When a student got a positive test, this was forwarded to the federal state's public health department. They forward the results to the RKI (once per day I think).
Now, this result has to be confirmed with a PCR test, but here comes the kicker:
Meldepflicht only applies to positive results, so if the PCR test came back negative, this did not need to be reported. :D
But it gets better. If the test came back negative and the school decided to still report it, there was a deadline. I think it was Friday of the same week, 5 pm, but I am not sure.
You can imagine what this means for false positive antigen test results on Thursdays and Fridays.
EDIT: I haven't quite understood what you did with the DIVI data, but the result is intriguing.
I think the higher frequency of waves is due to the approval of Monupiravir. I am going to dedicate an article to that, but I have a couple of more that need attention before that.
I'm reading through the Kuhbandner paper after reading Josh Guetznow's new post. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and how it compares with your own approach to excess death estimates.
Also, I tried to send you a mail to see if you might be interested in chatting together to compare notes and share ideas also with Fabian.
I am still digesting your work...
Are you on Twitter? Take a look at this: Excess Mortality in EU countries plotted against Vaccine Doses over time https://twitter.com/_shloka/status/1620888062812364806?s=20&t=6Ubc4UyU795RJV075ChQrQ
The inflection point was April 2022!
Thank you! :)
They opened schools in late 2021.
When a student got a positive test, this was forwarded to the federal state's public health department. They forward the results to the RKI (once per day I think).
Now, this result has to be confirmed with a PCR test, but here comes the kicker:
Meldepflicht only applies to positive results, so if the PCR test came back negative, this did not need to be reported. :D
But it gets better. If the test came back negative and the school decided to still report it, there was a deadline. I think it was Friday of the same week, 5 pm, but I am not sure.
You can imagine what this means for false positive antigen test results on Thursdays and Fridays.
EDIT: I haven't quite understood what you did with the DIVI data, but the result is intriguing.
I think the higher frequency of waves is due to the approval of Monupiravir. I am going to dedicate an article to that, but I have a couple of more that need attention before that.
I'm reading through the Kuhbandner paper after reading Josh Guetznow's new post. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and how it compares with your own approach to excess death estimates.
Also, I tried to send you a mail to see if you might be interested in chatting together to compare notes and share ideas also with Fabian.