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Coleman

(853 posts) Fri Mar 13, 2020, 01:07 PM Mar 2020

I'm confused by the FL COVID-19 numbers [View all]

Checking Johns Hopkins site, Florida cases have disappeared.
Thusday the local fox affiliate said there were 30.
Friday, AP reported had started testing and 45 cases were confirmed with results for 142 pending.
Friday, DeSantis announced 0 cases.

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I'm confused by the FL COVID-19 numbers [View all] Coleman Mar 2020 OP

NYT map shows 46 confirmed cases in FL Maeve Mar 2020 #1

1point3acres shows 51 cases (1 new case today) and 2 fatalities. Mike 03 Mar 2020 #2

If Ohio has 100,000, we must have a million here. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #3

The two factors are - population & community spread. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #6

I find it hard to believe there wouldn't be community spread in dewsgirl Mar 2020 #7

There almost certainly is - but Ohio did not estimate number of cases Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #9

I believe so. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #10

If there are 2 community spread cases, Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #12

210,000.😳 dewsgirl Mar 2020 #13

DeSantis is an unqualified liar superpatriotman Mar 2020 #4

Right, and this is a frightening sentence, Rick Scott may have dewsgirl Mar 2020 #8

This is the Florida DOH site with some numbers fwiw soryang Mar 2020 #5

The Johns Hopkins site has been screwy all day. Another DUer did a post on the fact that it had Squinch Mar 2020 #11