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Originally Posted by Hawker007
Can someone explain to me why we are using the % of positive tests as some sort of barometer? The denominator in that calculation is so subjective as to why they are even being tested that I would think the stat would be pretty useless. Maybe not completely useless but useless as a fact of what we should be doing as a state or city.
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It provides a good indication of the prevalence of the virus in the area. For example, when Arizona, Texas, Florida and others had their significant new case rises, there was corresponding positivity increase. Now that they are dropping, so are the positive rates. Well, Texas is seeing another increase, actually.