“Bad math (is) driving Wisconsin’s exploding positive test rate.”
MacIver Institute
Conservative think tank. an article. Claim dated 23 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Wisconsin's approach to calculating test-positivity is used by many other states and endorsed by Johns Hopkins as the most accurate methodology.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
MacIver Institute (Conservative think tank) made this claim around 23 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 September 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- maciverinstitute.comhttps://www.maciverinstitute.com/2020/09/bad-math-driving-wisconsins-exploding-positive-t…
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