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Zorro

(15,722 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 03:22 PM Mar 2022

How safe are Floridians from COVID? State overcounts vaccinations by 600,000 people

More than 100 Florida ZIP codes report more than 100% of their residents are vaccinated. DeSantis and health officials don't plan to investigate this.

Florida has overstated how many residents are vaccinated against COVID-19 by more than half a million people, a Palm Beach Post analysis shows.

Health officials and Gov. Ron DeSantis, who were alerted last year about impossibly high inoculation rates across the state, say they have no plan to fix or investigate this statistical flaw, driven by out-of-staters.

At the same time, Florida does not reveal to the public the number of nonresidents infected in the state.

That means Floridians don't know the true picture of how safe they are from the deadly disease.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/coronavirus/2022/03/24/florida-overcounts-covid-19-vaccinations-because-snowbirds-tourists/6800073001/
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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,082 posts)
3. And apparently this is a creed for the alt-right
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 03:35 PM
Mar 2022

There is no way Florida numbers haven't been cooked from the beginning when Rebekah Jones was fired...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Jones?wprov=sfla1

lpbk2713

(42,736 posts)
11. And hers wasn't just your garden variety termination.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 06:03 PM
Mar 2022


Her home was stormed by Ninja clad SWAT Team members
and she was taken away in handcuffs in front of her kids.

Farmer-Rick

(10,135 posts)
4. Well it's clear most states undercount deaths from Covid
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 03:35 PM
Mar 2022

Now they overcount vaccination rates. Can they do anything right? Bunch of yahoos pretending to do their jobs.

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SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
8. The Majority Of FL Voters Couldn't Care Less
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 04:04 PM
Mar 2022

It's a Red State.....NO, not a Purple State, a Red State. Voted for TFG Twice, repub Governor, repub Senators. Red State.

You get what you vote for.

Biophilic

(3,630 posts)
9. I live in Florida and I don't care what their count is, I'm still wearing a mask and avoiding
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 05:53 PM
Mar 2022

crowded venues. All of my friends are also.

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