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7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

You can't be this dumb.

Ya, I got nothing. If you think that is dumb, that is on you. People are going to get the virus, there is no stopping it. It is just when they will get it, and when we will find it. Will we have a vaccine before everyone get the Virus? Who knows. Will the virus circle back around to the states who have opened back up? Who knows. The problem is, people have this Virus, they can have it for awhile and not be tested. Hell, I could have the Virus, and be spreading it around, who knows. Is me having the Virus going to change anything? The people I have been around have already been exposed, I will not be exposing more, due to social distancing, wearing a mask, hand washing, not visiting new stores, etc. 

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It would be great to test everyone, to isolate those who are positive, which would have course make the positive cases go up. At this very late point in the game, since testing is very disarray and sporadic, keeping track of deaths, and not positive cases, should be the focus. The slinky effect of this Virus still has 3 flights of stairs to go. 

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Why do you think the majority of people are getting tested? It's not just for shots and giggles. These people are largely developing symptoms and seeking testing. The symptoms are new because they're newly sick - a.k.a. new cases. The dip in cases is directly correlated to fewer tests, it's not due to a smaller percentage of positive tests just like the increased number of tests months ago wasn't the primary cause of the rise of the number of cases since rates of positive tests also increased.

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7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Why do you think the majority of people are getting tested? It's not just for shots and giggles. These people are largely developing symptoms and seeking testing. The symptoms are new because they're newly sick - a.k.a. new cases. The dip in cases is directly correlated to fewer tests, it's not due to a smaller percentage of positive tests just like the increased number of tests months ago wasn't the primary cause of the rise of the number of cases since rates of positive tests also increased.

People are getting tested, regardless of symptoms. Is this not what I just said "The dip in cases is directly correlated to fewer tests, it's not due to a smaller percentage of positive tests". Yes, We are finding less positive cases, because of less test. People are already positive, and there is possibly millions that are positive that we have not found yet. Instead of being focused on positive cases, which do not mean anything, we need to be focused on deaths. The same amount of people are going to the virus regardless of testing, we just have to find them. 

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1 hour ago, Devil Doc said:

People are getting tested, regardless of symptoms. Is this not what I just said "The dip in cases is directly correlated to fewer tests, it's not due to a smaller percentage of positive tests". Yes, We are finding less positive cases, because of less test. People are already positive, and there is possibly millions that are positive that we have not found yet. Instead of being focused on positive cases, which do not mean anything, we need to be focused on deaths. The same amount of people are going to the virus regardless of testing, we just have to find them. 

You're not making any sense. We find them by them dying? 

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On 8/6/2020 at 10:23 AM, Devil Doc said:

 "The dip in cases is directly correlated to fewer tests, it's not due to a smaller percentage of positive tests". Yes, We are finding less positive cases, because of less test.

No. The projection websites I follow have been saying that cases would peak a couple of weeks ago and deaths would peak this week. And they did and they should. Correlation does not imply causation.

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