Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

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Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil
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We still are not getting the most basic data needed about COVID-19 testing

We still are not getting the most basic data needed about COVID-19 testing

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Dec 15, 2020
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We still are not getting the most basic data needed about COVID-19 testing
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UPDATE: This follow up article addresses some of the issues raised here.

As I have been arguing regularly on this blog, there is no point in citing numbers of COVID-19 "cases" (which are not necessarily people 'ill' or even with symptoms, but simply the number of tests that are positive) without also citing the number of tests performed. 

The (Government)…

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