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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

By all means, I’d love to see your data.

Not sure why you’d bring anecdotes into this?

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Because the government intentionally stopped counting Covid cases, and asked hospitals to stop reporting data. Outside of waste treatment data, anecdotal data is sometimes the best we can get.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I literally work in healthcare. I’ve seen our patient data. There’s no COVID increase. If there is, it’s super mild and people aren’t being hospitalized.

Now we have one anecdote against another… uh oh?

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago
[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

While R**t tells us if the number of infections is likely growing or declining, it does not reflect the burden of disease

Please try to understand statistics before you cite them.

If we had 1 case yesterday and 3 today, we are certainly trending up, yes. I 100% agree that COVID cases are increasing because they ALWAYS will in the winter. Forever.

Edit: also, for the hundredth time, none of this says the cases are severe. You have shown zero evidence about severity.

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Moving the goalpost. Check your comment up top. You claimed no increase.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Sorry, I think you might be confused or perhaps replying to the wrong person. I have consistently stated that there was no increase in SEVERE CASES.

From my original:

The issue is that it’s less severe, partially because people have immunity and partially because the virus is weaker (this happens with new illnesses - they get less fatal and spread more).

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