The author needs to re-run the analysis using only deaths, or deaths plus hospitalizations (if those figures are available). I fear that all the model reveals a

The author needs to re-run the analysis using only deaths, or deaths plus hospitalizations (if those figures are available). I fear that all the model reveals as currently written is how well states are getting a handle on their testing, and paradoxically showing states with better testing as worse off because of the growing number of cases.