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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You mean this data? https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

If so, then don't just look at the positive tests but at the graph that shows tests performed. Positive tests goes up but tests performed is relatively the same. That tells you it is a real increase in positivity. It could be the start of another big peak, or not. Time will tell, but you'd think going through the last years one should pay attention to such statistics. Because if you start taking measures only when you are back to 100.000+ cases a day you are a bit too late.

[–] homoludens@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If so, then don’t just look at the positive tests but at the graph that shows tests performed

and patients committed

[–] sQuirrel21@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I "admit" committed is funny because that's what COVID and all of the "I did my own research" hoopla has made me feel like. That I've been committed to an insane asylum with all of the loonies spreading their theories justifying their behavior without impunity thereby making COVID more deadly as it lasts longer given such time to continuously mutate......