1/ with thanks to @JustTheFacts37 for sharing data, I am now loaded for bear and ready to take on @JasonSalemi !

the good and (too) fair Dr, Jason has claimed %Pos for New Cases to be a useful and worthwhile metric. I have disagreed (with words). Now, I can provide the data.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

2/these data show the number of "total tests" as collated from the daily .pdf by @JustTheFacts37. From that I have deducted the total of "new people tested", leaving the total of tests of people who are not "new," aka "retests"
It& #39;s clear that most of all tests are now retests.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

3/ The impact of including this mass of retests into a %Pos value is also clear. As the % of tests that are retests increases, the "%Pos for New Cases" decreases.
Why? b.c the population of retested people tests (+) less often, thus lowering the overall %Pos.
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Thus
"All & #39;%Pos for New Cases& #39; really measures is the proportion of & #39;retests& #39; to & #39;new tests& #39; "

Not very useful & NOT AT ALL what the WHO & CDC were talking about when setting benchmarks of 10% & 5%.

I have nothing but respect for @JasonSalemi and all he has done and is doinghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

...and will continue to do for Floridians.
If there was ever an example of someone being "too fair," Dr. Jason is it.

But "too nice of a guy" is hardly an insult.
Carry on!

(This thread is an homage to an old debate, it just takes this old sailor some time to come about!)