problem is, DeSantis has done all he can to interfere with COVID data and recently has (Reply #49)

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49. problem is, DeSantis has done all he can to interfere with COVID data and recently has

ordered county health directors to NOT report COVID info concerning schools, students and teachers. This is #1 state that I believe nothing

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New COVID-19 inflections downward trend. [View all]	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	OP
Mask mandates are paying dividends!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#1
That is my hope	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#3
I've been so surprised by the widespread compliance here...	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#7
Here, too.	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2020	#40
Great!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#41
Hey, can I ask a Buckeye a question?	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2020	#45
I'm not aware of travel restrictions here, BUT...	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#46
It looks like you're okay!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#47
Thanks!	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2020	#48
Indiana has a mask mandate (more or less- GOP gov backed down), but most everything is open	dawg day	Aug 2020	#50
Glad to hear it!	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2020	#66
It has plateaued. Has not really gone down yet.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#52
Yeah, that's a better description.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#56
I teach 110 students starting Thursday.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#59
Be safe!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#61
I'm not sure. I want to see the testing graph.	Phoenix61	Aug 2020	#2
Yes, I used to think that the infection numbers were not very meaningful due to limited	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#4
It's the backlog at the labs that I'm wondering about. nt	Phoenix61	Aug 2020	#9
Not near me, and I live in a city	dawg day	Aug 2020	#31
Hospitalizations have also been decreasing. Looks real.	Blue_true	Aug 2020	#6
Awesome! nt	Phoenix61	Aug 2020	#11
Testing has been reduced for couple of weeks due to labs backed up and other problems	wishstar	Aug 2020	#5
That is an aspect of it -	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#13
There may be something to the idea that 20% is the herd immunity point NT	Ex Lurker	Aug 2020	#24
I doubt herd immunity plays a role.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#25
Not at this Ro	Drahthaardogs	Aug 2020	#30
You are correct.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#8
I agree... two steps back after more schools reopen.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#17
and Sturgis ...	dweller	Aug 2020	#32
Yup. n/t	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#35
this graph has no source or link but it is pretty. hawaii set a record for daily cases today tn	msongs	Aug 2020	#10
You are right, I neglected to add the source, but did just now.	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#15
The trend started when Trump switched case accounting from the CDC	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#12
Right. If we had any confidence in the numbers it would be different	soothsayer	Aug 2020	#16
Although the timing is suspicious -	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#20
Fortunately I think the data from the worldometers site	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#21
Correct. n/t	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#26
I've read the hospitals had been reporting direct to the CDC	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#27
Not quite.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#53
I hope you are correct	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#68
Here's the directive.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#71
Directly From County Boards Of Health	ProfessorGAC	Aug 2020	#58
60K cases/day is nothing to cheer. We are still on fire and	OrlandoDem2	Aug 2020	#14
We had hit 77K before Trump	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#29
Check your facts about what data is being reported to HHS	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#54
My source is this NPR story,	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#67
I didn't say check the source, I said check the facts. What data is going directly to HHS?	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#70
Thank you for taking the time	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#73
I was a little cranky, since I've posted this same information several times today	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#77
Numbers started going to HHS first	Lokee11	Aug 2020	#18
Very few numbers are going to HHS - and they are not the numbers reflected in this graph.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#28
the alll powerful trump has saved us just intime for the election nt	msongs	Aug 2020	#19
Lol, he might TRY to take credit.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#22
that would be great if it holds. maybe now that shit got real in red states	SiliconValley_Dem	Aug 2020	#23
Even if it is real (and not due to reduced testing) I doubt it will hold.	LisaL	Aug 2020	#33
Go tRump, go!	Wednesdays	Aug 2020	#34
wtf are you posting? it's because of trump and the gop that the virus have killed many Americans	rockfordfile	Aug 2020	#74
in many states, its going up. Weekend reporting is always flawed any way	beachbumbob	Aug 2020	#36
You are right about weekend reporting.	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#44
but this is 7 day moving average which should smooth thos kinds of variations	SiliconValley_Dem	Aug 2020	#64
also i just recalled	dweller	Aug 2020	#37
I'm not surprised if that is the case in Florida.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#38
Florida looking pretty good	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#39
Not sure I would say good. But definitely improving.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#43
problem is, DeSantis has done all he can to interfere with COVID data and recently has	beachbumbob	Aug 2020	#49
They stopped testing when that tropical storm began to approach.	LisaL	Aug 2020	#51
Only state sites. County and private ones remained open.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#62
Really? who is he voting for?	rockfordfile	Aug 2020	#76
Could not tell you.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#78
Nope Florida is really messed up. It's desantis and trump's fault	rockfordfile	Aug 2020	#75
It's messed up. But starting to improve.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#79
I am seeing about the same thing when shopping. There is one or two outliers	Blue_true	Aug 2020	#60
Hospitalizations are falling too, though still quite high	fishwax	Aug 2020	#42
Things are going to get worse again.	PTWB	Aug 2020	#55
The new issue is infection rate number of cases are down	JCMach1	Aug 2020	#57
That's due to many people not getting tested.	herding cats	Aug 2020	#69
Federal funding for testing dried up* so not as much testing and results available.	flying_wahini	Aug 2020	#63
We were down in the Keys all last week, now spiking again.	tavernier	Aug 2020	#65
It is up in the mid west and I would not trust the numbers with data not being sent to	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#72

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