Arkansas Ranger here, welcome to the 3rd week of October. New dates are February 4th and March 18th. The 4th is the line that must hold. Remember my 90 day 'intuition' and the steady drip. In recent weeks the media has clued the public into other statistical analysis methods being used to track the virus. I will repeat again the mortality rate is no longer the main concern. Watch for other measures or 'changes' in measures being reported. Way back in the early pages I linked histories of Philly's 1793 yellow fever outbreak. I would encourage a reread to understand US pandemic response started here, and the lessons learned in Philly still apply today. Over and out.
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Thank you.
You made me think of something I had meant to post...
Driving yesterday, I heard a radio news report about how Florida state officials were considering changing from reporting the numbers daily to possibly every other day or even weekly, all in the name of saving money. Because apparently the daily reports require somebody working at all hours I.e. someone’s on duty 24 hours a day and if they switched to every other day, the state wouldn’t need to do that...
Not sure if that means any further changes in data collection or playing with the numbers...
I posted two days ago the Sun Sentinel article about there are three methods to collect the numbers...I would have to look for it?
Anything further on the 4th and what you mean by the line that must hold.
Thanks and ignore any morans. Please.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — COVID updates from the Florida Department of Health could become less frequent.
A spokesperson for Governor Ron DeSantis told CBS12 News that instead of daily reports, the administration is considering publishing the data anywhere from every other day, to once a week.
"It is something that has been raised as we move to phase 3," said spokesman Fred Piccolo. "However, no decision has been made and none is imminent."
Less than 50%
Also, a spike today in Florida..breaking 4K: 4,044 cases,
88 deaths..the 4s and 8s creeping me out btw
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I found the article about Florida
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less than 50%
Florida has obscured the true extent of its COVID-19 pandemic by using a misleading measure of positive cases to justify reopening schools and businesses, state data indicates.
While Florida has publicized that its “positivity rate” has regularly fallen below 5%, other health organizations are publishing data that shows the rate may be dramatically higher.
Independent experts, including Johns Hopkins University, consistently list Florida’s positivity rate at 10% or higher, twice the recommended level for widespread reopening.
Florida itself calculates another version of the rate — not widely publicized — that shows the pandemic is worse than state officials have championed. Those figures show that the rate has never fallen to the 5% threshold, the South Florida Sun Sentinel discovered.
Arkansas Ranger, anything further?
Please and thank you..
