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Anyone else notice something odd about the Positive Tests as a Percentage Chart on the NCDHHS site? How does the 7-day running average line magically hover above all of the data?
I have attached their graph and my version of the same data with, you know, an actual 7-day running average.
Really makes you wonder what the heck they are graphing?! And does anyone at NCDHHS know basic math?
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I don’t even bother looking at it anymore cause it’s so bad. I look up my zip code on DHHS (which only gives cases, no hospitalizations or deaths), and call it a day for anything more local than state.
The NC DHHS site gives cases and deaths for zip code but not hospitalizations. My zip had 3 for a very long time, and now we have 5.
Anyone else notice something odd about the Positive Tests as a Percentage Chart on the NCDHHS site? How does the 7-day running average line magically hover above all of the data?
I have attached their graph and my version of the same data with, you know, an actual 7-day running average.
Really makes you wonder what the heck they are graphing?! And does anyone at NCDHHS know basic math?
If you pay attention to that graph daily as well. The percent positive will usually later be lowered beyond what the day of reporting value is. It is almost always reported at 10%, but if you check back for that same date a few days later, it often gets lowered. Data lag even there.
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