[little jeremiah]

This might be wrong (I might have mis-remembered it), but I thought I saw something a couple weeks ago, that said that for every 1 positive COVID-19 test, the CDC adds 15 cases, on the assumption that there are more positives out there, just not enough testing to find them all.

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They don’t add 15, they add however many people the supposed positive person may have been around. Could be more. And there’s MOAR! I posted this yesterday, and I forgot to add that often a positive person is tested several times until negative, and each test is a counted as a “case”:

A few weeks ago it was explained that CDC offiically changed the reporting of “cases”.

“Cases” include “probables/presumptive” which means any contacts a positive test person had over the last week or whatever. Whether they have symptoms or not. Even a presumptive’s (not tested or not positive) contacts can be counted.

Also included apparently are those with antibodies showing they had it earlier, very possibly with no/minimal symptoms.

Add to that people who don’t even show up for appointments for testing are given positive results, a lot of people reporting this.

And add to that that anyone with “viral particles” (however they acquired them) cand test positve.

And the final crapola is many of the tests give false positives. I’ve read of cases where nurse and doctors have sent in tests with swabs dipped in saline, or no swabs at all. Results? POSITIVE.

The entire edifice is rotten. The CDC also never says how many “cases” are actually sick or in hospitals.

[semimojo]

“Cases” include “probables/presumptive” which means any contacts a positive test person had over the last week or whatever. Whether they have symptoms or not. Even a presumptive’s (not tested or not positive) contacts can be counted.

Why make stuff like this up? Why mislead fellow FReepers?

From the CDC:

"A probable case or death is defined by one of the following:

• Meeting clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19
• Meeting presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence
• Meeting vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID19""

[WildHighlander57]

Thanks for this information!!!

Now, how to weed out the hospitals claiming a case is anyone testing positive upon admission, even if they came in for a non-virus reason?