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>>More testing = more cases.

Please for the love of god stop repeating this extremely misleading claim. The increase in new cases cannot simply be explained by the increase in testing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/22/no-more-te...

>> Deaths, which happen regardless of how many tests you run, are down and have been trending down for months.

Deaths are a lagging indicator. Cases started to spike recently. Deaths will start to increase soon, especially when ICUs fill up and non-covid patients can no longer be treated in intensive care either.



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