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We know that the numbers are being futz with to make things look less bad. They've artificially low, and have been since the data has been redirected through the White House, and the expressed political beliefs of the resident there. In particular, by playing with the number of tests being run.

Longer explanation here (not mine): http://martinhillortiz.blogspot.com/2020/08/coronavirus-case...

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Yeah I'm pretty worried about data corruption. I have been planning to compare all the databases. Thanks for the link- I'll check it out tomorrow.

What’s ultimately really sad beyond the current implications are the future implications of corrupting data. Scientists who want to study this are going to have less reliable data to use, and therefore we may be less prepared for the next pandemic than we could have been.

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