Re: COVID stats fishy

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

@Meowingkitty wrote:
Someone was telling me that 5 of his firefighter friends and him went in to get a Covid test. They waited and waited until they couldn't wait. They had to go back to work so they never got the test. A few days later they got results that they were all positive.

@Meowingkitty -how did the get results if they never got the test?

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

Dusty1 · ‎03-10-2010

@gidgetgh I think you are supporting exactly what I am saying.

We can't argue that people are getting sick. We all know people that have gotten sick.

But, dying from "Covid" (& I am not down playing deaths in any way & I am so sorry that we all have to experience losing someone we know) & dying with the reason being listed as "Covid" are not the same thing.

Businesses closing becasue the entire staff are too sick to work & closing because someone tested postive for covid & so we all have to quarantine for 10 days-2 weeks are totally different reasons.

That is why it is so very frustrating to me.

Anonymous · ‎03-04-2021

Moved:

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MoJoV · ‎10-01-2010

I don't know everyone in my county but I do know 8 people who have had the virus with varying degrees of illness. With more than half a million dead let's just say it's a vicious killer racing through the country..statistics or not.

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software · ‎06-08-2016

I've been tested a few times so testing is really not an accurate statistic of anything..

Even listing positive cases can be misleading.

The most important stat is hospitalizations for covid.

The other stats are relative & up for interpretation

Lali1 · ‎08-21-2014

I know one person who got it and had bad symptoms. I know a handful of people who got it. Myself and my husband have not. None of my kids have got it and they worked throughout. It does seem odd to me as well. It seems like we should all have had it by now with the numbers. Maybe we all have had it and didn't know. I really don't know but it feels like I'm hiding from something I might have never got or knew I had if I did get it.

Jaspersmom · ‎06-08-2011

Just got word a colleague passed this morning. She was in her fifties and had bad asthma. Had been on a ventilator for several weeks. I live in a highly populated area and yes, I know dozens and dozens of people who tested positive and sadly, several who died including my SIL back in April. My concern always is how those who haven't had much exposure or experience with the virus tend to downplay it. I'm happy for those who live in areas where stats stay low, but that's not an indication that the stats that are reported are inflated. Just do the smart thing and keep everyone - yourself and others - SAFE.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

I know that in my state, we have to look at the dashboard that was created for the correct numbers. The media keeps throwing out numbers that make it look as if we are in worse shape than we are. What they are failing to tell everyone is the number is a cumulative total of cases, not the number of new infections over a 24 hour period.

GrailSeeker · ‎12-01-2012

@Skezeldog wrote:
And i do not believe that we have had NO FLU this year, please, they have monkeyed with the numbers from day one.

Zero flu and zero common cold, they were totally eliminated. Illinois, in a very small press release, stated that any respiratory illness would be counted in as Covid months ago, when the states were becoming eligible for Federal assistance. Any death that involved pneumonia, which most deaths will experience respiratory failure and pneumonia at some point, were counted as Covid related, even when the Covid test was not yet available.