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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.[/quote]

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high. [/quote]

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.[/quote]

Wrong chart.
Community transmission in Montgomery County is currently HIGH. It is the only count in Maryland with high transmission.[/quote]

Current guidelines from the CDC are based on community levels.  And that says [url=https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view?list_select_state=Maryland&data-type=&list_select_county=24031]low[/url].

And not that it matters, but Montgomery County doesn't have the highest cases in Maryland.  I'm not sure where you got that idea.[/quote]

Different poster here…The Washington Post shares this information as well (daily update). Today’s paper has both Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in the “high” range (Red). These are the only two local counties listed as “high.”[/quote]

Takes a bit of selecting and scrolling to get to useful info:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?state=MD

Montgomery Co seems to be middle of the pack with 22 cases per 100K.  Allegheny and Wicomico are about twice as bad.
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Anyone using case count only for determining policies is living in 2020.  Wake up to 2023.  It's all about hospitalizations now.  We are in low community level.  It doesn't matter what label you want to give to numbers of cases.  Nobody cares anymore.

With regard to positivity, the only reason why it is so high is because  most are using PCR to confirm positive rapid tests.  So of course you are going to have a high rate of positives.

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The CDC is still counting community transmission. Just because you can't click on the link doesn't mean it's not there. Montgomery County is highest transmission in Maryland. #1 as always!

Sure Trump told you that if we stopped testing no one would have covid, but he's long gone and the number of people out sick in all professions tells the tale. MCPS couldn't run summer school with all the people out with covid and infections are back in local schools and school hasn't even started yet.  [/quote]

By all means, go on and explain where you're seeing that Montgomery County has the "highest transmission."

That's not even true when you don't adjust for population sizes. And it isn't even close when you look at cases per 100,000 residents.
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Here you go.  New York Times has a complete listing of cases per 100K at county level.  MOCO isn't anywhere near the highest in Maryland.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/pelUakP.png[/img]
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This is fascinating data.

MoCo is #1 in vaccinations (90%), yet has the second-highest daily average cases (225), but ranks #1 in # of deaths per day? (1.6).[/quote]

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