Florida Surpasses 200K Coronavirus Cases; Fatality Rate Remains Low

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HANNAH BLEAU

6 Jul 2020.

Florida surpassed 200,000 coronavirus cases over the weekend as critics have warned that the Sunshine State could quickly become the next New York, but a comparison of the death rate in each state tells a vastly different story. . . .

. . . Critics have, for weeks, warned that Florida is shaping up to be the next New York — an early epicenter of the virus in the United States. While it is true that Florida’s caseload is increasing drastically, the death rate is not following the same pattern.

Florida has reported 3,778 total fatalities, adding 47 on Monday. The total represents less than two percent of all known cases in the state, which has a population of more than 21 million. New York State, which has a population of that exceeds 19 million, has reported over 401,822 cases and 31,895 fatalities, representing close to eight percent of all cases. Of those, 221,637 cases stem from New York City, as do 22,661 of the deaths. . . .

. . . Unlike New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took decisive action at the start of the pandemic to protect the state’s most vulnerable — those in nursing homes . . .

While Florida is known for having an older, more vulnerable population, the recent spike in cases is primarily among the younger demographic, according to the governor.

“The case growth has really been in that 18 to 34, 35 age group. Now, those are folks that are, by and large, going to be much less prone to significant consequences,” DeSantis said last week, noting that the median age of the cases is dropping significantly.

“Nevertheless, with the increasing positivity rate, it’s clear that you’re seeing more and more community transmission really being driven by that age group,” he explained . . .
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Florida Surpasses 200K Coronavirus Cases; Fatality Rate Remains Low

Florida surpassed 200,000 coronavirus cases over the weekend as critics have warned that it could quickly become the next New York.
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I utterly detest the fact that deaths/ fatalities are how this is being measured. Infections are a failure, the side effects of surviving is terrible. That people set such a low bar for themselves and will allow everyone to get infected and suffer for years after it because “tHe deAtHs arE lOw tHoUgH” is ridiculous. God protect us because humans are genuinely too weak, fragile, and irrational to help themselves.

May God strengthen your bodies supernaturally and protect your families from the virus

Also it is a seasonal disease, come October and November, true hell will break loose. Can’t wait to see that affect the election results
 
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umamibella . . .
Fatalities are not the only bad thing about this virus.
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Agreed.
@cawebmaster I have received a heart from a very dodgy fake profile
Not sure how I would flag it.
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Why tag me on this though @umamibella??
 
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umamibella said:
ve received a heart from a very dodgy fake profile
Not sure how I would flag it.
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They keep coming back. The spam accounts got really busy during election seasons. They then go dormant right after the election.
 
ThinkingSapien . . . .
The spam accounts got really busy during election seasons.
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Thank you for bringing this up.

That is dishonest and it makes me even more against a vote by mail paradigm.
 
It being your thread, I thought you should be aware 🙂 Maybe you know how to flag it?
 
Mythicalbio said:
I utterly detest the fact that deaths/ fatalities are how this is being measured. Infections are a failure, the side effects of surviving is terrible. That people set such a low bar for themselves and will allow everyone to get infected and suffer for years after it because “tHe deAtHs arE lOw tHoUgH” is ridiculous. God protect us because humans are genuinely too weak, fragile, and irrational to help themselves.

May God strengthen your bodies supernaturally and protect your families from the virus

Also it is a seasonal disease, come October and November, true hell will break loose. Can’t wait to see that affect the election results
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It is a virus that China allowed to escape the confines of where it originated. Thus it is like all such maladies - the common cold, CMV, viral pneumonia, various flues, etc. - it exists and we will have to learn to live with it. Influenza kills many people every year - some years worse than others - the vaccines are not utilized by the entire populace and some years is more effective than others.

People cannot live in isolation 100% of the time in order for this to fade into obscurity - it may do so on its own or it may be with us through centuries to come … but that is not because people have set a low bar nor that they want everyone to get infected.

