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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure that they have a complete understanding of how to read the CDC chart.  These people are professionals who are more qualified than lay people on how to interpret epidemiological data.   Unless you have an advanced degree in public health or in infectious disease medicine I wouldn't be so quick to suggest that they are incompetent.  There could be a myriad of reasons that they interpret and present the data the way they do.  
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It’s sixth grade math.

The CDC defines widespread transmission of a disease as having more than 100 new cases, per 100,000 people, per week.

Prince George’s County defines widespread transmission as having more than 100 new cases, per 100,000 per day. They would need to have 700 new cases per 100,000 per week to say there was widespread transmission.

I think they just made a mistake. But if you don’t think it’s a mistake – how can the county justify having a measure seven times as high as the CDC? Why have they decided widespread transmission isn’t until you have 700 new cases per 100,000 per week?[/quote]

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