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CaptainTruth

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10. Unfortunately those guidelines only allow testing of people 65 & older...

Reply to ScratchCat (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:33 PM

Mar 2020

...at all the drive-thru testing sites throughout the state. Meanwhile, those under 65 are turned away, even if they have all the symptoms.

From what I'm seeing, lots of under-65 folks with symptoms being refused tests, Florida has far more cases than the official number.

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22% of Florida's counties are showing ZERO cases of COVID-19...hmm..... [View all] steve2470 Mar 2020 OP

Wait till all the people from Miami run to all those "safe" countries to ride out the pandemic. dem4decades Mar 2020 #1

Same story in Texas. No tests, not a problem. Until it is. flying_wahini Mar 2020 #2

Its because they are rural ScratchCat Mar 2020 #3

zero cases ? sorry, I call bullshit steve2470 Mar 2020 #4

Sure there are truck drivers ScratchCat Mar 2020 #6

There's over 5,700 people in Florida Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #8

The Florida COVID-19 Dashboard is a good source. CaptainTruth Mar 2020 #11

As of tonight radical noodle Apr 2020 #26

Unfortunately those guidelines only allow testing of people 65 & older... CaptainTruth Mar 2020 #10

No ScratchCat Mar 2020 #13

Did you hear the Montana governor yesterday? JenniferJuniper Mar 2020 #18

Trump is sending DeSantis radical noodle Apr 2020 #27

So the Orange Country Sheriff's Office is lying? CaptainTruth Mar 2020 #21

For those not on Twitter, this is what the Orange County Sheriff has been tweeting. CaptainTruth Mar 2020 #22

Read up on 1918 JenniferJuniper Mar 2020 #12

Yep, I read that a tiny community in Alaska lost most of its population BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #24

It would be interesting to call the hospitals in those counties and ask.. nt mitch96 Mar 2020 #5

They don't have people living there - orange orchards - but patricia92243 Mar 2020 #7

I have lived in this state for 61 years, so yea I know how they are steve2470 Mar 2020 #16

I'm guessing you're right but if we had a map of defacto7 Mar 2020 #19

The northern counties did not have spring breakers here Darwin2019 Mar 2020 #9

Zero cases ? Give me good testing and then we'll talk.. West Virginia was like this too steve2470 Mar 2020 #17

The areas hit hardest are blue counties/states with some exceptions Cetacea Apr 2020 #29

Gadsden is blue. Regardless, we are way under testing in FL because DeSatan OrlandoDem2 Mar 2020 #14

oh did not know that about Gadsden, thanks nt steve2470 Mar 2020 #15

It's a bedroom of Leon County and heavily African American. OrlandoDem2 Mar 2020 #23

I think the Florida Covid reports are like the weather for tourists.. Sancho Mar 2020 #20

It may be that many of those counties no longer have hospitals csziggy Apr 2020 #25

Covid-19 is immune to lying. Vinnie From Indy Apr 2020 #28