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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are using the wrong data.  Those are total test results, not total DC resident test results.

You have to divide the number of positive DC cases by the number of DC residents tested.  For some reason DC doesn't separate out the first number on their website, but they do report it to the Washington Post, so you can divide those daily case numbers by the daily totals of DC residents tested that DC does include in their spreadsheet.

August 18 had a 8.6 percent positivity rate for DC residents (52 positive tests for DC residents out of 602 DC residents tested).

August 17 was 3.3 percent (53/1624).

August 16 was 3.5 percent (61/1721).

August 15 was 2.9 percent (41/1410).

August 14 was 10.9 percent (94/859).

August 13 was 2.0 percent (65/3249).

August 12 was 4.4 percent (63/1430).

August 11 was 9.7 percent (89/915).  [/quote]

Woah. Is this like some weird teachers union disinformation campaign? This not even remotely accurate. This is just a flat out lie. It totally contradicts not only every independent assessment of coronavirus levels in DC, it also contradicts what DC Health Director Dr. Nesbitt herself says about coronavirus in DC (not to mention the Washington post’s reporting). These aren’t even the government’s real numbers (you think there is some secret data that the DC government only reports to the Washington Post. Uh, what?). Johns Hopkins is the gold standard on this issue. They say the long term positivity rate in DC is now 1.73 percent.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/testing-positivity[/quote]

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