These are not totals by day; they're increments added today. See the chart in the first tweet for totals.
6/8
It's important to note that each day's total is also a net - for example, if 1 is removed on a specific date, that could represent any combination of additions and subtractions that add to -1.
7/8
When evaluating the COVID death toll, it's important to understand that all deaths within 30 days of a positive COVID test are considered COVID deaths unless exclusion criteria are met (trauma, suicide).
Everyone in the hospital or long-term care is tested.
Source: Email from FDOH administrator: "1) If an individual had a positive COVID-19 (antigen, PCR) test after January 19, 2020 and the medical provider signing certificate considers COVID-19 to have contributed to their death months later...
"—it would be considered a COVID-19 death even if past 30 days of testing.
2) All deaths that occur within 30 days of COVID-19 positive result are considered a COVID-19 death—unless one of the exclusion criteria are met (i.e. trauma, suicide)"
Reporter: Should medical procedures require a negative PCR test?
Dr. J. Bhattacharya: “I think that depends on the infrastructure of the hospital. If you suspect someone has COVID, for instance, they’re symptomatic… you absolutely should take precautions…
1/5
"Let’s say I need an eye surgery. Do i need a negative PCR? I’m completely asymptomatic… No, I think the answer is no… because they’re very unlikely to be passing the infection on to people, and the people that are going to be treating them will all have PPE, all of them...
2/5
"—effective PPE, much more effective than the general public… I can understand hospitals that might want to do it, but to require that that happen for every single person… The reason I say that is that there are costs to that...
3/5
Peaks are 7/23 (220), 7/30(221), & 8/4 (225); the 7-day moving average peak is July 25/26 (209), with a second peak on August 5 (213).
The peak of July 25 hasn't moved since I started reporting it on August 27. The 2nd peak appeared on Sept 11, and it hasn't moved, either.
2/7
Yesterday's deaths (as best we could find them - read bottom of the chart for more details):
Median age: 74
Minimum age: 41
Maximum age: 101
72% are 65 or older
Peaks are 7/23 (220), 7/30(221), & 8/4 (225); the 7-day moving average peak is July 25/26 (209), with a second peak on August 5 (213).
The peak of July 25 hasn't moved since I started reporting it on August 27. The 2nd peak appeared on Sept 11, and it hasn't moved, either.
2/6
Yesterday's deaths (as best we could find them - read bottom of the chart for more details):
Median age: 79
Minimum age: 34
Maximum age: 98
77% are 65 or older
.@GovRonDeSantis asked Dr. Bhattacharya about Fauci’s statements on masks, referring to a March interview in which Fauci said masks may make you feel protected, but people touch their faces and possibly increase infections.
1/10
DeSantis: “All scientists were pretty much saying that. Now many say [it's] basically [a] mark of a good person, are you wearing it or not. It doesn’t seem like the underlying evidence has changed very much…
2/10
"what is the average person [supposed to think] when they were literally tweeting at you ‘Don’t wear a mask,’ and [I don’t think] the explanation that we want to save them for healthcare workers… really flies because healthcare workers aren’t wearing cloth masks…
Peaks are 7/23 (218), 7/30(216), & 8/4 (219), and the 7-day moving average peak is July 25 (206), with a second peak on August 5 (209).
The peak of July 25 hasn't moved since I started reporting it on August 27. The 2nd peak appeared on Sept 11, and it hasn't moved, either.
2/7
Yesterday's deaths (as best we could find them - read bottom of the chart for more details):
Median age: 78
Minimum age: 37
Maximum age: 99
82% are 65 or older