The capability to produce a daily count over a large nation is a proof of the functioning existence of a large, distributed infrastructural system which moves around test samples and reagents, coordinates clinical staff + remote techs, and has unimpeded internal information flow.
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In Scenario #2, you will see a decrease in the number of tests produced per day, an increase in reported latency between tests being ordered and tests results being ready, and an increase in test positive rate as capacity rationed for patients with known worse clinical outcomes.
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All three of those data points are available from official services, but those data points are not as widely understood as the count is by analysts, policy makers, and others.
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Revising numbers as soon as possible is key. Not ideal that this happened, but urgency around accuracy is a lot easier than fixing the infrastructure.https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-admits-covid-19-death-toll-is-significantly-higher-than-what-it-reports-daily-1.4910361 …
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