Too little too late: The story of how Florida shattered the country's single-day COVID record

[Ban Hammer 12,848]

10 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

 

Also, if I stop posting in the next 12 hours, it was a hurricane what got me, NOT covid.

for most of us, it's an angry wife or ex wife.

[laylalex 7,249]

11 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

for most of us, it's an angry wife or ex wife.

Not limited to (ex-)wives. At least in my experience. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

13 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

for most of us, it's an angry wife or ex wife.

That was yesterday, and I survived.  Tonight, my money will be on the hurricane (a lot depends on my comments about dinner, of course).

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

“The 134 new confirmed deaths is the second-largest increase on record, coming five days after the largest one-day jump of 156 last week.”

“COVID-19 has ravaged Florida, with more than 237,000 people testing positive and 2,013 dying from the virus in July alone.”

So what characteristic do all of the reports share? They are all false.

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2020/07/27/florida-is-a-case-study-in-media-induced-covid-19-panic/

[Steeleballz 7,550]

2 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

for most of us, it's an angry wife or ex wife.

 

 The most dangerous food is Wedding Cake.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

2 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

 The most dangerous food is Wedding Cake.

Your account has been hacked.  I reported it.  Change your password ASAP.

[TBoneTX 43,157]

5 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

The most dangerous food is Wedding Cake.

Plagiarism, see man!!!  Reported!!!!!!!

 

[TBoneTX 43,157]

8 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

if I stop posting in the next 12 hours, it was a hurricane what got me, NOT covid.

If the hurricane has even one COVID-19 organism inside it, you're a coronavirus fatality.

(And the hurricane gets reimbursement from the Feds)

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

Last few nights, if I caught them right, were around 2.8% and then 1.8%. It was progressively getting worse, then last report was better news, but not meaningful by itself unless we see it go lower (the 1.8% could be moot if we see tomorrow's report of today show, say, 2.9% or 3%). With how well Florida did on mortality, there's no reason to accept more than 1.5% until significant amount of population gets tested.

 

A key important thing I hope people in that state find out are the reasons for the increases. While I suspect the deaths are largely the same demographic as before (meaning shoddy protocol of the vulnerable.. which should not be loosening up for a while as we're about to enter flu season), its very important to see if that's changing. 

Edited August 2, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

11 minutes ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

Last few nights, if I caught them right, were around 2.8% and then 1.8%. It was progressively getting worse, then last report was better news, but not meaningful by itself unless we see it go lower (the 1.8% could be moot if we see tomorrow's report of today show, say, 2.9% or 3%). With how well Florida did on mortality, there's no reason to accept more than 1.5% until significant amount of population gets tested.

 

A key important thing I hope people in that state find out are the reasons for the increases. While I suspect the deaths are largely the same demographic as before (meaning shoddy protocol of the vulnerable.. which should not be loosening up for a while as we're about to enter flu season), its very important to see if that's changing. 

I suspect numbers will appear lower for a minute, due to several East coast testing facilities shutting down for the hurricane.  Only the private ones remained open.

 

FL has a significant population of elders, but they haven't been as affected lately, probably because their lives haven't really changed much, and they tend not to habitually go to bars and clusters on beaches.  Also, unlike some democratic-controlled states, our governor ordered a lot of hydroxychloroquine as opposed to banning its use in our state.  No way of knowing how much it has been prescribed, but at least it has been an option for doctors who want to use it.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,316]

Better news out of Florida 

Florida reports fewest daily coronavirus deaths in nearly 3 weeks, lowest daily cases in a month

https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-coronavirus-lowest-daily-deaths-case

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

34 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

I suspect numbers will appear lower for a minute, due to several East coast testing facilities shutting down for the hurricane.  Only the private ones remained open.

 

FL has a significant population of elders, but they haven't been as affected lately, probably because their lives haven't really changed much, and they tend not to habitually go to bars and clusters on beaches.  Also, unlike some democratic-controlled states, our governor ordered a lot of hydroxychloroquine as opposed to banning its use in our state.  No way of knowing how much it has been prescribed, but at least it has been an option for doctors who want to use it.

Right? 

 

I had come back to Calgary in time for not only the birth of my son but the stupidity of more cases=bad. The ICU had one death in god knows how long in city of a million and a half at the time they decided to do this, the death rate is insanely low here. On the bright side, because the key decisions on education are made provincial-wide, the city can't really ban them from re-opening, and I'm glad. Nonetheless, the province added one weird requirement about students social distance protocol (no masks) that included them facing different directions and spread out around class. All I can do is shake my head.

 

This is why health decisions should really be made first and foremost on the individual level, taking the wider implications (e.g. federal/local guidelines) into consideration. Top-down simply winds up failing.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,316]

Florida coronavirus deaths up 245 but new cases continue downward trend

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-florida-coronavirus-tuesday-august-4-20200804-k6okgmfj7vhdpdlxqskpo3if2a-story.html

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Updated FL deaths is now 291 in the past five days.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

1.5% and 4.4%, too many negative trends over the last week or so, possibly two if I've lost track of time.