So, the LabCorp/DHEC lab accounts for more than half the tests and is at 10.5% positive. Let's they account for 55% of the total tests. Simple math:
0.55 x 0.105 + 0.45x = 0.156. The other 45% of the testing agencies are reporting 21.8% positive rates. While not reporting the negative test results is obviously wrong, it's wasn't going to make the % positive go to some low number like 5% as so many seem to be suggesting. I'd be willing to bet it should be closer to 12% or so. That's still much higher than they want. And it doesn't change the number of positive tests that have been reported. The College of Charleston is about to blow up, and the on-campus kids aren't even back yet. My daughter had a roommate test positive, some other teammates' roommate test positive, and more than half the volleyball and baseball teams have tested positive after back to school parties.
For me, this story isn’t about whether the virus exists. It does. It’s not about whether the virus is deadly. It is. It’s certainly not about a moronic conspiracy theory I won’t even name.
The story is solely about what the error rate is on the statistics I check every afternoon on the DHEC website. Can I trust those numbers? I thought, to a degree, I could. After reading this article, I cannot help but trust them to a much lesser degree. Someone should have caught this.