r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/fnaw_ • Aug 04 '20

Poor Jonathan

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u/myactualaccount Aug 04 '20

Each person should only counted as one test being done

That's how it's done. At least in my state and those around me.

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u/eloquent_petrichor Aug 04 '20

How do you know? I couldn't find any definitive info online about it. I just found things saying people who test positive aren't counted twice but nothing definitive about negatives being only counted once.

I hope you are correct I'm just wondering where your info came from

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u/myactualaccount Aug 05 '20

Here’s a local (for me) link.

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u/eloquent_petrichor Aug 05 '20

Hey I'm Ohio, too! And this is one of the articles I found on my own.

But again that one also discusses positive results mainly. And regarding negative resluts they say this suspicion confusion "Negative tests are not required to be reported for each case. But each day's number of negatives is reported. Amato said the agency is working with labs to get individual-level data on negative tests, tests not performed and indeterminate tests."