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Covid to all the Anti-Vaxers ... (Original Post) doublethink Aug 2021 OP
Florida deaths have plummeted according to CDC at140 Aug 2021 #1
the result of changing in how they attribute deaths Terry_M Aug 2021 #2
I am in Florida, and my understanding is.... at140 Sep 2021 #3

Terry_M

(745 posts)
2. the result of changing in how they attribute deaths
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 10:52 PM
Aug 2021

it's in the other news from the day.
They used to attribute deaths the day they process them.
Up to now, if they process 200 deaths today, they would post them today, whether the person died yesterday, or 5 days ago.
Now, they rewind the deaths back to the day the person died. So if they process 200 deaths today, only like 5 might go to today. 30 will probably go to yesterday, 40 to 2 days ago, and the rest to days even further back.

By this formula, it's harder to tell if your deaths are actually going up or not, you can tell a few days later... Just what the trend is. Today/yesterday will always look like mortality went down.

at140

(6,110 posts)
3. I am in Florida, and my understanding is....
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:45 PM
Sep 2021

Florida changed from reporting deaths daily to reporting deaths weekly.
CDC divides the weekly count by 7 to publish it's daily numbers.

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