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Dividing number of positive tests by number of total tests is a meaningless statistic because:

1) Testing continues to increase exponentially.
2) The types of tests employed have changed and have increasing percentages of false positives (false positive clinical diagnoses < false positive PCR Tests < false positive rapid tests)

In other words, it might be a somewhat indicative metric if:

1) Testing volume was steady.
2) The types of tests used or mix of tests used were stable over time.
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