331 positive test result from previous days. So should be net positive to total cases from previous days.
Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
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Taiwan is going to be a sacrificial pawn in the US geopolitical chess. Never mind the government's incompetence and US lack of empathy, They are going to blame China for failing to allow Taiwan in WHA and for failing to get Taiwan vaccinated because "CHINA".
They have been doing this for a few days now. Basically those are backlogged tests that now have their result coming back. But instead of counting them as confirmed cases on the day that the results came back Taiwan instead insists on counting them as "regression correction" and update them to the case total in previous days.
Basically it means the case numbers for last few days will always be wrong, because they will be "regression correction" updated at some future date. Regression correction is already a meme in China with people saying:
Girl: how many previous girlfriends have you had?
Boy: one.
After marriage
Wife: wait, I thought you said you had one previous girlfriend?
Husband: there's been a regression correction of 19
Taiwan today: we have zero new confirmed cases, we've beaten COVID-19!
Taiwan in a week: there's been a regression correction of 700 cases for seven days ago, on the plus side there are zero new cases today!
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Top chart is with regression correction, bottom is without (always counting cases on the day they were confirmed)
I get the argument that without regression correction you are potentially only plotting the increase in test capacity. I don't agree that regression correction is a good idea and my counter argument is:
- we can just tell increase in test capacity if you quote the daily number of test done each day
- we can also tell an important stat: is test capacity catching up with case growth by looking at positive rate each day
- regression correction makes the most recent few day's data worthless, and that's the data people are most interested in, it's a very useful stat despite its flews for judging pandemic prevention measure effectiveness
I think the US is taking the piss
Wuhan January 2020 then. Except there are no other provinces to support them.
DDP is still playing petty politics even after the deadly outbreak. Show you how much they care about the people in Taiwan.
"Only by purchasing (the vaccines) from the original manufacturer can we obtain direct guarantee in quality and safety to avoid legal and political double risks," Tsai said.
Fauci is a politician not a scientist. Still can't forgive him for saying mask is useless.
"Only by purchasing (the vaccines) from the original manufacturer can we obtain direct guarantee in quality and safety to avoid legal and political double risks," Tsai said.
Fauci is a politician not a scientist. Still can't forgive him for saying mask is useless.
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