Thanks for the thread anon.
The entire lockdown/mask narrative hinges on the daily rising case count.
The case count is based on the CDC's 2020 Interim Case Definition, Approved April 5, 2020.
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/case-definition/2020/
Let's take a look:
<CSTE realizes that field investigations will involve evaluations of persons with no symptoms and these individuals will need to be counted as cases.
Admission that positive cases include asymptomatic individuals.
<Criteria to Distinguish a New Case from an Existing Case
<Not applicable (N/A) until more virologic data are available.
Lack of clarity infers that there is a possibility that a single person is being counted as more than one case.
This has not been updated even after 3 months and millions of tests.
Criteria definitions in pics.
<Case Classification
<Probable
<Meets clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
For example, if a person has a cough and has been in contact with a person who has a cough, that is considered a probable positive case.
Or a person can have a headache and feel like they have a fever (without taking their temperature) and has traveled to or lives in an area that is considered as having a "sustained ongoing community transmission", that is considered a probable positive case.
There are many more possible examples.
<Meets presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence.
For example, anyone in the area with "sustained ongoing community transmission" that tests positive on an antibody test (even though it may not be accurate), is considered a probable positive case.
Many more possible examples.
<Meets vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
Anyone who died who had COVID-19 listed on their death certificate whether they were lab tested or not is considered a probable positive case.
<Confirmed
<Meets confirmatory laboratory evidence.
Confirmatory laboratory evidence is defined as:
Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ribonucleic acid (SARS-CoV-2 RNA) in a clinical specimen using a molecular amplification detection test
Now here's the kicker:
According to the CDC, the CASE COUNT INCLUDES BOTH CONFIRMED AND PROBABLE CASES
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html
<As of April 14, 2020, CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths. This change was made to reflect an interim COVID-19 position statement pdf iconexternal iconissued by the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists on April 5, 2020. The position statement included a case definition and made COVID-19 a nationally notifiable disease. Nationally notifiable disease cases are voluntarily reported to CDC by jurisdictions.
Thus the situation is even worse than what Jon Rappaport wrote about,
>The agency confirmed to The Atlantic on Wednesday that it is mixing the results of viral [PCR] and antibody tests, even though the two tests reveal different information and are used for different reasons.”
because as you can plainly see, there is an EXTREMELY LOW BAR to be considered a probable positive case.
As in for example, you don't even need a test if a contract tracer happens to find you and discovers that you may have a qualified symptom.
How many people that are buying into the fearmongering are aware of this?
Would they buy into the fearmongering so easily if they were made aware?
Why isn't there one single news organization or a government official anywhere in the U.S. that is clearly stating what a case actually is to the American people?
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