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Data suggest Florida's record-breaking
coronavirus days may have been
inflated by as much as 30%

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Posted By: Ida Lou Pino, 7/11/2020 10:56:49 AM

Florida health officials appear to have inflated recent record coronavirus case numbers there by as much as 30%, according to an analysis of data released by the state's Department of Health. U.S. health officials have been warning for several weeks that COVID-19 case trends in Florida are pointing to a possible looming catastrophe as the state records ever-increasing numbers of the disease. After several months of flat infection rates, positive case results in Florida began rising slowly in mid-June before beginning a steep climb near the end of the month.

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Ummm - - like - - how come these numbers are never DEFLATED? Like tossing a coin 100 times - - and it always comes up tails.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: SkeezerMcGee 7/11/2020 11:07:43 AM (No. 474632)
This does not surprise me in the slightest. It's now all about cases, cases, and more cases. Of course there are more cases because there are more tests. The relevant facts are hospital admissions and deaths based solely on Covid-19.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: starboard 7/11/2020 11:24:33 AM (No. 474657)
A positive result equals a positive case. A case means zip, zero, nada. It's obvious these case numbers have been derived from flawed testing and are causing unnecessary hysteria. Is the common cold a case too. Are we going to panic every time we get the sniffles now?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: bad-hair 7/11/2020 11:29:13 AM (No. 474669)
Of course they are. The media predicted a "second wave" so come hell or high water there is going do be a seconf wave.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: padiva 7/11/2020 11:38:59 AM (No. 474692)
outcome based coronavirus counting? What could go wrong?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: franq 7/11/2020 11:39:32 AM (No. 474694)
Might be? Please.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: seamusm 7/11/2020 11:41:02 AM (No. 474697)
In TB epidemiology a positive test does not equal a case. A case is defined by evidence of active contagious disease. Skin tests are the best example where some have such evidence of exposure or 'infection' often decades before becoming ill and contagious.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: mc squared 7/11/2020 11:43:26 AM (No. 474703)
Wifey told me that the line to be tested at the local college was almost a 1/4 mile long. Why even be tested if you're not showing any symptoms? They will want your name family members and contacts. If it comes in negative you may catch it tomorrow. If it's positive, what will you do differently?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: 0658 7/11/2020 11:46:20 AM (No. 474711)
A more complicated explanation of my gut level feeling based on living in the Orlando area. The Govt is lying to us and manipulating the data for their own reasons. In six months I have had only heard of one person with any positive COVID results. A friend of my daughter; she was positive with no symptoms. Positive results out there, but how many of them are actually sick and how do they count cases?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 7/11/2020 11:47:20 AM (No. 474714)
Shocking - the Enemedia lying again! As expected. The "errors" are ALWAYS in the favor or leftists. Hint: They are not errors.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Vaquero45 7/11/2020 11:48:25 AM (No. 474717)
MORE lies from a government agency about this virus. Big surprise. S/o
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Reply 11 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 7/11/2020 11:49:09 AM (No. 474720)
Gaw-aw-ly, Sarge! Fake Coronavirus data? Who'd have thunk? At best these so-called experts are incompetent, at worst they are patently dishonest, continuously feeding us fake data in order to push an agenda. A pox on them!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: GoodDeal 7/11/2020 11:51:56 AM (No. 474725)
Apparently if they ask if you know anyone with COVID then they count you as a new case. Plus when they have a case in one county and the patient is moved to another county then that counts as a new case. They are doing that in California so it’s probably going on nationwide. It’s all fake numbers designed to fool the public and to insure more government control with the end game of defeating Trump in November.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: bpl40 7/11/2020 11:59:57 AM (No. 474737)
Getting tested with no active symptoms is silly. You could get infected in fifteen minutes after being tested and go around thinking you are safe.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: czechlist 7/11/2020 12:01:09 PM (No. 474739)
When something is subsidized you tend to see more of it.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: TJ54 7/11/2020 12:14:19 PM (No. 474750)
Sounds like the Governor needs to do some housecleaning
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Reply 16 - Posted by: davew 7/11/2020 12:19:04 PM (No. 474755)
One of the key rules when updating databases is to maintain the integrity of the data. This means that all the data must be vetted using the same criteria and its pedigree can be determined through a change log. Once integrity is lost for a database the value of the data for making decisions is destroyed and it actually increases the probability of doing harm. This is the state we are in now with the COVID data. It is more of a threat to our recovery than an aid to planning.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Penny Spencer 7/11/2020 12:25:46 PM (No. 474758)
A very elderly friend (87) was recently in the hospital for kidney stones and another issue that required a stay of several days. When she was admitted, they tested her for Covid and the results were positive. She had no symptoms, but they continued to test her for the remainder of her stay. Every time they did so, it came out positive and was reported as such. This one woman produced five positive results that were reported as five positive cases. Meanwhile, she was never ill and is recovering nicely from her procedures. We live in Florida, btw.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 7/11/2020 12:44:06 PM (No. 474773)
Now we know the riots did what they were supposed to do because opening up 2 months ago sure didn't cause the increases. So they had to have the riots spread it and now inflate the numbers is just more of the Democrat commie plan.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: DVC 7/11/2020 12:52:11 PM (No. 474787)
Or 50% or 80% or....whatever the hell they decide to lie about. Apparently, if a patient is marked as "COVID", the money flows like water, so there is a huge incentive to try to get all possible cases twisted into 'COVID' money bucket.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: DVC 7/11/2020 1:47:43 PM (No. 474847)
#17, and she was probably one of MANY false positives. I am increasingly convinced that at least some of these tests will give a positive if you have antibodies to a related coronavirus....which the common cold is a prime example.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 7/11/2020 1:54:25 PM (No. 474858)
I would like to know what percentage of new cases are false positives. Suspect its high. Don't know if the test is inaccurate or if somebody behind the scene is counting negative results as positive results to create a panic. Its an election year, and everything is political because their is a Republican in the Whitehouse. None of this would be happening if a Democrat was in the Whitehouse. It would all be covered up.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: red1066 7/11/2020 2:13:35 PM (No. 474883)
So what else is new.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: franq 7/11/2020 2:13:51 PM (No. 474884)
The reason, #8? They want mail-in voting. Simple as that.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: Jennie C. 7/11/2020 4:46:59 PM (No. 474981)
Just a remark about the headline. It warms my heart's cockles when people use "data" and "media" correctly, that is, as plurals.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: anniebc 7/11/2020 6:34:43 PM (No. 475053)
Probably more like thirty percent or more.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623 7/12/2020 3:39:55 AM (No. 475338)
Thousands are testing positive and I only have heard about two friends of friends who had the virus. Seems like it takes days for the results. How many people taking the samples are changing their gear as they go from one car to the next? If there are 500 cars and you are car # 300 and 100 in front of you test positive, are they spreading it? If someone is really sick, do they expect them to sit in a car in a line miles long waiting to be tested? Still saying thousands are false positive. Surely, after the election in Nov, there will be a miracle cure.
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