Quote Originally Posted by pinkytoe View Post
The thing I am confused about is we read that cases are increasing here or there. Does that mean people are actually getting sick or does it mean they just did more tests on asymptomatic people? I went to a local nursery yesterday with mostly older customers milling about. No one was wearing a mask. I felt silly wearing one...
IL has now opened up testing free to anyone in the state, with or without symptoms, no doctor’s order required. We’re still seeing a lot of cases, but it’s because so many people are getting tested. State test positivity rate is about 5% as of yesterday.