The coronavirus is receding. We all know it, and that’s why businesses are opening back up, people are going back to work, and most people are venturing out of their houses more and more. Realizing their fear mongering is no longer working, the media has renewed its blitz. Since they can’t show you evidence of coronavirus dangers, they’ve gone with their old standby. They’ll just make things up.
Every headline seems to be talking about the new spike in cases in South Korea. The government there even announced new restrictions because of this spike. If we go to mainstream articles, we can see that they had the most new infections in 50 days. There were 79 new infections in a single day.
In fact, most of those 79 new cases can be traced back to a single warehouse that was reopened when South Korea thought the epidemic had passed. At least 82 of these new infections are linked to that warehouse. Multiple mainstream sources have printed these exact numbers, including the AP, New York Times and Fox News. That sure is interesting as the numbers don’t make any sense.
In other news, there are 17 states where coronavirus cases are on the rise, and they’re mostly in the red state dominated south. Every outlet has its own slightly different version of this story, so let’s pick on CNN. According to CNN, the South is now the American epicenter of the disease.
What do the numbers actually show? There is only one state where coronavirus is on the rise, Alabama. In the other states listed, there is no consistent increase in new cases. According to CNN, Georgia saw a 50-percent rise in new cases over the last 7 days. According to the CDC, Georgia has seen daily new infections drop for 8 consecutive days. For those of you missing a few fingers, here’s some help with the math. This doesn’t add up. It’s not a difference of opinion or a math trick. CNN is outright lying.
We’re not done yet. You’ve been hearing about the dreaded second wave for months. We have to stay locked down because of the second wave. It’s going to get us all. Here are some real numbers regarding the second wave. No U.S. state has seen one. There technically was a second wave in Japan. It lasted for 6 days, and at no point was it even half as bad as the first wave.
South Korea had a second wave. It lasted for 5 days and was about a fifth as big as the first wave. If we were to believe the obviously made up numbers on new infections, they’re in their third wave now. It’s about half the size of the second wave.
Here’s the bottom line. Coronavirus testing is inconsistent. The tests are performed by humans. The data is collected by humans. It’s then shared by humans. Even assuming everyone is doing their best for accuracy, there’s still a problem. Do you know what most humans do every single week? They take days off.
Most of the fluctuations in American coronavirus numbers appear because we still have weekends. Reporting and testing are low on Saturday and Sunday. That means there are fewer tests to report on Monday. Throughout the week, everyone plays catch up, and there’s a mad dash to finish enough testing and reporting on Friday so they don’t have to come in on the weekend. Then, it all repeats. Memorial Day exacerbated this effect. That’s the whole reason for the “spike.”
If you account for the existence of weekends, new coronavirus infections have been falling in the U.S. since April 10. They have fallen continuously and without interruption. That’s the truth of the matter.
