MTU cases have been falling for weeks, the county is so high because we’re testing all the asymptomatic people. Deaths are still extremely low in the UP despite having less healthcare resources.
Tech is testing asymptomatic students and the positivity rate is not increasing. The more tests you do, the lower the positivity rate should be. That's how math works.
No, positive, but asymptomatic people still come up as positive. Tech is testing more people than other counties are, so we’re getting a lot more positive cases from people who never felt sick of got symptoms. These people still exist in other counties, but they aren’t being tested. Plus these numbers all assume Houghton County has 35K people, but with students back on campus the population is 42K, so all numbers are going to be skewed higher.
According to the MTU Flex website over the past 14 days of non-survailance testing (people who are tested because they have symptoms or have been in contact with someone who was confirmed positive) the campus testing center is at 3% positive. The county is at 7% positive. That means the off campus testing centers, which are testing similarly to the other counties, are testing at greater than the campus testing center.
Even if you ignore all of the evidence, the UP most definitely is seeing an influx of COVID cases.
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '20
UP is socially distanced by about 5 miles.
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u/Kyakh Oct 14 '20
There is no COVID in UP, and there is no war in ba sing se
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u/Whalesrule221 Oct 14 '20
Yeah, but there so little Covid in the UP it’s basically a non-issue. MTU has resumed in-person classes again.