>>842 UOB

>Suggested Meme Topic

>Questioning the "official wisdom" about COVID-19

If warroom chooses to pursue this topic for an op, did a writeup on the case count here.

>>>/abcu/2100

>>>/abcu/2119

>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.

>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

> there is an EXTREMELY LOW BAR to be considered a probable positive case.

Do not want to repost in its entirety and clutter the board

jmo, but I don't see a topic that is affecting more Americans than this one atm.

Thanks for your consideration.

>>900

Not MF, but thanks for the feedback. It's the BIG CON, isn't it?

>Nursing home patients are not tested.

Don't know the guidelines in the EU, but in the US, this appears to be how they are handling nursing home patients.

https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/case-definition/2020/

>Epidemiologic Linkage

>One or more of the following exposures in the 14 days before onset of symptoms:

>Member of a risk cohort as defined by public health authorities during an outbreak.

So if a person is in a nursing home and meets the clinical criteria (cough, headache + subjective fever, etc) or has a positive antibody test, one is presumed positive.

This has nothing to do with diagnosis, so it's up to the attending physician to decide how to address it.

Will think of some ways to break this all down into memes.