tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1370243736521220878..comments2024-03-28T14:37:17.081-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: COVID-19 UpdateCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-23293866626046799102020-08-16T21:51:34.853-04:002020-08-16T21:51:34.853-04:00Thanks Carole. So why does it take all the fancy e...Thanks Carole. So why does it take all the fancy explaining to get the basic infection rate number?Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077048678660809331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-31141479253351077422020-08-16T14:15:12.576-04:002020-08-16T14:15:12.576-04:00Peter--If you click on the blue tab to the right &...Peter--If you click on the blue tab to the right "COVID-19 IN NEW YORK STATE," it takes you to the state dashboard-- https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-county-dashboard--where you will find that the infection rate for Columbia County is currently 0.5%.<br /><br />BTW it's not one case in 21,869, which is all the tests that have been done since testing began in Columbia County, it's one case in the 241 tests reported in the past 24 hours, which works out to slightly less than the half a percent the state is reporting, since the state is calculating based on 221 tests.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-42020143607876715302020-08-16T13:10:33.956-04:002020-08-16T13:10:33.956-04:00It's still hard to believe the DOH doesn't...It's still hard to believe the DOH doesn't track the "infection rate," one of the key indicators suggesting how safe a community is. In fact, it's the number that Cuomo is crowing about for NYS (https://buffalonews.com/news/local/state-and-regional/ny-sees-all-time-highs-in-covid-19-testing-all-time-lows-in-positives/article_e7cadad8-dd75-11ea-8bed-bf41083e881a.html) Is one case of Covid per 21,869 tests good or bad? Someone please correct my math, but does that mean that Columbia County has an infection rate of 4.5%? -- which seems to be pretty high. Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077048678660809331noreply@blogger.com