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kpete

(71,997 posts)
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 01:40 PM Sep 2020

Florida epidemic surging in teens and college age kids ever since schools reopened.

📍BAD WARNING SIGN—Florida epidemic surging in teens and college age kids ever since schools reopened. Heat map by @zorinaq tells the worrisome story.

➡️ Also note June epidemic also preceded by young adult infection spike that spread to older adults. Maybe restarting. #COVID19




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Florida epidemic surging in teens and college age kids ever since schools reopened. (Original Post) kpete Sep 2020 OP
Yeah ... Iliyah Sep 2020 #1
Putin wants Americans dead & debilitated! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #2
Per Johns-Hopkins,... ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #3
"We're rounding the corner." sarcasmo Sep 2020 #4
well...at least Florida is only dealing.. stillcool Sep 2020 #5
Must be more fake news since it's all a hoax. lindysalsagal Sep 2020 #6

ProfessorGAC

(65,085 posts)
3. Per Johns-Hopkins,...
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 01:47 PM
Sep 2020

...Florida has a positivity of 13.4. The US overall is 5.2.
The average of their daily testing is under 20,000. By contrast, the average in Illinois is 40,000 tests per day.
And, we've got 10 million fewer people than Florida.
Doesn't look like DeSantis is trying very hard.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
5. well...at least Florida is only dealing..
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 02:06 PM
Sep 2020

with an epidemic, rather than a pandemic. Maybe that's what happens when you mix a pandemic with a hoax virus.

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