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Silver: "Case counts are meaningless."

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  • George KG Offline
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    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-case-counts-are-meaningless/

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Indeed. It matters very little how many cases we identify. What we need is to know who is infected and you can only do that with massive testing.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • MikM Mik

        Indeed. It matters very little how many cases we identify. What we need is to know who is infected and you can only do that with massive testing.

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        @Mik This. 👆

        Please love yourself.

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        • MikM Mik

          Indeed. It matters very little how many cases we identify. What we need is to know who is infected and you can only do that with massive testing.

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          @Mik said in Silver: "Case counts are meaningless.":

          Indeed. It matters very little how many cases we identify. What we need is to know who is infected and you can only do that with massive testing.

          And if you know the business, the ONLY way that can happen is immunoassay, similar to a pregnancy test. You're not going to do that on PCR platforms and anybody that tells you otherwise is ignorant.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            Doesn't it take a while for the immune response to develop enough for the antibody test to work?

            IOW, Guy presents in hospital with symptoms, don't you want PCR for that?

            Only non-witches get due process.

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