Update on underreported COVID cases

See this report quoted below. Given the latest NMDOH report on infections  (3/21/22 - 4/18/22), there were 3249 reported cases in that period, averaging 116 per day. Given the info below on underreporting, that means there were much more likely about 47,111 cases, a 1683 per day average. Also note that 61% of cases are among the vaccinated, which also had 44% of hospitalizations and 59% of deaths.

"The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that only 7% of positive Covid-19 cases in the US are being detected, meaning case rates are actually 14.5 times higher than officially reported. The last time the infection detection rate was this low was at the outset of the pandemic, in March 2020."

"Cases have long been undercounted, but one reason they may be so off is that the number of Covid-19 tests being done in non-traditional settings, like at home, has already surpassed the number being done in laboratories, according to the National Institutes of Health. As the use of at-home Covid-19 tests rises, so does the concern that most of those test results go unreported, leading to an undercount of the true number of Covid-19 cases across the country."

We're being fed false hope by the reported statistics, and I think intentionally so to keep the economy going in an election year. And of course without vax or mask mandates the situation can only get worse again, which is starting to happen in the northeast US. Great job America. COVID and the economy thanks you for your lives and health sacrificed to our Lord and Savior: The Almighty Dollar.