this is why testing rate matters. if you test any given group twice as much, you'll find 2X as many cases (assuming your samples are representative, and testing has been so high that this has been so since apr)

we can quibble, but it's FAR better than raw

they line up tightly

positive tests/day have a 0.84 R2 with tests/day.

that implies that 84% of "reported cases" value is predicted just from testing level (sample rate)

anyone who wants to argue that my methodology is not pretty close to correct had best have a good alternate explanation for that.

but even these adjusted numbers are likely significantly overstated as referring to a PCR+ as a "case" when such testing picks up so much non clinical trace RNA leads to massive overcounting. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1330277330128936960?s=20

there is a reason that the FDA and the major drug companies do not accept a PCR+ alone as proof of a case in vaccine trials.

they demand symptomatic confirmation.

not to do so makes the data unreliable. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1308451578869809152?s=20

so, we're dealing with overcounting here and worse, we're dealing with data skew that will lead to more overcounting now vs april because there are more recovered individuals and more trace/endemic virus.

the skew is predictable, its magnitude is not.

this makes for messy data.

some other interesting outcomes here that track seasonality. most states are now in decline on adj basis/deaths. increasingly, it's just california driving the rise.

they are ~21% of all new "cases" for the whole US.

meanwhile, NY is ~88% below prior peak on an adjusted basis.

covid trends have been regional/seasonal and double peaks rare.

lockdowns, masks, distancing, travel bans, and school closures have simply had no effect. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1336294261193641985?s=20

certain internet felines have been showing this in various ways since apr/may, but this is now so clearly visible in the full excess deaths figures as to be pretty much undeniable.

i have yet to see any remotely valid looking data that lockdowns or masks work on societal scale.

so take all the fauci histrionics about a surge within a surge from christmas with a full shaker of salt (and perhaps tequila with lime) because the man is lying, was wrong about thanksgiving, and is determined to stay on TV, gain NIH budget, and carry water for vaccine companies

the overall evidence that we're FAR below april peak and the worst is long behind us looks more than compelling

the case that the worst is yet to come looks ridiculous and unsupportable

fauci is a corrupt astrologer, not a scientist and he does NOT have your interests at heart

in any sort of just world, anthony fauci would be covered in so much tar and so many feathers by now that he'd simply declare himself an ostrich and join the zoo

watching him join a new administration is like watching termites poured into a new home the week before it's finished