US CDC mixing up testing data-acknowledged by CDC

[steelepulse]

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/21/860480756/scientists-warn-cdc-testing-data-could-create-misleading-picture-of-pandemic

 

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/499085-cdc-acknowledges-mixing-up-coronavirus-testing-data

 

CDC acknowledges mixing up coronavirus testing data

"Antibody, or serology, tests serve a different purpose. Unlike viral tests that are taken by nose swab or saliva sample, antibody tests examine a person's blood to see if their immune system has created antibodies to combat COVID-19. These tests allow doctors to see if someone has previously been exposed to the virus."

 

So basically the CDC has been combining numbers of both those that are currently infected, with those that show antibodies meaning they have already been infected.

 

 

[tlock]

Yeah this is huge- those numbers get added to the all important coronavirus daily scoreboard.  I think once we do large scale serology testing we'll see that the number of infections were at least an order of magnitude higher.  Adding those numbers to the daily scoreboard of new cases is incredibly misleading.  

[chessman]

14 minutes ago, tlock said:

Yeah this is huge- those numbers get added to the all important coronavirus daily scoreboard.  I think once we do large scale serology testing we'll see that the number of infections were at least an order of magnitude higher.  Adding those numbers to the daily scoreboard of new cases is incredibly misleading.  

This is actually a very minor thing, done in a few states, probably to look like they are testing more effectively. Try reading an article without trying to bend it to your own particular agenda.

 

and calling it a ‘coronavirus daily scoreboard’ is in really bad taste.