constant because its widespread. get used to seeing the positive percentages rise

dont feed the fire. it will burn out on its own if everyone leaves it alone