When I first saw the headline, I thought "Ok, so they made a mistake, but at least they are admitting it and correcting it.
But then, when you read the story, it becomes obvious that they would have never corrected the numbers, had they not been caught and challenged.
OK, let's check they daily graphs that show us all we need to know about the pandemic. Could it be that... naaah.... I don't want to go against "science" and make Dr Fauci angry.
Thanks Gunter!
Published August 9, 2021 at 4:12 PM ED
"The Florida Department of Health said late Monday that federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data overstated daily case counts from the weekend, numbers that would have given the state record tallies.
The health department, which no longer publishes daily numbers, tweeted that the correct daily case count on Friday was 21,500, Saturday's was 19,567 and Sunday's was 15,319.
The state agency said the three-day average is 18,795.
Those numbers differ significantly from the CDC's count of 56,600 new cases combined just on Saturday and Sunday. The CDC totals of 28,316 on Saturday and 28,317 on Sunday would have been records for daily cases in the state.
A reason for the discrepency was unclear."
"Meantime, for the eighth straight day, hospitalizations in the state reached a record high, with 13,614 Floridians in a hospital with COVID-19, according to the Florida Hospital Association.
Florida continues to be the only state that has more than 20% of its inpatient hospital beds used by patients with COVID. Also, the numbers of COVID patients in intensive care units are increasing; 89% of the beds were occupied.
The surge in cases and deaths is caused by the delta variant of the coronavirus.
Florida hospital officials say most patients who are admitted to the hospital have not been vaccinated for COVID-19."
metmike: If you are not vaccinated, please get vaccinated ASAP. The safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccines is proven, with 4 billion doses given in the world this year. Without the vaccines out in the nick of time the current surge from Delta would have been apocalyptic!
Rural/Republican states hit hardest by COVID
Started by metmike - Aug. 9, 2021, 7:40 p.m.