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The biggest problem with the latest Covid stats

By TATIANA PROPHET

Many people are sharing on social media some charts showing a massive step up in cases in the United States, proclaiming doomsday. Some media are even calling this “America’s Chernobyl.”

Except there’s one thing missing: America has tested more people for SARS-Cov-2 than any other country (except apparently China — a relatively new data point). Sure, it’s easy to discount the massive testing numbers because President Trump is the one who said it; but the data bears it out.