Go to webpage for Blueprint for a Safer Economy
Blueprint for a Safer Economy (ca.gov)
Scroll down to where it says Data Chart excel file, Open then look at Column O -Linear Adjustment Factor Applied to Case Rate.
It changes weekly depending on how much testing a county has done. So to get adjusted rate you multiply factor by actual case rate. Here are some examples:
Ventura County Actual Case Rate 43.9 (multiplier this week is .59) = Adjusted rate of 26.2
LA could open schools based on adjusted rate Actual case rate this week 29 (multiplier .69)= Adjusted rate of 20
So if you want things to open faster you want your county to test more. As more healthy people return to work and are required to be tested then the better the adjusted rate. I work in another county and need to be tested for work. I test in the county where I live so they get credit.
Hmmm. Thinking about this more, if parents who have kids who want to play sports take their whole family to get tested then it means a better adjusted rate.