"this MIT article seems to have noticed... that team reality is, in fact, well grounded in reality and science. this was never some gang of dimwits and conspiracists, it was a group with serious intellect and empiricism."
"we came to our conclusions because we engaged with the data, and many of us are very good at engaging with data, FAR better than the public health “C team” of self serving scrubs playing at being ready for the big leagues"
"their fragile and dogmatic cathedral cannot possibly stand against our bazaar of ideas and refutation. the coddled grow weak, venal, and dishonest. the challenged grow strong and gain wisdom."
"Consider one of study’s most glaring findings: Even when Covid-19 cases were falling nationally between April 24 and June 27, major media discussed rising caseloads 5.3 times as frequently as falling ones." starkrealities.substack.com/p/study-us-med…
"Overly-negative Covid-19 reporting has implications well beyond individual feelings and practices: Those who’ve been led to an exaggerated perception of their personal risk are more prone to support strict government policies to counter the virus."
"However, when neither Florida nor Iowa experienced negative consequences, there was little media reporting of the good news that government restrictions and mandates may not be worthwhile after all."
Yesterday Pinellas added 25 deaths (unusually high), and today they deleted 18 deaths - a good reminder to not pay too much attention to daily reports.
2/7
Reported deaths (as best we could find them - read bottom of the chart for more details):
Median age: 78
Minimum age: 46
Maximum age: 101
78% are 65 or older <- younger than usual
Gainesville has a tradition of painting messages on a specific wall. Today, a group of parents painted anti-mask messages for @GovRonDeSantis, Alachua County, and the school board.
Several counties reported high numbers, including 23 for Palm Beach County, 16 for Miami-Dade (not abnormal), and 13 for Seminole (which only has 463 deaths total, compared to 5,767 for Dade), so today may have been a catch-up day. We'll see in the coming days.
2/7
Reported deaths (as best we could find them - read bottom of the chart for more details):
Median age: 74
Minimum age: 33
Maximum age: 97
74% are 65 or older <- younger than usual
I've been noting lately that the share of reported COVID deaths in Florida that are 65 and older seems to be trending down. Now @LenCabrera has produced charts of the percentage of deaths reported on each date since September 1 that are 65+, along with a 7-day average line.
1/6
The median age of reported deaths has also been trending down since mid-February, although it's not as dramatic, and the raw data is pretty noisy.
2/6
Now looking at deaths by CaseDate (date of positive test result) instead of reported date, it is clear that the percentage of 65+ has been falling since early February. However, the data for the past month or so is incomplete.