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Ms. Toad

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9. No testing and home testing also make the cases look lower.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2023, 11:19 PM

Mar 2023

But if you look at the Community Transmission Level (which is the measure used to evaluate the prevalence of the disease in the community), a substantial portion of the US is either bright red or orange.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view?list_select_state=Ohio&data-type=Risk (You'll have to grab it and move it around. I couldn't quickly figure out how to show the entire country).

And that map (which looks pretty bad) is based only on people who are testing and/or reporting home tests.

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The winter COVID wave that wasn't: Why the US didn't see a surge [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP

Our immediate family is still masking. woodsprite Mar 2023 #1

It surged in my family. 3 members blm Mar 2023 #2

My in laws gave it to my husband and my two sons on Christmas Eve. onecaliberal Mar 2023 #5

It hit my wife and I just after New Year's day. Not fun. NewHendoLib Mar 2023 #3

I got it just before that, the whole second half of December. Iggo Mar 2023 #22

Not mentioned: all the cases of Long COVID & the 1000+ still dying each day. NullTuples Mar 2023 #4

where are you seeing 1000+ dying each day? I am not seeing that on Worldometers Blues Heron Mar 2023 #6

Sorry, that was a single day; March 1st. Latest is the 9th @ 590 NullTuples Mar 2023 #15

We have not had 1000 deaths a day Zeitghost Mar 2023 #8

We had 980 on March 1st. But you are right in that it's dropping sharply. NullTuples Mar 2023 #16

Some states report at infrequent intervals. The 980 was a data Tomconroy Mar 2023 #17

Thank you. NullTuples Mar 2023 #27

You need to take rolling 7 day averages Zeitghost Mar 2023 #18

Thank you. NullTuples Mar 2023 #28

I follow Worldometers and I noticed that BigmanPigman Mar 2023 #7

I'm curious.... Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #10

Yes, I will keep wearing a mask BigmanPigman Mar 2023 #12

No testing and home testing also make the cases look lower. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #9

Hospitalizations and excess deaths don't lie though. Lucky Luciano Mar 2023 #13

Unfortuantely long COVID isn't resulting in a lot of visible consequences. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #14

You'll never get some people to acknowledge even the slightest improvement in the pandemic. BannonsLiver Mar 2023 #23

A big hurricane didn't hit Houston last year. So everyone who prepared for one is an idiot. Bucky Mar 2023 #11

Seems like everyone I know is catching it. Found Emile Mar 2023 #19

DU sure was dooming it up heading into winter BannonsLiver Mar 2023 #20

I think it's being under-reported. I know too many who have been seriously struck with it. Samrob Mar 2023 #21

Covid behaved like most viruses Johnny2X2X Mar 2023 #24

This StarryNite Mar 2023 #25

My mom caught it from God knows where in Feb. JCMach1 Mar 2023 #26