White House report warns Florida faces 'significant fatalities' in coronavirus uptick

[Zorro]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Florida will see “significant fatalities for many weeks” as the state faces a full resurgence of the deadly coronavirus, the latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force warned.

The Jan. 10 report, released to the Tampa Bay Times on Friday, said the rapidly growing numbers of cases is stressing the staffing of hospitals. It continued to place Florida in the red zone for its numbers of new cases and said that 11 percent of the state’s hospitals are reporting a staffing shortage, a slight increase from the prior week.

The White House Coronavirus Task Force, which is led by Vice President Mike Pence, produces weekly reports for each state. The reports have frequently urged Florida and other states to take steps to mitigate the spread of the virus, including limiting capacity at bars and restaurants and implementing policies on face masks.

The Jan. 10 report notes the emergence of a potentially more contagious strain of the virus as a reason for Florida to take stringent measures to prevent the spread of the infection.

“Aggressive mitigation must be used to match a more aggressive virus,” the report recommended, adding that “without uniform implementation of effective face masking ... and strict physical distancing, epidemics could quickly worsen.”

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/01/15/white-house-report-warns-florida-faces-significant-fatalities-in-coronavirus-uptick/

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And what is DeSantis’ top legislative priority? Stopping censorship of conservatives online.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/01/14/desantis-top-legislative-priority-stopping-censorship-of-conservatives-online/

[gibraltar72]

2. I don't see why, Ron Deathsentence has done everything Trump told him to.

[procon]

3. Probably should have followed Dr Fauci's guidelines

For wearing a mask and social distancing instead of acting like bratty kids defying their mommy. So many lives could have been saved, hospitals would have fewer Corid 19 patients... Woulda.. Coulda... Shoulda.

Mae no difference now. The bad leadership remains n office, repeating the same bad decisions.

[iluvtennis]

4. DeSantis is a jackass. He needs to be voted out in 2022. nt

[fearnobush]

5. Florida probably already has 50k deaths

DeScamtis hides the data.

[SeattleVet]

6. Of *course* they are going to see more death and destruction.

tRump is moving there next week. It just comes with the territory.

[BlueIdaho]

8. Welcome to Mar-a-Lago

Please pay your annual dues before your trip to the hospital.

[progree]

9. Hmm, right now Florida is about median in daily new cases per capita and test rate and positivity

Last edited Sat Jan 16, 2021, 01:53 AM - Edit history (6)

and a bit better than median in deaths per capita (but deaths lag cases, so deaths will likely be catching up, as new cases have been in a serious uptrend, like most other states)

In all the below, the lower the ranking number, the better. E.g. #1 is the best state, #50 is the worst state.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

#26 lowest in daily new cases per 100K, 7 day moving average: 67 per 100K (25 states are lower, 24 are higher)

Edited to add:
#21 lowest in daily new deaths per 100K, 7 day moving average, 0.75 per 100K (20 states are lower, 29 are higher)

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https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/tracker/overview

#21 highest in testing rates: Tests per 100k: 553 per 100K -- 20 states have higher testing rates, 29 have lower testing rates

#26 lowest in positivity rate, 11.6% -- 25 states have lower positivity rates, 24 states have higher positivity rates.

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Edited to add new deaths statistics by popular request. I tend to focus on cases because they lead deaths by about a month.

[thesquanderer]

10. ...as opposed to the insignificant fatalaties thus far...? (n/t)

[keithbvadu2]

11. The report must have slipped past Dotard who would normally try to stop it.

The report must have slipped past Dotard who would normally try to stop it.

DeSantis would try to ignore or minimize it.