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 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.
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