I never thought I would agree with Trump but in this case he has a point. If you increase the amount of testing you are bound to discover more cases so you have to standardise for the number of tests carried out.
The article COVID cases in England aren’t rising: here’s why makes the case well. Have a look and see what you think! I quote his main finding below:
“The next graph shows what happens when you adjust for the number of tests done and then standardise to per 100,000 tests. Pillar 1 is seen to be still trending down, but Pillar 2 is now flatlining. The increase in the number of cases detected, therefore, is likely due to the increase in testing in Pillar 2.”
