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Originally Posted by Pants
Pete's assumption is that they are only testing people with symptoms.
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Based on what? I don't doubt that the vast majority of people getting tests are symptomatic.
But, that still doesn't answer my question.
At his press conference yesterday, Norman said Kansas has the 6th-highest COVID positivity rate in the nation, at 10.3%. Norman didn’t cite a source for his claim and KDHE didn’t respond to our questions by press time. Data from Worldometer, however, comes very close; as of August 26, they show Kansas ranked #7, with a 10.2% positivity rate.
But here’s what Dr. Norman conveniently excluded – Kansas has the 2nd-lowest COVID testing rate in the nation, at 135,618 per million, which is 42% below the national average.