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Vaccines are changing how we interpret COVID-19 numbers – The Verge

COVID-19 cases are going up in the United States, but more high-risk people are vaccinated and less likely to be hospitalized. That could make the coronavirus data…

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Its never been possible to know for sure how many people in the United States are sick with COVID-19 at a particular time. Instead, we combine all of the metrics the percentage of tests run that come back positive, the number of new cases reported each day, people coming to the emergency room sick with COVID-19 symptoms to get an estimate. Its like the story of the blind men and the elephant: experts…

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