This COVID incidence map of Mecklenburg County was released earlier this afternoon.

This, from news:
"Only three ZIP codes recorded positivity rates below 5%. Meanwhile, 21 ZIP codes logged rates between 5 and 10%, and six ZIP codes were above 10%, according to a Charlotte Observer analysis.

The data reflects where infected people live, yet not necessarily where they contracted the virus. Mecklenburg Public Health Director Gibbie Harris has said the nuanced picture helps officials allocate resources, including deploying more mobile COVID-19 testing units.

” 'Very few people stay in their ZIP code — they’re moving around,” Harris previously told commissioners as she explained an earlier iteration of the map. “It doesn’t show you that they work in another part of the county, or that they went to a grocery store in another part of the county, or that they went to a bar or a restaurant in another part of the county.'

"The bottom line, as Harris sees it, is that Mecklenburg has 'widespread community involvement.' The sheer scope of cases makes it impossible for health officials to pinpoint the source of every individual infection, unlike the start of the pandemic when only a handful of infections were known in Mecklenburg."

Does it make any sense to publish this map and then have the County Health Director make comments that seemingly work to defeat its purpose or validity?


[Post edited by PhotoHokieNC at 11/18/2020 4:40PM]