Originally Posted by
KARFA
Mexico official stats have never been remotely accurate. A positivity rate of just over 40% (2nd highest in the world) should immediately demonstrate that the official figures misrepresent the situation by a massive margin. Like others I am just surprised it has taken so long for this downgrade.
In fairness, the UK reached a positive rate of over 40% during the first wave. It's not unreasonable to largely restrict PCR testing to cases where the result is needed for a clinical decision. The statistics don't necessarily misrepresent the situation - the statistics just can't be directly compared to the UK statistics, because they arise in a different clinical context and they measure different things.
In July, an average of 3 Mexico arrivals per day have tested positive for Covid. Given we have 30k reported domestic cases, it is really, really hard to see how 3 cases in home quarantine pose a threat.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/public...s-15-july-2021