Quote Originally Posted by Johnson85 View Post
I get that there are days that have dumps of prior tests. But why do you think they include just the negatives from days where positives were already reported? It doesn't seem far fetched to me that that would happen. I could see labs reporting positives as they come up, and then doing a weekly dump of the rest. But I wouldn't just assume that happens. Has MDS said that's what happening? Or do you see something in the data to suggest it?
It just seems the most plausible explanation given that most weeks look something like this:

Monday: 0 tests reported
Tuesday: 10000 tests reported
Wednesday-Sunday: 5000 tests reported