“For people younger than 45, the infection fatality rate is almost 0%."

“For people younger than 45, the infection fatality rate is almost 0%."

Stanford University's disease prevention chairman slammed using statewide lockdown measures as a response to the coronavirus, saying they were implemented based on bad data.
https://t.co/83dkWmnLp6

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 6, 2020

let's say it one more time:

"discussing case counts without reference to testing levels is tantamount to lying."

let's look at just how much difference it makes.

i plotted raw "new positives reported per day" vs the same data adjusted for teasing levels.

big difference, huh? pic.twitter.com/aFQGVqjR8T

— el gato malo (@boriquagato) July 5, 2020

Hm, something’s missing… can’t quite put finger on it, but… 🤔 pic.twitter.com/DoOmuT8Wkm

— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) July 6, 2020