Florida beaches still busy despite coronavirus pandemic, amid pleas for social distancing
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When the propagandist can not achieve their desired outcome like emptying the beaches of patrons they have to step up their game. The problem is they end up overstepping and end up getting called out.
A major scandal for the healthcare system in Florida is brewing after an investigation has found that hospitals are over-reporting their positive coronavirus rates by substantial margins.
The investigation, conducted by Fox 35 News’s Robert Guaderrama, was originally launched after reporters found it unusual hundreds of hospitals and testing companies were reporting a 100 percent infection rate from administered tests. This would mean that every single person who received a test was sick with the virus — an unlikely scenario in even the most hard-hit of places. However, after reporters looked into the data, they found very different results. For example, Orlando Health had originally claimed that 98 percent of all those who had taken COVID-19 tests had tested positive. After Fox 35 News contacted the facility, they claimed that there were errors in the data. The amended number suggests that just 9.4 percent of patients tested positive — a change of almost 90 percent.
Similarly, Orlando Veteran’s Medical Center had posted a positivity rate of 76 percent on the state website. A spokesperson for the hospital later claimed that “this does not reflect” their true findings, and the rate is actually around six percent.Though reporters have sought to understand how there could be such a major discrepancy in the data, they received no response.
“It’s not the clinics. They are reporting the number correctly and it is getting changed on the FL Dept of Health website. They don’t know how or why it’s getting changed,” she wrote. The fact that negative tests have not been reported could have major implications for the true Florida coronavirus positivity rate, which currently stands at 12.6 percent.
This is not a Florida only phenomenon. It is a systemic US problem. The US with less than 5% of the world's population has 25% of all covid-19 cases and deaths? That is impossible and total BS.
When the propagandist can not achieve their desired outcome like emptying the beaches of patrons they have to step up their game. The problem is they end up overstepping and end up getting called out.
A major scandal for the healthcare system in Florida is brewing after an investigation has found that hospitals are over-reporting their positive coronavirus rates by substantial margins.
The investigation, conducted by Fox 35 News’s Robert Guaderrama, was originally launched after reporters found it unusual hundreds of hospitals and testing companies were reporting a 100 percent infection rate from administered tests. This would mean that every single person who received a test was sick with the virus — an unlikely scenario in even the most hard-hit of places. However, after reporters looked into the data, they found very different results. For example, Orlando Health had originally claimed that 98 percent of all those who had taken COVID-19 tests had tested positive. After Fox 35 News contacted the facility, they claimed that there were errors in the data. The amended number suggests that just 9.4 percent of patients tested positive — a change of almost 90 percent.
Similarly, Orlando Veteran’s Medical Center had posted a positivity rate of 76 percent on the state website. A spokesperson for the hospital later claimed that “this does not reflect” their true findings, and the rate is actually around six percent.Though reporters have sought to understand how there could be such a major discrepancy in the data, they received no response.
“It’s not the clinics. They are reporting the number correctly and it is getting changed on the FL Dept of Health website. They don’t know how or why it’s getting changed,” she wrote. The fact that negative tests have not been reported could have major implications for the true Florida coronavirus positivity rate, which currently stands at 12.6 percent.
This is not a Florida only phenomenon. It is a systemic US problem. The US with less than 5% of the world's population has 25% of all covid-19 cases and deaths? That is impossible and total BS.
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