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“Baseline Calculation: For each combination of site, data submitter, PCR target, lab methods, and normalization method, a baseline is established. The “baseline” is the 10th percentile of the log-transformed and normalized concentration data within a specific time frame.”

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“Baseline Calculation: For each combination of site, data submitter, PCR target, lab methods, and normalization method, a baseline is established. The “baseline” is the 10th percentile of the log-transformed and normalized concentration data within a specific time frame.”
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Jamie McCarthy (jamiemccarthy@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 11:59:59 JST Jamie McCarthy
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@inthehands @violetblue That’s not what the CDC says. That’s what someone who didn’t read assumed.
Go see for yourself on the CDC page: see “About the Data” and “Data Methods.” The baseline is the 10th percentile of previous timeframes. Which seems reasonable to me.
Not everything you read online is true.

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