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No. It isn't. There is no random control pool involved.

Posted on: December 3, 2020 at 19:53:19 CT

TigerMatt STL

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People get tested because they are sick. Testing levels also are not static, but fluctuate greatly. Not every region has the same testing capacity.

It just isn't used except as a media tool. Heqlth departments look at hospitalization rates instead.

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3,100 US COVID deaths yesterday. 200,000 new cases - *M* KC - 12/3 18:45:28

Test positivity rate is the dumbest of metrics.(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 12/3 19:12:38

RE: Test positivity rate is the dumbest of metrics.(nm) - markymarksthirdnipple STL - 12/3 19:42:54

No. It isn't. There is no random control pool involved. - TigerMatt STL - 12/3 19:53:19

RE: No. It isn't. There is no random control pool involved. - markymarksthirdnipple STL - 12/3 20:01:27

Again take it up with health departments who don't use it. - TigerMatt STL - 12/3 20:22:04

It’s highly relevant(nm) - *M* KC - 12/3 19:17:22

No it isn't it is a political tool. Epidemiologists even - TigerMatt STL - 12/3 19:51:04

No. Clinical cases is what matters. - ummmm MU - 12/3 19:22:08

Lots of things matter. Positive % is one of them(nm) - *M* KC - 12/3 19:29:26

If there were more reliable testing, it could matter. - ummmm MU - 12/3 19:33:10

Kill someone's kid instead with lockdowns (nm) - tcat KC - 12/3 19:12:18

I dont favor lockdowns(nm) - *M* KC - 12/3 19:12:50

can you tell me precisely what you disagree with me on - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:17:32

you aren't emotionally hysterical enough about it(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 12/3 19:36:41

apparently that makes me a sociopath who shouldn't - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:37:46

MASKS! (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:13:45

You’re a COVID-denier. You have no credibility - *M* KC - 12/3 19:15:21

lol, when did I "deny" covid? you're just making crap up. - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:18:12

Worry about yourself(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 12/3 19:10:20

PCR testing capturing the slightest strain of the virus - ummmm MU - 12/3 19:05:23

these folks are just rolling around in the soup here. gvmt - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:37:22

Labs were also caught amplifying samples to levels that - TigerMatt STL - 12/3 19:10:45

374000 more deaths over the same period last year - Rabbit Test MU - 12/3 19:09:12

In a year where decades of pandemic response protocols were - ummmm MU - 12/3 19:16:00

Hmmmm, I wonder what might have caused that(nm) - *M* KC - 12/3 19:10:51

The virus and the shutdowns. (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/3 19:16:39

Huh?(nm) - tigerNkc MU

- 12/3 19:10:46

^^^KOOK^^^(nm) - TrumpToRushmore MU - 12/3 19:04:03

Impossible - mizzoumurfkc KC - 12/3 19:01:18

Christine Ingrassia is an Alderwoman in the City of St Louis - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 12/3 18:56:17

yeah anecdote - Ferg MU - 12/3 18:59:25

Certainly an anecdote. And the closing of restaurants - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 12/3 19:04:57

Here's another anecdote - Ferg MU - 12/3 19:10:31

You're not everyone. (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/3 19:28:58

I haven't had it either, and I spent most every - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 12/3 19:16:47

it's funny that you think those are the people who are getti - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:12:19

There are posters on here that have been infected - Ferg MU - 12/3 19:14:11

I pay absolutely no attention to it - ashtray UF - 12/3 20:09:32

no, Ferg. Good grief. (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:18:44

No numbnuts. There is a difference between being against - TigerMatt STL - 12/3 19:16:47

I'm not talking about forced govt mandates - Ferg MU - 12/3 19:21:02

that went over your head (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:24:23

everything does (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 12/3 20:45:18

BINGO (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:19:01

not nearly as much as you think, not nearly as much - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:00:38

Ah, another one of the clowns weighs in. - *M* KC - 12/3 19:05:16

Everyone is wearing masks, the pandemic rages on. You - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:11:43

All they do is shift blame from failed policies to the - TigerMatt STL - 12/3 19:15:54

maybe if you would have taken it more seriously - Ferg MU - 12/3 19:23:28

lmfao, oh...boy (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:24:38

That is all they have.. blame anything but failed government - TigerMatt STL - 12/3 19:45:14

yep, and think they are right about "something" - - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:19:57

tell me, - Ferg MU - 12/3 19:04:59

Do you think people wearing masks aren't being - 90Tiger STL - 12/3 19:13:17

RE: 3,100 US COVID deaths yesterday. 200,000 new cases - playhard NWMSU - 12/3 18:54:53

congrats (nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 12/3 18:49:51

You, too, were one of the a$$hats who guaranteed us - *M* KC - 12/3 18:52:04

gfy (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 12/3 18:48:55

As I recall, you were one of the clowns saying - *M* KC - 12/3 18:50:40

link? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 12/3 20:31:09

and he cries like a baby if he gets a cold - Ferg MU - 12/3 18:53:42

RE: and he cries like a baby if he gets a cold - Say_What MU - 12/3 19:33:45

That is pretty funny. All that for a cold??(nm) - *M* KC - 12/3 19:08:00