Florida - Coronavirus Covid-19 #2

[oviedo]

A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired: 'This is everything I was trying to warn people about'

It was April 26, a warm spring Sunday in Tallahassee, Fla., and she was just finishing work at the Florida Department of Health, where she was managing the state’s much-praised coronavirus dashboard, which she had also created.

“I feel sick,” the 30-year-old doctoral student continued.

The exchange marked the beginning of an exceptionally turbulent period for Jones, who was demonized by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a rogue employee while also being celebrated by his detractors as a brave truth teller willing to stand up to political power.

In a whistleblower complaint Jones filed last Thursday with the Florida Commission on Human Relations, her attorneys alleged that she was fired by the state’s Department of Health for “refusing to publish misleading health data.”

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ooh and with our public records sunshine laws we will get to see everything that was done during this timeframe - IMO it will highlight the misinformation put out so that he could reopen the State to tourists - everything's fine. the numbers are ......
JMO

 

[Steph8angels]

Florida tops 400,000 coronavirus cases after governor says state is moving in 'better direction'

Florida surpassed 400,000 total coronavirus cases on Friday, one day after Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state had "clearly stabilized with the cases."

As of 9:25 a.m. ET Friday, Florida had recorded some 402,312 cases of COVID-19, according to data compiled by the state Department of Health. The state logged an average of 10,700 cases per day over the last seven days.

In all, some 5,653 people have died of COVID-19 in Florida, according to the state health department.

The somber milestone follows the U.S. topping 4 million confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide. The South, Sun Belt and parts of the western U.S. are grappling with recent alarming surges in coronavirus infections.

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@PayrollNerd
Thank you for sharing your above post with his insite.
I have witnessed what you describe in the appearance of these front line warriors dealing with Covid.
It's so sad
It is a reality of unspoken hurt and a battle of nothing like I have ever witnessed.
Too all stay safe
Your all in my thoughts and prayers
Keep posting the truth
Steph/out

 

[BUF]

With 12,444 new cases and 135 deaths reported today it doesn’t seem like “the state has clearly stabilized” as Desantis said yesterday.

Wonder what the discussion will be as he was headed to the WH today, and the RNC cancelled yesterday due the high numbers here.

Florida coronavirus: State tops 400K COVID-19 cases, 135 more deaths

 

[BUF]

Did you ever wonder how Desantis got around? He got a new $15.5 mil jet in March.

Air DeSantis is ready for flight from Tallahassee

 

[BUF]

Mistake by Florida on child COVID-19 rate raises question: Can Florida’s numbers be trusted?

An error by the Florida Department of Health produced a COVID-19 positivity rate for children of nearly one-third, a stunning figure that played into the debate over whether schools should reopen.

A week after issuing that statistic, the department took it back without explanation. The next weekly report on children and COVID-19 showed the rate had plunged to 13.4%.

The department blamed a “computer programming error” for the mistake, in response to questions from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Experts said the change and the failure to explain it to the public calls into question the state’s data at a time when accurate and trustworthy information is crucial to a society grappling with an unprecedented health crisis.
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The unexplained revision of the child positivity rate follows months of complaints and legal fights over what many see as a lack of transparency in the COVID-19 information provided by the administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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[BUF]

Check out the different mask mandates/rules/fines in South Florida. They vary by county. West Palm even sends you two in the mail.

Mask rules: Here’s where you have to cover your face in South Florida

We have a mask mandate in my county in Central Florida, but without fines. Although I am seeing more people with them on, I still see some without.

I still don’t understand why there isn’t a statewide mask mandate here!

 

[mickey2942]

COVID-19 Data Reports

This news is grim. I still think that the death rate doesn't have all of the cases documented correctly.

 

[PayrollNerd]

SWFL.....

Florida reports 9,344 coronavirus infections Sunday, 78 deaths

Snip:
TAMPA — In the last 24 hours, Florida’s Department of Health reports 9,344 cases of coronavirus and 78 deaths from the virus.

The daily total brings the overall number of coronavirus cases to 423,855 and the number of virus-related fatalities to 5,854.

Florida’s overall positivity rate for the virus is 15.27 percent.

