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In reply to the discussion: A sort of a straw poll here. Do you believe the infection/death numbers we are getting? [View all]gibraltar72
(7,518 posts)21. Actually no I don't
I think that some are testing mostly health care workers. In Mi. I suspect we are testing only the people with every symptom because of a scarcity of kits. stats show us getting about 1,2 positive for every two tests. I don't believe Fla. numbers in the least. Also the delay in getting results shows us what it was 4 days ago.
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A sort of a straw poll here. Do you believe the infection/death numbers we are getting? [View all]
Progressive Jones
Mar 2020
OP
I think it's higher. Who is counting the folks who live alone and no one will find for a while. nt
AnotherDreamWeaver
Mar 2020
#9
Hell no, not for the US and not here in Sweden. We had a massive death spike yesterday and the
Celerity
Mar 2020
#15
In Ohio they're not reporting unemployment numbers because Trump doesn't want
blueinredohio
Mar 2020
#18
Well, Johns Hopkins is showing 46 Louisiana deaths, Baton Rouge newspaper says 83....
blitzen
Mar 2020
#36
The numbers we have are the best we have based on the available testing
Proud Liberal Dem
Mar 2020
#37