How convenient is this now that the goal post has been moved to conflating cases with serious disease and death.
Correction to headline: the model used puts out an average rate is 15 times the 'actual rate'. The actual rate includes those who die with the Whuhan Flu and those who die of the Wuhan Flu
Breaking: States Ordered To Fraudulently Inflate COVID-19 Cases 15 Times Actual Rate Federal Order Coincides With Massive Spike In News Cases Triggering National Panic.
At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s) OR At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing OR Severe respiratory illness with at least one of the following: Clinical or radiographic evidence of pneumonia, OR Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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No alternative more likely diagnosis
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Laboratory Criteria
Laboratory evidence using a method approved or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or designated authority: Confirmatory laboratory evidence: Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ribonucleic acid (SARS-CoV-2 RNA) in a clinical specimen using a molecular amplification detection test
Presumptive laboratory evidence: Detection of specific antigen in a clinical specimen Detection of specific antibody in serum, plasma, or whole blood indicative of a new or recent infection*
*Serologic methods for diagnosis are currently being defined.
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Epidemiologic Linkage
One or more of the following exposures in the 14 days before onset of symptoms: Close contact** with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 disease; OR Close contact** with a person with: clinically compatible illness AND linkage to a confirmed case of COVID-19 disease. Travel to or residence in an area with sustained, ongoing community transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Member of a risk cohort as defined by public health authorities during an outbreak.
**Close contact is defined as being within 6 feet for at least a period of 10 minutes to 30 minutes or more depending upon the exposure. In healthcare settings, this may be defined as exposures of greater than a few minutes or more. Data are insufficient to precisely define the duration of exposure that constitutes prolonged exposure and thus a close contact.
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Criteria to Distinguish a New Case from an Existing Case
Not applicable (N/A) until more virologic data are available.
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Case Classification
Probable Meets clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19. Meets presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence. Meets vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
Confirmed Meets confirmatory laboratory evidence.
Other Criteria
Vital Records Criteria A death certificate that lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death.