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They count as three cases because they don't track tests by SSN or patient

They put a label on the sample and mail it to a lab ... and even if you were to get tested at the same office, they could easily use multiple labs. You could also get tested at three different places. But yes, each positive test is counted as a new case. I have spoken to three different medical professionals on this and all confirmed it. Honestly there isn't much else they can so so that is the fault of no one.

However, it should be reported that way and it isn't. Number of positive tests and number of new cases should NOT be the metric we are using for anything. Hospitalizations and deaths should be what drives decision-making IMHO.

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Posted: 12/11/2020 at 11:54AM

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I have some stories of friends who got Covid and tested positive 3 times -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 11:42AM

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Right- my wife's 93 YO grandmother passed away and they asked -- bigbadbird 12/11/2020 12:46PM

Hospitals get paid extra if the death is coded Covid is what I have -- Nelsonia Hokie 12/11/2020 2:30PM

You've been told wrong. ** -- 7Hokie1 12/11/2020 3:39PM

Yes and no. The CARES act last spring implemented changes that allow -- vt90 12/11/2020 3:47PM

$108k per bed (link) -- LaneRat 12/11/2020 5:23PM

Agree, but no proof that hospitals are deliberately labeling a lot of -- 7Hokie1 12/11/2020 4:03PM

Hospitals are run by administrators, not doctors -- LaneRat 12/11/2020 5:35PM

I have no clue about that. There have definitely been some eye-openers ... -- vt90 12/11/2020 4:12PM

Nursing homes. ** -- TechMomof2 12/11/2020 4:10PM

Wow ** -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 2:19PM

Who is "they"? ** -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 1:55PM

I guessing the hospital, or nursing facility ** -- mancunian 12/11/2020 1:59PM

Correct ** -- bigbadbird 12/11/2020 2:13PM

So that begs the question. How often is this happening? -- GSOHokie01 12/11/2020 1:51PM

Several months ago CDC said 6% of the deaths were CAUSED by COVID ... -- vt90 12/11/2020 2:02PM

In the US, 732 per 100,000 people die each normal year, give or take. -- Hokie CPA 12/11/2020 3:19PM

That's already been done for the bulk of this year and the death count -- 133743Hokie 12/11/2020 4:49PM

I think there is a lot of inconsistency with how a death gets counted as -- Tafkam Hokie 12/11/2020 2:48PM

It should be criminal to even ask that, IMO, much less do it ** -- coshokie 12/11/2020 12:52PM

Medicare pays more if it's a COVID diagnosis. ** -- TechMomof2 12/11/2020 12:50PM

Sad but true. ** -- EDGEMAN 12/11/2020 1:04PM

In NC, each positive is counted as a separate case. -- GSOHokie01 12/11/2020 12:25PM

Statisticians Salaries should be going up with all this. Deep dives into -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 2:17PM

But there can also be multiple negatives per person too -- SteveInBaltimore 12/11/2020 12:04PM

Not exactly, that only affects % positive rate. -- RTFC 12/11/2020 12:52PM

But it affects the percentage of positives which is also reported -- SteveInBaltimore 12/11/2020 12:56PM

Exactly what I said in my post title. -- RTFC 12/11/2020 12:58PM

Well, that is something I wasn't really considering, either. -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 12:08PM

The % positive metric ? Yes. The raw number of positives? No. ** -- RTFC 12/11/2020 12:53PM

Yes, I didn't make that distinction. ** -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 2:16PM

That metric has always been suspect. The group being tested is not -- jmanatVT 12/11/2020 12:32PM

But it least it muddies it "in the opposite direction" -- SteveInBaltimore 12/11/2020 12:15PM

That's what positivity rate is for -- Beerman 12/11/2020 12:20PM

I'd love to see how their anti-body tests come back... please report back. -- Vtskier1 12/11/2020 12:01PM

They count as three cases because they don't track tests by SSN or patient -- vt90 12/11/2020 11:54AM

Depends on the state, but yes some would count that as 3 positive tests ** -- HokieForever 12/11/2020 11:53AM

That's why you track hospitalizations and deaths. -- Stork 12/11/2020 11:49AM

Regarding hospitalizations - honest question -- GobblerCE 12/11/2020 2:45PM

Here in the NRV, the script has started to flip... -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 11:56AM

But isn't that just a neverending loop -- hokieone 12/11/2020 1:41PM

In the present situation, the community did it all by themselves... -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 1:46PM

Yeah, talking with my family, I was telling them the same thing. ** -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 11:50AM

I don't think anyone has been doing multiple tests in months.... -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 11:47AM

Guess you haven't been following college football or basketball -- EDGEMAN 12/11/2020 1:03PM

Yeah...but do those tests go into the data set? -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 1:04PM

I think it depends on the state... -- MP4VT2004 12/11/2020 11:46AM

Fairly useless? Has to be a tiny % of people who test positive multiple -- Brown Water 12/11/2020 12:19PM

Actually it isn't. Many employers require a negative test, and sometimes -- vt90 12/11/2020 12:24PM

Well, as long as people are not dying more than once I guess we're ok. -- Brown Water 12/11/2020 12:41PM

Yeah, the fewer of those the better! ** -- vt90 12/11/2020 12:42PM

We'll take your experienced word for it! ** -- MAHokie69 12/11/2020 2:00PM

Strangely, I only got to vote once. ** -- vt90 12/11/2020 2:03PM

Unless VA has changed the way they count cases, you are correct. ** -- EDGEMAN 12/11/2020 12:07PM

...I went to the doctor... -- chumley 12/11/2020 1:03PM

They count as three cases because they don't track tests by SSN or patient

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