We morn the losses, limit the spread as much as humanely possible and work to mitigate the disease and the health impacts once contracted - there is nothing more than that we as people can do nor is there anything government, politicians can do to change that reality.

As for many things, the number of deaths is a factor in how the approach is made. For instance - if every single person in America were locked away in isolation for 30 days - absolutely 100 % of the population - no one works, no one shops, no one is essential, every individual family member in isolation apart from one another… we might eliminate COVID-19 .

BUT is that achievable? NO, is that practical? - Absolutely NOT,

Can people not work for months on end? - NO
Can children be locked away for months on end? - NO

SO we are left with actually living our lives and - yes - help ourselves to manage this pandemic to best of our logical and practical ability
 
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Expect more of the same until the advice of science and medical experts are enthusiastically endorsed by a federal government without regards to politics.

As a fiscal conservative, it seems strange that the government has a budget for the advice from the science and medical community, and it is seemingly summarily dismissed because it doesn’t match the political paradigm.
 
YADA said:
Thus it is like all such maladies - the common cold, CMV, viral pneumonia, various flues, etc.
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No, it is unlike these respiratory diseases because it is a vascular disease, attaching itself to the inside walls of the tiniest blood vessels, causing liver failure, strokes, kidney failure, brain damage. It uses the lungs to enter the vascular system.
 
umamibella said:
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YADA:
It is a virus that China allowed to escape the confines of where it originated.
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Science now disagrees with that.
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Who’s science? Or should I say, WHO’s science?
 
PaulinVA said:
Are you equating bogus accounts on an Internet forum with mail in voting? Really?
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No stretch is too far to malign mail in voting!

But since we are off topic, my county also has voting drop boxes. instead of giving the ballot to the USPS we have the option of taking the ballot to certain locations, such as a box at the court house, and drop it in the box without coming in contact with other humans. No middle man.
 
It is positive to see that new reported infections are not resulting in greater mortality here in Florida. Ventilator use is down significantly too.

Was reading yesterday that much maligned in the press, Sweden is doing well of late, despite not closing down their economy due to the Wuhan virus.

nypost.com

Media is obsessed with COVID cases, but death rate is what is important

John Ziegler is senior columnist for Mediaite, from which this column was adapted. The most dangerous flaw in the modern news media is their now-constant vulnerability of becoming deeply invested i…
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…But there is another reason to believe that a large reversal of the trend may not be coming. Sweden, a country much-maligned in the media because they dared to not lockdown by government mandate, has “new case” and “death” charts which look remarkably similar to ours, and their daily death rate has recently been down to single digits (shhhh… please don’t tell our news media!).

For the record, hospitalizations are an extremely key metric here (I have argued since the beginning that it is THE most important data point), and there is cause for concern on that front in a couple of key states. However, other than ICUs in Arizona and small sections of Texas, contrary to the perception being created in the media, the hospitalization situation is currently nowhere near a crisis, and there are no situations right now where those with the virus are not able to get needed hospital care.

This crisis is obviously real and it is not nearly over yet, but the news media making the situation appear far worse than it actually is might help keep Trump’s fading reelection chances down, but it is greatly harming the country. Not that such a reality matters to the news media anymore.
 
PaulinVA . . . .
Are you equating bogus accounts . .
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No Paul.

I am equating dishonest people carrying out dishonest practices to get their candidate elected
with dishonest people carrying out dishonest practices to get their candidate elected.
 
Cathoholic said:
I am equating dishonest people carrying out dishonest practices to get their candidate elected
with dishonest people carrying out dishonest practices to get their candidate elected.
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Dude, don’t smoke around that straw man or you’ll go up in flames!
 
PaulInVA telling me what to do while insulting me . . .
Dude, don’t smoke around that straw man or you’ll go up in flames!
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My post was right-on.

Here is the principle again. . . .
I am equating dishonest people carrying out dishonest practices to get their candidate elected
with dishonest people carrying out dishonest practices to get their candidate elected.
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I think you should cut the insulting retort and deal with the issue. Not what you allege I am “smoking”.
 
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