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riversedge

(69,730 posts)
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 05:38 PM Mar 2021

Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny

Source: yahoo.com


Tue, March 30, 2021, 4:00 AM·8 min read

WASHINGTON — New research published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health argues that Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully.

Conservatives have celebrated DeSantis for his handling of the pandemic, which has killed more than 30,000 residents of the state. Critics of the combative governor, meanwhile, say that many of those deaths would have been prevented if he had listened more diligently to health experts. DeSantis resisted lockdowns, downplayed masks and has made it increasingly difficult for localities to institute public health measures of their own.

And the state could be on the cusp of a new coronavirus surge.


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The issue was further complicated because each state has its own death-counting methodology. “Some states classify a death as due to COVID if a positive molecular test was obtained, while other states allow the death to be classified as due to COVID if there is a suspicion that it was caused by COVID (even without a molecular test),” Weinberger wrote in an email to Yahoo News.............................



In the case of Florida, the researchers say, 4,924 excess deaths should have been counted as resulting from COVID-19 but for the most part were ruled as having been caused by something else, thus lowering Florida’s coronavirus fatality count. That’s possible because people who die from COVID-19 often have comorbidities, such as diabetes and asthma. That leaves some discretion for medical examiners, who have sometimes struggled with conflicting science and been subject to political pressures during the pandemic.............................

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-covid-numbers-face-new-scrutiny-090058319.html











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Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2021 OP
Of course he lied. SergeStorms Mar 2021 #1
DeSantis lies about the numbers, kneecapped local governments' efforts Vogon_Glory Mar 2021 #2
Beware of Uglicans bearing numbers. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #3
I believe Russia's Covid numbers as much as I believe DeSantis. BigmanPigman Mar 2021 #4
I don't think there was ever any doubt... stillcool Mar 2021 #5
Looks like he got rid of Rebekah Jones for nothing... Geechie Mar 2021 #6

SergeStorms

(18,903 posts)
1. Of course he lied.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 05:45 PM
Mar 2021

And continues to lie. That's the only way a republiCON can look good. DeSatan almost lies as much as that other guy, and with them both in the same state now, Florida has the dubious distinction of being the the most lying place on the planet.

Vogon_Glory

(9,086 posts)
2. DeSantis lies about the numbers, kneecapped local governments' efforts
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 06:37 PM
Mar 2021

To slow the spread of the COVID virus, sat back and let his state host super-spreader events like the recent Miami Beach fiasco and now wants to restrict travel and entertainment businesses from using or requiring COVID “passports” to keep their clientele and venues safe, and wants us to think he’s doing a good job.

Sadly, a majority of Florida’s voters seem to think that “sticking it to the libs” is more important than their health or their own interest.

Nearly 150 years ago, Thomas Nast drew a series of cartoons lampooning the contemporary New York City government for its indifference to disease and sanitation. IMO, DeSantis and his accomplices ought to be targets for similar treatment by today’s cartoonists and commentators.

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