Florida Covid Cases
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 4 months ago
Florida has overtaken New York to become the state with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the country.
According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, Florida has had 414,511 confirmed cases since the pandemic started, while New York, which was once the epicenter of the outbreak, has had 411,200 cases.
Both states trail California, which has had more than 440,000 cases.
Sounds ominous, yes? But wait.
“An error by the Florida Department of Health produced a COVID-19 positivity rate for children of nearly one-third, a stunning figure that played into the debate over whether schools should reopen. A week after issuing that statistic, the department took it back without explanation. The next weekly report on children and COVID-19 showed the rate had plunged to 13.4%. The department blamed a “computer programming error” for the mistake, in response to questions from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Experts said the change and the failure to explain it to the public calls into question the state’s data at a time when accurate and trustworthy information is crucial to a society grappling with an unprecedented health crisis.”
Plus: ‘It’s unacceptable to publish information that changes so dramatically that it warrants explanation, and then to not provide any explanation,’ said Jason Salemi, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of South Florida College of Public Health in Tampa. ‘I’m trying to get an understanding of why the number changed so much, what underlies it — and can we trust this new number.’”
Nothing coming from academia or the FedGov or StateGov can be trusted. I’ve had a hard time explaining that to folks who grew up in the age of “And that’s the way it is.”
Even then, that wasn’t really the way it was.
On July 26, 2020 at 8:58 pm, Don said:
“can we trust this new number.” Of course not. The people running the numbers don’t have the ability to look at the results and see when something doesn’t fit. 33% and 13%. It’s all the same to them. They don’t know what numbers mean.
On July 26, 2020 at 9:12 pm, BRVTVS said:
If there is one good thing coming from Covid-19, it’s that the government run brainwashing facilities are closed for business and that millions of parents are starting to see homeschooling as an option.
On July 27, 2020 at 1:12 am, The Dark Lord said:
new infections are NOT new cases medically speaking … a person infected who remains asymptomatic is never a case of Covid-19 (the disease) … in the beginning the ONLY people we tested were those showing the disease or in the hospital so every new infection was a good approximation for new cases … but no longer …
besides many of these “new” daily cases are simply retests of previously positive folks … every person who tests positive and wishes to return to work needs to show a negative test … so they get retested in a week … and again in 2 weeks and again in 3 weeks … so 1 person could easily account for 2 or 3 positives before they finally get a negative test … bt thats not 3 “new” infections …
On July 27, 2020 at 8:17 am, Fred said:
What is the death rate? Infection rates going up may actually prove that the CV19 is less lethal as the sample size increases. But the “news” focuses on “new cases” because the government wants you scared and under it’s total control.
On July 27, 2020 at 8:34 am, George 1 said:
As Herschel has pointed out, there is now no way to ever know the true numbers. The stats are meaningless. You have hundreds of labs reporting 100% infection rates. You have single individuals having multiple tests counted as multiple individuals. You have traffic accident fatalities counted as COV-19 deaths.
If we had allowed middle school students to compile the stats we would be no worse off.
On July 27, 2020 at 8:39 am, J J said:
Johns Hopkins has been and continues to be neck deep in the continue fraud of covid-whatever. One of their “coronavirus experts” is now saying we can expect to wear masks for a long time.
Domestic enemies
On July 27, 2020 at 10:51 am, Fr. John+ said:
The Bolsheviks are out for blood.
https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/a-eulogy-for-a-friend-a-lament-for
On July 27, 2020 at 1:08 pm, Frank Clarke said:
I think The Dark Lord has it exactly backward. Anyone whose test is positive becomes a new ‘case’ whether or not they exhibit symptoms. That statistic is worthless. We need to know
– how many sought medical help
– how many were hospitalized
– how many died
Those are the numbers that are worth knowing. ‘Cases’? Who cares?