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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 10:51 AM Aug 2020

BEWARE - Florida Covid-19 numbers will be artificially deflated for a few days

State-run labs were closed Thursday afternoon in preparation for a possible hurricane coming thru the state. They will slowly reopen across the state and should all be open by Wednesday, Aug 5.

Now, this isn't ALL labs...just the state-run ones (like Orange County Convention Center). Private labs and hospitals will still be testing.

However, submission of results will also likely be delayed/reduced due to likely lower staffing at labs and at the state DOH.

FL saw the lowest # of tests/cases in about 6 weeks today. That's most likely an artificial drop.



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BEWARE - Florida Covid-19 numbers will be artificially deflated for a few days (Original Post) Roland99 Aug 2020 OP
OMG. Trump was right! Stop testing and the virus disappears! CanonRay Aug 2020 #1
There's a problem with that - death rate goes up RainCaster Aug 2020 #2

RainCaster

(10,673 posts)
2. There's a problem with that - death rate goes up
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 11:43 AM
Aug 2020

It's hard to hide the deaths, and those continue unabated. So if you stop the testing (or slow it down), then that 6%fatality rate goes up.
Then the US looks even more toxic than it already is.

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