What's wrong with the New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Report published by Japan?
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare sends out new coronavirus infection information every day, but there is a problem that this information is very difficult to understand.
Japan's COVID-19 Reports-140KBs of Unadulterated Incompetence
https://stdio.sangwhan.com/wtf-japan-covid-19-report/
Moon mentioned the current situation of the new coronavirus infectious disease and the response of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (March 27, 1980 version) released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the data used in the English version . First, Moon points out that the table used in the report is not a text base but an image, and no alternative text is prepared, so information can not be obtained by voice using reading software etc. .
Moon says that the fact that the table is a pseudo-hierarchy is another element that makes it hard to understand.
Breaking down this table breaks it down into the following levels:
Level 1:
PCR test positive, PCR tested
Level 2:
Asymptomatic, symptomatic, symptom confirmation, death
Level 3:
Symptoms / Discharged, Symptoms / Needs hospitalization / treatment, No symptoms / Discharged, No symptoms / Needs hospitalization / treatment
Level 4:
others
Negative PCR tests are excluded from this table, but their values are likely to be determined by 'Number of people performing PCR tests-Positive PCR tests'. However, ideally, the 'number of PCR testers' should have been set to level 0, and 'PCR test positive' and 'PCR test negative' should have been level 1.
In the above table, Level 2 consists of 'PCR positive' (1349) = positive without symptoms (131) + positive with symptoms (1191) + confirming (27). At this time, the number of deaths is not included in Level 2, Level 3, and beyond. For this reason, Level 3 or “positive / symptomatic” (1191) is calculated as “symptom / discharged” (319) + “symptom / hospitalization / treatment required” (828), The total is 1147 and it is not equal.
The confusingness of this table is even greater when combined with other charts. In a report from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, for some reason, a long table showing the number of outbreaks in countries around the world ...
There is a table of infection status by prefecture. 'I don't know why there are tables across Japan under the global infection situation,' Moon commented. Looking at the table, for example, the number of patients in Tokyo is 227, the number of hospitalized patients is 194, the number of discharges is 28, and the number of fatalities / 5, but this time the number of patients died 227 Includes the number of employees. It is not clear why the first summary table does not include the number of deaths and the table by prefecture includes the number of deaths.
Looking at the totals by prefecture, the number of patients / 1119, currently hospitalization / 828, discharge / 319 / died / 46, but 828 + 319 + 46 = 1193, That is not the number of 1191 people. The first table indicated that there were 1191 patients with positive PCR / symptoms, but as mentioned above, this does not include the number of deaths, so the number of patients in each prefecture including the number of deaths Is inconsistent with
On the other hand, the chart showing the number of patients in each prefecture states 'excluding asymptomatic pathogen carriers.' Keeping this in mind, if you check the first table again, you will find 1191 PCR positive (1349)-PCR positive / asymptomatic (131)-checking (27) = 1191. Moon points out that the problem is that the graph cannot be read at first glance.
Moon has the following issues in the report released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
1． Report format appears to be constantly changing
2． Picture format, not text
3． No meaningful or important parts are marked up
Four. Multiple report formats
Five. URL has no pattern
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