The seven counties that make up the Tampa Bay area reported 1,181 cases on Sunday and 21 deaths tied to COVID-19, the respiratory infection caused by the virus. Fifteen of those deaths occurred in Hillsborough County, three in Pasco and one each in Hernando, Pinellas and Polk counties.

 

[margarita25]

Florida collects more data on COVID-19 hospital patients than it shares with the public
If the state publicly disclosed all the data it was keeping, experts say it would help them better understand how the virus is spreading

 

[PayrollNerd]

Virus? What virus? We’re just fine..... OMG

DeSantis' earlier bravado fuels Florida's pandemic crisis
DeSantis' earlier bravado fuels Florida's pandemic crisis - CNNPolitics

Public health concerns appeared to take a backseat to politics when the state issued its mandate for a full reopening of schools. But last week, with cases, hospitalizations and deaths mounting, DeSantis took a half-step back from that directive, saying he would support teachers and parents who felt their safety this fall demanded a return to remote learning.

His statement came amid a surge in Covid-19 infections among children under 18. Over eight days, there has been a 34% jump in positive tests and a 23% increase in hospitalizations. The figures, from the state Department of Health, also showed the positivity rate among minors ticking up 1 percentage point overall but approaching 20% in Miami-Dade and as high as 25.3% in Martin County on the state's Treasure Coast.

 

[mickey2942]

Lull is over: Florida coronavirus deaths hit new daily record

Florida shows 652% increase in COVID-19 cases since DeSantis reopened state - Villages-News.com

Wow. And I still believe that the data is not complete.

 

[BUF]

Florida coronavirus: Record number of deaths reported

For a second consecutive day, Florida has broken its record of COVID-19 deaths reported in a single day with 216.

Florida health officials said Wednesday that the state’s single-day coronavirus death toll has topped 200 for the first time.

The 216 new deaths in Florida brings the amount of resident who’ve died after contracting COVID-19 to 6,333.

The state also reported 9,446 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total case count to 451,423.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Good grief.

Florida Health Department error leads to high COVID-19 positivity rate in children

That incredibly high number was actually wrong. The state’s COVID-19 positivity rate for children is currently still 14 percent.

 

[JerseyGirl]

and now this ....

Florida closes all state-run coronavirus tests sites this weekend due to tropical system

All state-run COVID-19 testing sites in Florida will close Friday through Tuesday because of the approaching tropical system in the Caribbean Sea.

The order was issued in an email sent Wednesday to test site managers, according to WCTV-TV, saying that all sites will close at the end of business Thursday and will re-open on Tuesday — so long as there isn’t storm significant damage from what forecasters expect will soon develop into Tropical Storm Isaias.

 

[mickey2942]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article244597937.html

Stay safe Florida peeps! Category 1, on its way.

 

[enelram]

Thanks Mickey!!!
We're watching it closely. Hopefully it'll take
a turn and stay mostly offshore. Don't mind all the rain and don't mind mild wind. Just no damaging high winds.
When it gets real bad my horses know where to go- the very lowest area on the farm, it's really
just a big depression, maybe 40 ft. lower than surrounding land but it offers some protection from pelting rain and push you over winds.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Storm thread here: Hurricane Isaias - July 2020

 

[PayrollNerd]

One of my best friends is dating a guy who works for the post office. He was tested almost 2 weeks ago for Covid-19 and has been off work. They had to retest him because there were too many errors in how the test was completed and how it was processed. But, they think it was negative. OMG. The numbers are skewed as it is and this just compounds it. JMO

 

[BUF]

Per CNN: Trump at Tampa airport holding an event where he landed. No social distancing at all, very few masks. He’s supposed to
meet with Desantis about covid & Hurricane.


In Florida, COVID-19 Death Toll Keeps Rising

For the fourth day in a row, Florida set a record for the number of COVID-19 deaths with 257 deaths reported Friday. A total of 6,843 people in Florida have died so far from the coronavirus.

Epidemiologists say that number will keep rising following the surge in cases seen over the past six weeks.

 

[BUF]

A good read...if interested

Florida’s Summer of Dread