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How good is your country at reporting covid-19 statistics - it is a mess.

Rafael DavilaMember for 22 years 7 months
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I do not believe Covid 19 could be tacked effectiviely if your country statistics are poor.  

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Such numbers are misleading, 100% positivity rate!

Whoever publishes some numbers without having the necessary information loses credibility.  It is simple if you are incapable of getting the necessary information do not publish any number.

I wonder if the reporting in your countries is this bad.

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    Rafael Davila ·

    They say some territories do

    They say some territories do not report negative results.

    • Puerto Rico does not report negative results for one logical reason: The reported number of patients tested do not represent the same patients included in the reported number of patients tested positive due to a lag between the date the specimen is collected and the availability of test results. Positivity rates cannot be inferred by dividing patients tested positive by patients tested for this reason.
    • I do not mean to say it is not possible to pair same day test results, this would mean true positivity rate will lag several days the day the specimens are collected.  
    • It looks like PR figured it out how to estimate positivity rate better than showing 100%, a meaningless value that is not credible.
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    • If you do not have the data you shall not report any number, to show 100% is wrong, these "fake news" makes their credibility go down the drain.
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    Rafael Davila ·

    The following is another site

    The following is another site again with different results.

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    And another.

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    The difference in reported infection rate among these two sites is abysmal!

    Until there is no uniform reporting standard it will continue being a mess.

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    Rafael Davila ·

    Some sites such as

    Some sites such as covidtracking.com do not report misleading numbers.

    https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/test-positivity-in-the-us-is-a-mess

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