As a meme in the PowerLineBlog “week in pictures” comment section puts it–
“There’s a ‘spike’ in Covid cases because there’s a spike in testing.
If we gave more IQ tests, we’d have a spike in morons, too.”

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/382959/

What really matters is the positivity rate of the tests given. And so far for CA for instance it’s been fairly stable around 5% for the past month (there’s been a slight uptick to 6% in the past week or so but that’s still within the noise level). So in CA covid hasn’t gone away but it also doesn’t seem to be increasing. And the death rates have actually gone down over the past few months.

On the other hand Florida has seen a significant rise in its positivity rate so it does seem that covid infections are truly increasing there.

Any reports of raw case numbers that doesn’t include the current testing numbers is essentially useless in telling you whether covid is getting worse.

https://theohiostar.com/2020/07/01/doctors-break-down-covid-response-and-the-demonization-of-hcq-doctors-tell-all/

This tweet is from a different doctor but covers the same ground re: HCQ.
Dr. David Samadi
@drdavidsamadi

I want to ensure that everyone understands the gravity of the situation here.

Hydroxychloroquine worked this whole time.
The media said it would literally kill you if you took it simply because POTUS promoted it as a cure.

Thousands of people likely DIED because of this.

The media’s obsession with harming the President literally resulted in thousands of unnecessary deaths.
Not to mention state governors who banned this drug simply out of disdain for the President.
I don’t think we have ever seen such an egregious misuse of power in our lives.
9:27 AM · Jul 3, 2020

Take a look at this article below, which shows how new ways of defining/counting who is infected with COVID-19 can “transform” what was one case under the old way of counting into 17 cases (1 confirmed and 16 probable) under the new way of counting.

Similarly, how this new way of defining COVID-19 infection can alter the “Cause of Death” on death certificates.

See https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/07/02/explosive-about-all-these-new-positive-covid-cases-state-health-departments-manipulating-data-changing-definitions/

This information helps me decide what to do with my life. My age group (65+) used to account for the majority of the cases but the younger groups are taking the lead. The major urban areas have the most cases, but there are some other hot spots, usually explained by a spike in cases in meatpacking and manufacturing plants, prisons, or LTC facilities.

I do not have a problem with the hospitals testing admissions for C19 and then counting them as a Covid case, as long as they are segregating the active cases and using proper PPE. I would not be happy if I went into the hospital for surgery only to find that the patient in the next bed with the same set of caregivers has C19.

WRT deaths, 80% are in the 65+ age group. So if the youngsters get infected and better, then after a while, it will be less dangerous for me to resume all of my activities.

That’s pretty good!