yukmonkey said:
Positivity rate is only relevant if you are continuously testing everyone in the city every day. Since you are not, it should not be mentioned.
It can be affected by a million factors - are you testing people at the hospital only, are people going more frequently to get tested just cause, etc.
What matters is hospitalizations/deaths. Everything else is noise meant to scare you.
I would add overnight hospital stays or inpatient. Other than that agree with everything you say. To me the data our county is showing and that of other data sources is that either this virus is getting weaker or we have a better idea on how to fight it. Regardless, it's becoming less and less of an impact on anyone's health and ability to....
OPEN EVERYTHING THE F***BACK UP