By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
There has been a surge of COVID-19. The numbers are daunting. 50,000 in San Antonio in a single day.
The numbers of positives are up because the percentage of those testing is up. It does not matter how many people are testing positive – that number is not essential.
There are three important numbers:
#1: fatalities
#2: ventilated
#3: hospitalized.
And these numbers are significantly down.
They are certainly down in comparison to the numbers during March and April.
The argument that more testing creates more positives is correct.
It is also important to realize that younger people are testing because employers are requiring testing for employees. These younger people who are testing positive would never, until now, have been tested. Many are asymptomatic and would never have even known that they were carriers and positive.
However, once they do test positive, they must quarantine. And they must stay away from high risk populations.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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There has been a surge of COVID-19. The numbers are daunting. 50,000 in San Antonio in a single day.
The numbers of positives are up because the percentage of those testing is up. It does not matter how many people are testing positive – that number is not essential.
There are three important numbers:
#1: fatalities
#2: ventilated
#3: hospitalized.
And these numbers are significantly down.
They are certainly down in comparison to the numbers during March and April.
The argument that more testing creates more positives is correct.
It is also important to realize that younger people are testing because employers are requiring testing for employees. These younger people who are testing positive would never, until now, have been tested. Many are asymptomatic and would never have even known that they were carriers and positive.
However, once they do test positive, they must quarantine. And they must stay away from high risk populations.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
Read my latest book THUGS. It's easy. Just click.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=halpern%2C+micah
To reprint my essays contact sales (at) www.featurewell.com
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