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Crunchy Frog

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14. You may have read it from me.

Reply to ornotna (Reply #12)

Sat May 2, 2020, 11:57 PM

May 2020

Ultimately, the raw data will tell the true story, through the discrepancy between expected deaths for the time of year, and actual deaths.

That's how they ultimately arrive at fatally numbers for the flu.

It may take awhile, but a reasonably accurate count will eventually come out.

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Florida still lowballing fatality numbers. [View all] Crunchy Frog May 2020 OP

KR! Cha May 2020 #1

Floridian here mcar May 2020 #2

They'll get a ballpark figure eventually. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #3

Thanks mcar May 2020 #6

We've been locked down here since mid March. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #10

I get it, completely. No need to apologize mcar May 2020 #11

Our routine is we have a couple big plastic bins with lids Crunchy Frog May 2020 #13

Story like these should get more attention. clutterbox1830 May 2020 #4

A nice even number, 50, today. I think they're just making the numbers up.... blitzen May 2020 #5

For balance, hospitals in my relatively low-population county and the Hortensis May 2020 #7

No surprise. Also they are not the only state that doing this. clutterbox1830 May 2020 #8

Texas as well. I'm not buying their almost lowest in the country Crunchy Frog May 2020 #9

Wait, what? ornotna May 2020 #12

You may have read it from me. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #14

It wasn't you ornotna May 2020 #15