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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I live in Santa Clara County CA, but within walking distance of the next county so (after all this time) it finally occurred to me I should be tracking covid fatalities there as well. I found the graphs on their site. Then… I found these comments in their disclaimers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C4C4C'>… The County only provides this data as a resource, but does not, and cannot, confirm or guarantee the accuracy of the data…<br> <br>… Cumulative deaths are for both positive cases and suspected cases…<br> <br>… Some of these deaths may include residents who had COVID-19, but died of something else. Given these complexities, fatality totals may not exactly match other data sources or, in some instances, the death may be double counted in more than one data source such as county-level fatality totals….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C4C4C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C4C4C'>… All data are provided to offer a snapshot of COVID-19 and does not imply wrongdoing on the part of the facility…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C4C4C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='box-sizing: border-box;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><a href="https://ac-hcsa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/610c4a6e02414aa6b68e3bf3f331be2f">https://ac-hcsa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/610c4a6e02414aa6b68e3bf3f331be2f</a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hmmm, OK then. Decisions are being made based on data we cannot confirm, listed and graphed as covid deaths, when the fine print admits they might be double-counted, and that it includes people who had covid-19 but died of something else. Think about that. I have seen exactly two county websites and both have that disclaimer on their charts. SHEESH! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Conclusion: decisions on the life or death of a business are being made by county health departments based on data of unknown quality (but we are assured it does not imply wrongdoing on the part of the facility (the hospital or nursing home (oy vey, thanks a bunch for that helpful comment (as my friend’s business dies of starvation.))))<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Suggestions or comments welcome please.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>