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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have been away for a coupla wk camping, mostly away from internet. The first things I checked upon my return to bandwidth is the covid rate in my county:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard-cases.aspx">https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard-cases.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can someone help me understand why the chart says Cumulative COVID-19 Deaths, but that comment down that the bottom seems contradictory:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=861 height=987 style='width:8.9687in;height:10.2812in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D66800.7E036A10"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'>“Deaths provided in this dashboard do not necessarily mean that the individuals died from COVID-19.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#252525;background:white'>OK, um… sure. So… why are they in the database under “Covid-19 deaths”?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#252525;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#252525;background:white'>Over time, the number of people coming to the county coroner with Covid antibodies accumulates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#252525;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If I count the new case rate from about 2 wks ago and compare to the current death rate, I too am getting about half a percent:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://reason.com/2020/07/23/there-is-more-than-one-covid-19-infection-fatality-rate/?utm_medium=email">https://reason.com/2020/07/23/there-is-more-than-one-covid-19-infection-fatality-rate/?utm_medium=email</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>