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Are Recent COVID-19 Cases in Florida Inflated? Data Suggests It Could Be as Much as 30 Percent
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| 07/12/2020
| Matt Margolis
Posted on 07/12/2020 9:40:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
How are those patients being treated? AaThe Trump Regimen? Remdesivir (so?)? Are they just allowing the virus to run its course?
Is anybody even aksing these questions? Besides me, I mean.
To: SeekAndFind
Yesterday according to DOH there were 15,000 positives but 121,000 tests which is the an flexible biggest daily report of tests. The positivity rate was under 12% for the first time in weeks.
We are on the down slide as ER visits are decreasing as are admissions.
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posted on
07/12/2020 9:45:30 AM PDT
by
gas_dr
(Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
To: SeekAndFind
Sounds like a DNC Cuomo plot.
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posted on
07/12/2020 9:45:42 AM PDT
by
cnsmom
To: SeekAndFind
"Deaths linked to COVID-19 have remained flat in Florida despite the spike in cases. "
Unfortunately, that isn't true. The last three days have seen three of the four largest daily death totals in Florida since the epidemic began.
Nationwide, the picture is much better, with only a slight increase in deaths over the past few days, with the usual dip over the weekend (so far).
What puzzles me is why we've seen this huge spike in cases, whereas European countries that have also relaxed restrictions - sometimes even more than we have (e.g., schools re-opening) - have not.
To: SeekAndFind
I got my first covid test yesterday. It was negative..not too bad. The line of cars was about 15 or so. All they did to me was jam a swab all the way into both sinuses, so it was uncomfortable for a couple of seconds and then was ok. It is not difficult. I had to be tested for an upcoming test. SOP is to test for Covid. If negative, the procedure will proceed. If positive, you have to go to your PCP or hospital for another test and clearance.
To: Texas Eagle
"How are those patients being treated? AaThe Trump Regimen? Remdesivir (so?)? Are they just allowing the virus to run its course?"
A few weeks ago, there were reports on Fox that Texas medical authorities and pharmacies were standing in the way of the HCQ protocols.
To: richardtavor
RE: I got my first covid test yesterday. It was negative..not too bad.
The only problem with that is the test is only good for THAT POINT IN TIME.
Trump and Pence themselves admit that they have to be re-tested regularly to make sure that are not infected.
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro was tested NEGATIVE before ( after he visited the USA ). Now, he’s tested positive.
To: Texas Eagle
95%+ of the patients require no treatment as it is a mild disease. Hell about 3/5 dont even know they had it! As for treatment of outpatient I am not sure what is going on. Our large multidisciplinary group just added HCQ AZI and ZN to the symptomatic outpatients. If in hospital remdesivir snd decadron and id IcU high dose decadron, prone ventilation and ARDSnet vent parameters.
But what is important and no one wants to listen to is that the vast majority of patients require no treatment and get over it relatively quickly.
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posted on
07/12/2020 9:50:31 AM PDT
by
gas_dr
(Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/12/2020 9:51:06 AM PDT
by
ltc8k6
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To: gas_dr
But what is important and no one wants to listen to is that the vast majority of patients require no treatment and get over it relatively quickly.My point exactly. Lame-est plague ever. It stinks that even Faux News and NewsMax are in on the ruse.
To: ltc8k6
"However, this new daily record comes with an important caveat: A massive increase in tests was reported yesterday, with 143,000 being run, roughly double the 7-day total from earlier this month."
This leads to my question: What constitutes a new "case"? A positive test? Symptoms requiring medical treatment? Symptoms requiring hospitalization? Any symptoms at all? And have the criteria for determining what constitutes a "case" been changed?
It seems that before widespread testing, the number of cases would be limited to those showing symptoms requiring medical attention, whereas now any positive test might be called a "case." This would obviously lead to a large spike in "cases."
To: SeekAndFind
Go to COVID-19.healthdata.org and you can see for yourselves. Until the Internets ban the site.
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posted on
07/12/2020 10:01:50 AM PDT
by
JusPasenThru
(If Biden wins he will kill Republicans.)
To: All
Not just Fla, this BS is nationwide.
To: gas_dr
Purely anecdotal, but my father (88 with numerous underlying conditions) was taken to the hospital in Naples, FL. for a suspected heart attack. Heart attack was ruled out after one day and blamed on something non life threatening. He had to spend an extra two days in the hospital trying to get two negative Covid tests 24 hours apart. The final result was three positives and three negatives before being discharged. He never showed any symptoms of Covid, and never had it, but suffered through two extra days of hell trying to prove it.
Nurse told him they get so many false positives that patients are being forced into extended stays needlessly. In your opinion, is the test that unreliable? How much might this be contributing to the increased positive cases and high rate of positivity?
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posted on
07/12/2020 10:08:27 AM PDT
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: Steve_Seattle
We don’t really know. There is apparently no standard definition and standard way of counting/reporting. Plus there are apparent benefits to having more cases.
One interesting data point is worldometer’s figure for cases that are considered serious or critical in the USA.
Right now, that number is under 16K for the entire country.
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posted on
07/12/2020 10:14:31 AM PDT
by
ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6
"One interesting data point is worldometers figure for cases that are considered serious or critical in the USA."
Thanks. That's the one metric I keep forgetting to check.
To: cnsmom
In PA the officials (Wolf etc) are falsely reporting the data for deaths....(little bird in family has access to the real data).... Spoke with him last night....said there’s a substantial drop in cases of death. So it’s pretty easy too assume they’re certainly ‘fixing’ the number of cases data.
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posted on
07/12/2020 10:22:26 AM PDT
by
caww
To: gas_dr
Not according to my local lefty rag, TCPalm. Every day is worst than the day before and now we only have 39 hospital beds left in the whole area!!! Heavens to Mergatroid! Were all gonna die! Masks masks masks! 🙄🙄🙄 Oh, and most of the folks taking up the hospital beds are AA so theres definitely some racism tossed into the mix 🙄🙄🙄
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posted on
07/12/2020 10:37:37 AM PDT
by
Maskot
(Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!!)
To: Steve_Seattle
Sounds like you read and apparently believe TCPalm. Theyve been fear no getting and scaring the populace since day one.
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posted on
07/12/2020 10:40:14 AM PDT
by
Maskot
(Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!!)
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