[The Threat to Florida] There are good reasons to suspect Florida will be the next #coronavirus hotspot in the U.S. and that it will eventually be one of the hardest hit regions. Several unfortunate facts point to this possibility... 1/
Kinsa Health, a smart thermometer company using thermometer readings across the US to predict where COVID-19 might strike next, is reporting "the level of illness in Florida is 2X what we would expect," & is experiencing the most abnormal spikes in temperature (see the map) 2/ 
Although correlation is not causation and many things could be associated with elevated temperatures, large numbers of simultaneous temperature *increases* during a pandemic are certainly worth investigating. 3/
Also, remember that spring breakers were reveling on Florida beaches and flaunting social distancing rules in just the last two weeks. This is a video of Clearwater Beach on March 16. 4/
When you combine these observations with the fact that the median age of Florida residents is among the highest in the country, Florida could be one of the hardest hit regions of the U.S. when this pandemic's morbidity and mortality rates are assessed ex post. 5/
