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> New case count arrivals should be normalized against sampling rate, there's been a massive increase in NYC test collection capacity via mobile vans and testi

> New case count arrivals should be normalized against sampling rate, there's been a massive increase in NYC test collection capacity via mobile vans and testing tents on sidewalks. those have been around since spring 2021 everywhere in the city, the amount of vans and testing tents is not higher now than it was mid summer.

walterbell 5y ago
Looks like they were cut back in Nov, then increased. Dec 16, https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2021/12/16/22840510/nyc-shut-down-covid-testing-facilities-omicron-surge https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2021/12/16/22840510/nyc-shut-... > The number of city-operated fixed-location testing centers listed dropped dramatically in the middle of November from 54 to 34, with 31 operating as of Wednesday, an analysis by THE CITY of city Health + Hospital system data shows ... State health stats show upwards of 146,000 tests administered Wednesday, compared with about 106,000 on Dec. 1. Dec 19, https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-bill-de-blasio-coronavirus-omicron-new-york-city-20211219-nnocsqic4jaydlv4w3qi7f335u-story.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections... > additional testing sites will be opened after Tuesday, describing the process as “kind of a rolling-thunder situation.” The number of mobile testing sites will grow to 93 by Tuesday, with more to come after that, officials said. Dec 20, https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-covid-omicron-increase-testing-sites-de-blasio-20211220-szmx3n5ulbde5erzaedzdoffd4-story.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections... > Nearly two dozen new COVID testing sites will be added this week to New York City’s arsenal ... By this week’s end, the city plans to have a total of 112 of its own testing sites up and running — up 23 from the 89 sites currently available.

walterbell 5y ago

Looks like they were cut back in Nov, then increased. Dec 16, https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2021/12/16/22840510/nyc-shut-down-covid-testing-facilities-omicron-surge https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2021/12/16/22840510/nyc-shut-... > The number of city-operated fixed-location testing centers listed dropped dramatically in the middle of November from 54 to 34, with 31 operating as of Wednesday, an analysis by THE CITY of city Health + Hospital system data shows ... State health stats show upwards of 146,000 tests administered Wednesday, compared with about 106,000 on Dec. 1. Dec 19, https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-bill-de-blasio-coronavirus-omicron-new-york-city-20211219-nnocsqic4jaydlv4w3qi7f335u-story.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections... > additional testing sites will be opened after Tuesday, describing the process as “kind of a rolling-thunder situation.” The number of mobile testing sites will grow to 93 by Tuesday, with more to come after that, officials said. Dec 20, https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-covid-omicron-increase-testing-sites-de-blasio-20211220-szmx3n5ulbde5erzaedzdoffd4-story.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections... > Nearly two dozen new COVID testing sites will be added this week to New York City’s arsenal ... By this week’s end, the city plans to have a total of 112 of its own testing sites up and running — up 23 from the 89 sites currently available.