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2021-08-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Portable MORGUES are sent to Florida after record-breaking average of 212 daily deaths and 21,534 cases this week push hospitals and crematoriums to breaking point

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-28 09:46|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 [Not the Bee]
The Miami Herald on Thursday ran with this shocking and arresting headline:

Florida COVID update: 901 added deaths, largest single-day increase in pandemic history

It's obvious what the paper is trying to communicate: That the state on Wednesday recorded a staggering 901 deaths, a brutal toll and a razor-sharp indictment of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis's handling of the pandemic there. In particular the number is plainly supposed to indicate that the pandemic is spiraling out of control as deaths skyrocket to unimaginable numbers. It was actually as low as 8

Unsurprisingly, the 901 figure was spread far and wide on social media. Here's a viral post from a Florida Democratic activist: *snipped*
We could do this all day, but you get the point: People are rightfully freaking out over the apparently worsening pandemic in the state, as exemplified by 901 Floridians having died on a single day.

Here's the thing, though: The 901 figure is bogus, at least as far as it's meant to symbolize an entire day's worth of deaths. It's not. Not even close.

Rather, the numbers represent the cumulative deaths gathered from a dataset stretching as far back as March of 2020.
Florida didn't report 901 deaths on a single day; it reported 901 deaths from a set of over three dozen days.

It's not surprising that it's done this way: Public health authorities are always working on a lag when it comes to reported deaths. If ten people die from COVID-19 on a Monday, the health department might only report one of those deaths on a Tuesday, then two on Wednesday, then the remaining seven on Thursday as death certificates come in and are confirmed. This is done on a rolling basis and then updated in bulk at certain intervals – a policy DeSantis' opponents allege is meant to hide total deaths... you know, for like a few weeks?

To get an idea of where all the deaths occurred, here's a dataset breakdown of the 901 deaths announced this week...

Posted by Frank G 2021-08-28 12:48|| 2021-08-28 12:48|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Why people hate the Media

Posted by Frank G 2021-08-28 12:56|| 2021-08-28 12:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Part of the new narrative designed to remove a potentially strong Republican Presidential candidate from contention by relabeling him as 'Gov DeathSantis.'

Posted by Glenmore 2021-08-28 13:26|| 2021-08-28 13:26|| Front Page Top

#4 That's what happens when you pander to (electorally insignificant fringe) Ron.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-28 14:40|| 2021-08-28 14:40|| Front Page Top

#5 They're obviously terrified of DeSantis.
This is a good sign -- a sign of his strength

DeSantis 2024

Posted by Ulomoling Ulavise2696 2021-08-28 14:45|| 2021-08-28 14:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "Portable morgues have been sent to 14 hospital systems in Central Florida as hospitals and crematoriums hit capacity due to a surge in the Delta variant"

Is it just me, or is there something out of order here?

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2021-08-28 19:01|| 2021-08-28 19:01|| Front Page Top

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