Is Holcomb even pretending the mask order has an expiration date anymore?
This is pure speculation, but I am wondering if we are experiencing a bit of what I will call "pockets of herd immunity". While the virus can spread everywhere, it likely passes faster and more prolifically in certain environments (certain workplaces or such). It is possible that in those places (pockets) where it has passed most easily, we are approaching herd immunity and the transmission has slowed even though we are not near herd immunity as a whole.Indiana's numbers continue to be really good. (Ever so slight decrease in ICU availability, but I don't think it is COVID related, and availability is still over 30%.)
WTHR had a fascinating article studying the decreases in Indiana across the major metrics and reached the resounding conclusion: they don't know why its decreasing.
Round of applause for modern journalism, everyone!
Which does, however, introduce the awkward question: if they don't know why its going down now, do they really know why it was going up before?
Is there a place - maybe buried in worldometers - that has a graph of how many tests have been administered nationally over time?
It seems like the Biden administration might be proving a Trump administration point: test less, have fewer cases.
True, but we need any all those cases to get a reasonable CFR. Less testing won't make the deaths go away but will increase the CFR, okay I guess if your goal is to make things look worse than they are. They may follow the obama model for H1N1 and stop testing under the guise that once a disease has taken hold in the population testing becomes unnecessary and you just treat the cases as they arise?Is there a place - maybe buried in worldometers - that has a graph of how many tests have been administered nationally over time?
It seems like the Biden administration might be proving a Trump administration point: test less, have fewer cases.
Thanks!
Indeed, but this COVID remains very widespread. And fatal.True, but we need any all those cases to get a reasonable CFR. Less testing won't make the deaths go away but will increase the CFR, okay I guess if your goal is to make things look worse than they are. They may follow the obama model for H1N1 and stop testing under the guise that once a disease has taken hold in the population testing becomes unnecessary and you just treat the cases as they arise?
If it's obvious that I have it, why would I go and get a stick shoved up my nose into my brain?Yeah, I have heard of some people who had explicit symptoms (like loss of smell/taste) opting not to get tested but still quarantining.
Of course, it has been true through this whole thing that the actual number of cases is higher than what testing reveals, we just don't know by how much.
Yeah, I have heard of some people who had explicit symptoms (like loss of smell/taste) opting not to get tested but still quarantining.
Of course, it has been true through this whole thing that the actual number of cases is higher than what testing reveals, we just don't know by how much.
I think the latter. Indiana has not changed. The states have their systems set up and I imagine that it would be a hassle (for them) to change- regardless of whether it was a good idea or not.Testing frequency may be static, but has there been any impact in positivity rate, based on the new rule requiring two positive test results? (Or was that merely a suggestion, that wasn't implemented?)