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captain queeg

(11,780 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2020, 04:51 PM Jul 2020

I hope someone does some fact checking of Florida [View all]

Their numbers are skyrocketing over 11,000 new cases today already. But only 17 deaths. I know death rates are dropping as treatments improve and death numbers lag case numbers, but sure sounds sketchy to me. They’ve been up around 10k for several days and high thousands for days before.

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I hope someone does some fact checking of Florida [View all] captain queeg Jul 2020 OP

They don't count out-of-state residents. RandySF Jul 2020 #1

I would add South Dakota here too! bluestarone Jul 2020 #2

Not surprising. A lot of the individuals who Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #3

There are a couple other things to pay attention to. I look at previous deaths in past comparing LizBeth Jul 2020 #4

Deaths are a lagging indicator soothsayer Jul 2020 #5

This. We are going to see a death spike in two or three weeks. Massacure Jul 2020 #16

I've read the daily stats are as much as two weeks behind the actual figures. lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #6

Florida is listing a lot of CV deaths as pneumonia. ananda Jul 2020 #7

It Appears Most! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #10

He also said... sheshe2 Jul 2020 #11

Quite Obviously ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #12

I will settle for a blue wave. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #13

Well Played! (nt) ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #14

Fudge. dchill Jul 2020 #8

We had three deaths, just in Seminole County yesterday. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #9

I Read That Their Pneumonia Deaths are 5000 More Than Same Period for 2019 Indykatie Jul 2020 #15

Ok that's where they're hiding them soothsayer Jul 2020 #17

They have granted themselves the privilege of not reporting on weekends and holidays... blitzen Jul 2020 #18

Remember Dreampuff Jul 2020 #19

I remember when thAt woman got canned for not fudging the numbers. captain queeg Jul 2020 #20