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LiberalArkie

(18,948 posts) Tue Sep 9, 2025, 07:54 PM Sep 9

COVID-19 Surveillance Data in the United States

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/php/surveillance/index.html

Percent test positivity on 8/23/2025 11.6%
Percent test positivity on 8/30/2025 10.8%

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COVID-19 Surveillance Data in the United States (Original Post) LiberalArkie Sep 9 OP

1.6% 11.6% which one is it? yobrault1 Sep 9 #1

One graph is positivity, second graph ED visits. nt Maru Kitteh Sep 9 #2

yobrault1

(190 posts)

1. 1.6% 11.6% which one is it?

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 07:58 PM

Sep 9

if it went from 1.6% to 10.8% in 1 week, that is an alarming increase in positive cases but if it went from 11.6% to 10.8% then that is a decrease. ffs if you are sounding the alarm, then post the correct information. these graphs make no sense when you look at the notations.

Maru Kitteh

(30,662 posts)

2. One graph is positivity, second graph ED visits. nt

Reply to yobrault1 (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 08:01 PM

Sep 9

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