[Annie66]

Originally Posted by Ga.dawg

Also if you get a positive result and they retest you and it’s still positive. They count that as a new test , so one person could could be counted as several positives results , which is a misleading number

According to the FL Covid web site, the percentages are calculated based on new positives and not people who previously tested positive.

Quote "These counts include the number of people for whom the department received PCR or antigen laboratory results by day. This percent is the number of people who test positive for the first time divided by all the people tested that day, excluding people who have previously tested positive." Unquote.

[champion6]

Originally Posted by GoodLife

<snip> Your contact tracing description sounds great, but in practice it does not appear to be working. I know several people who got calls from their friends who tested positive, they never got a call from contact tracers.

Was the contact info of the people you know given to the Health Dept. by the 'tested positive' individuals? Or were the 'tested positives' never contacted by the Health Dept. in order to begin the contract tracing procedures?

[Yucatan2]

If you study the line list of deaths on the Florida COVID website linked above, almost every death was someone in the 70-80-90 and even 100 year old age group. Surely some of these older folks were ready to pass on due to old age or other complications, but get counted as a COVID death if they just happen to test positive for it. The last death listed in Sumter county was an 87 year old male, on APRIL 30! None in May, June or July so far.

[villageuser]

Originally Posted by Halibut

Thanks for the info. Is there a site that shows the percentage of positive results per county? An increase in the percent who test positive is more telling to me that the total number of positives.

I use:
Experience

The site is run by a coronavirus data specialist who used to report it for Florida but left because she said the numbers were not being reported accurately. For example, if one had tested positive, and then tested to see if the virus were gone, every time that person re-tested it was considered as another test and another infected or not infected person, which was skewing the results.

[kendi]

Originally Posted by Ga.dawg

Also if you get a positive result and they retest you and it’s still positive. They count that as a new test , so one person could could be counted as several positives results , which is a misleading number

A person I know signed up to get tested but didn’t show up for the test. Later she was told her test was positive. Wonder how often mistakes like these are occurring.

[donfey]

Always good info and advice. Thanks.

Originally Posted by matandch

Increased testing doesn’t cause more positive cases. Spreading of the virus most likely through social contacts is the cause of more positive cases. Neither does taking a pregnancy test cause more pregnancies.

Right. And the positivity rate is the best comparison. It had been well under 10% but is now 15-16%. So it is clearly spreading at a faster rate.

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by champion6

Was the contact info of the people you know given to the Health Dept. by the 'tested positive' individuals? Or were the 'tested positives' never contacted by the Health Dept. in order to begin the contract tracing procedures?

I can't make it much clearer. Several friends got calls from their friends who had tested positive to warn them. The "several friends" never got a call from any contact tracers. I don't know if the friends who tested positive were contacted.

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by theruizs

Right. And the positivity rate is the best comparison. It had been well under 10% but is now 15-16%. So it is clearly spreading at a faster rate.

25 of those tested that day were from TV. That is 3% of total tests that day (745) Anything under 5% is considered good by health authorities.

Also the percent positive stats you are quoting may not be accurate as some labs do not report negative tests, which skews positivity higher.

COVID test positivity is not a meaningful statistic because not all negatives are reported - Alachua Chronicle

[pmken2]

and I believe that 24 of those 36 in Sumter were in the villages.

[Ritabob]

It was reported today that the entire state is just over 9% positive. Sumter county is much less. The virus is not going away. You can learn to live with it and enjoy your life or you can follow Dr Fauci’s advice and do nothing.

[PugMom]

"The photo is misleading as the long line is taken from an angle that compresses distance. The people in the foreground are social distancing and it's very probable the rest are as well. Raise your hand if you would get up close and personal in a covid 19 testing line.

I blew up the photo, 90% of the people are wearing masks, can't tell for the rest because photo is not hi res."
thanks, i've made this point in the past, but you explained it in a more exact way. and yes, these tests are for finding people with the anti-bodies, per technician performing the tests @ Walgreens lake deaton plaza.

[Paporter]

I’d like to know, the number of negative COVID tests in comparison to number positive tests, by age and date. Why isn’t this being published?

What is the ratio of negative to positive tests? Does anyone know?

[Byte1]

Interesting information, thank you. I am more interested in how many deaths that are attributed to COVID-19 as compared to the ones that tested positive. Anyone can be tested positive, as you know but it's like talking about folks with the flu or a cold. How many actually die from it and WHEN. Because even though there are more test positives, there are also LESS deaths. And that is the reason I like the information that you provided. I still feel reasonably safe. Actually, I feel totally safe and only worry about my spouse.
Thanks again for the information.

[ffresh]

Originally Posted by matandch

Increased testing doesn’t cause more positive cases. Spreading of the virus most likely through social contacts is the cause of more positive cases. Neither does taking a pregnancy test cause more pregnancies.

Correct and testing more people for pregnancies will reveal more pregnant people, as is true for any other testing. And, as a parallel to what you stated, testing does not cause more pregnancies, coitus does (rather obvious) … I'm having difficulty grasping your point?

Fred