Texas a casualty of testing delays?
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wrote on 12 Aug 2020, 11:53 last edited by jon-nyc 8 Dec 2020, 13:59
Their case count is stable (~7k/day) but testing has fallen off a cliff - from 60k a day to 30k. 50% drop!
It seems that the main cause is testing delays are so bad that physicians in the field quit bothering - if the turnaround time is so high it ceases to be clinically useful. So the hospitals (with better turnaround time) are the only ones testing.
Test positivity rate now at 24%.
Schools open this week, I think.
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Their case count is stable (~7k/day) but testing has fallen off a cliff - from 60k a day to 30k. 50% drop!
It seems that the main cause is testing delays are so bad that physicians in the field quit bothering - if the turnaround time is so high it ceases to be clinically useful. So the hospitals (with better turnaround time) are the only ones testing.
Test positivity rate now at 24%.
Schools open this week, I think.
wrote on 12 Aug 2020, 13:42 last edited by -
wrote on 12 Aug 2020, 14:17 last edited by
You're probably right.
