D&D and the rising pandemic

[Eltab]

Considering Florida's demographics, you would kind of expect the death toll to be higher, no?

Florida is very proud that they made a point to keep Corona OUT of the nursing homes and retirement communities (like The Villages). So far, their efforts have been successful.

 

[ad_hoc]

Florida is very proud that they made a point to keep Corona OUT of the nursing homes and retirement communities (like The Villages). So far, their efforts have been successful.

As Florida nursing home deaths tick upward, widespread testing stalls

Universal testing is crucial to containing the virus in elder-care facilities. But Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida doesn’t have the resources to carry it out.

www.tampabay.com

Florida governor reopening state while suppressing reporting of COVID-19 deaths

The Florida Department of Health is blocking medical examiners from reporting the accurate number of COVID-19 deaths.

www.wsws.org

 

[Umbran]

And, we should remember that there's a lag between changes in behavior, and results. So, Memorial Day weekend? If there are results from that, we'll start seeing it in a week or two...

 

[ad_hoc]

And, we should remember that there's a lag between changes in behavior, and results. So, Memorial Day weekend? If there are results from that, we'll start seeing it in a week or two...

We are already almost a month out from when most states started reopening though right?

Ontario, Canada saw their peak of active cases near the end of April at 6000.

It trended down to around 3500 by mid-May.

Stage 1 of reopening when into effect on May 19th. Cases are now trending back up now at 4000 active cases.

I would think that rise in numbers would be from reopening as well as nicer weather and quarantine fatigue. Those numbers make sense to me.

The reported numbers in the USA don't while we are also seeing accounts/accusations of numbers being suppressed or just not counted.

If the USA really is doing well with reopening then that's great but that just doesn't seem likely to me.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

If the USA really is doing well with reopening then that's great but that just doesn't seem likely to me.

I agree. Something doesn't add up, for me at least.

 

[Zardnaar]

0 cases again today with 0 people in hospital.

Borders not exactly open but exemptions have been made. Hollywood seems interested.

Stuff

i.stuff.co.nz

Getting some pizzas delivered. From Sunday you can have groups of up to 100. Schools are open.

Campervan rental from $20 USD a day.

 

[Umbran]

We are already almost a month out from when most states started reopening though right?

"Most states"? I haven't taken a survey. And "started reopening" means different things in different places. In Massachusetts, for example, we only started opening this week, and that does not include the city of Boston itself.

And, Memorial Day was just this weekend. Its effects, if any, have not been seen yet.

 

[Eltab]

Florida governor reopening state while suppressing reporting of COVID-19 deaths

The Florida Department of Health is blocking medical examiners from reporting the accurate number of COVID-19 deaths.

www.wsws.org

The venom and toxicity dripping out of this Author's pen leads me to believe that he took "Favored Enemy: Republicans". He doesn't explain what the authorities are doing, how it is different from other States, nor why.

 

[Umbran]

The venom and toxicity dripping out of this Author's pen leads me to believe that he took "Favored Enemy: Republicans".

Dude. Look at the name of the website. You should not be surprised by their take on the matter. And yes, the world being what it is, one has to be wary of strongly partisan sources of information.

He doesn't explain what the authorities are doing...

This statement... is incorrect. He gives several examples of what authorities are doing, and at least generally gives sources. I quote from the article:

"A Tampa Bay Times report on April 11 showed that the Florida Department of Health’s count of COVID-19 deaths was inaccurate and missing 10 percent of those recorded by medical examiners. "

"The medical examiners list has now been withheld by state officials for nearly two weeks. "

"Dr. Stephen Nelson, the chairperson of Florida’s Medical Examiners Commission, told the Tampa Bay Times that state officials plan to remove causes of death and case descriptions. "

"In March, the Miami Herald reported that the medical examiner’s office in Miami-Dade County was asked to restrict access to its death records. "

Oh, and this article is dated May 1. To add to that - on May 18th, Florida fired the top data scientist tasked with tracking the epidemic for the state. She claims it is because she refused to cook the data, the governor says otherwise.

Florida Governor Defends Firing Of Top Data Scientist

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out about the firing of data scientist Rebekah Jones. DeSantis attacked Jones' claims that she created the state's highly praised COVID-19 dashboard portal.

www.npr.org

That Florida is not doing a good job of reporting on coronavirus in the state seems pretty clear, even if one source of that information is of questionable.

But, Florida is not the only state that may be engaged in some data manipulation.

6 states might be manipulating COVID-19 data as they reopen, reports suggest — here's what can skew the numbers

Several states have been accused of misrepresenting testing capacity and case numbers as well as silencing doctors as they lift coronavirus lockdowns.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That Florida is not doing a good job of reporting on coronavirus in the state seems pretty clear, even if one source of that information is of questionable.

Yep. There have been several links to reports regarding the suspect quality of Florida’s official Covid-19 reporting posted in this thread, including a few by me.