{"id":106516,"date":"2021-09-01T15:07:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=106516"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:07:33","slug":"florida-covid-19-data-was-changed-to-create-artificial-decline-in-deaths-during-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=106516","title":{"rendered":"Florida Covid-19 Data Was Changed to Create \u201cArtificial Decline\u201d in Deaths During Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=106516\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=106516\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106517 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/florida-coronavirus-cases-promo-1585538942365-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600-v315-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/florida-coronavirus-cases-promo-1585538942365-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600-v315-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/florida-coronavirus-cases-promo-1585538942365-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600-v315-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/florida-coronavirus-cases-promo-1585538942365-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600-v315-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/florida-coronavirus-cases-promo-1585538942365-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600-v315.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Nikki Slusher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apparently New York isn\u2019t the only state who found ways to smudge around some of their covid-19 numbers. While the delta variant is spreading like a wildfire throughout Florida, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has published data on the variant that suggests this can end up as the most serious and deadly surge in coronavirus infections since the pandemic began last year.<\/p>\n<p>This August cases in Florida skyrocketed and hospital ICUs statewide began reaching maximum capacity. Coincidentally, this is when the Florida Department of Health decided to change how they reported data to the CDC on covid related deaths, which gave the appearance that the pandemic was in decline in the state. An analysis of the data was completed by the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, who released the initial report on their findings.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Herald\u2019s analysis shows that on Monday the state\u2019s data on coronavirus deaths would\u2019ve reflected a daily average of 262 deaths reported to the CDC during the previous week under the health department\u2019s prior reporting system; however, Florida\u2019s Monday update reflected only 46 \u201cnew deaths\u201d per day over the seven day timespan. So how come there\u2019s such a dramatic difference in these numbers? The answer is simple \u2014 a small change made in the fine print.<\/p>\n<p>Up until this last month, the data collected by the DOH and published by the CDC had counted deaths using the date recorded. This is one of the most common methods used by states to provide daily statistics. But Florida and a handful of other states decided to change this method, starting to tally new deaths from on the day the individual died. Sounds like no big deal, right? Well it\u2019s actually a huge deal.<\/p>\n<p>By charting recent deaths using Florida\u2019s new methodology (i.e. based on date of death) the data will initially appear that deaths are on a declining slope, even if it\u2019s during spikes like the one currently happening. This is due to the time delay between evaluating and processing death certificates. Once those numbers are finally available, they are then added to the final death data. The later add-one are problematic because this creates a spike where a downslope once existed and moving it forward in time.<\/p>\n<p>The Herald spoke with Shivani Patel, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at Emery University, told the outlet that the move is \u201cextremely problematic.\u201d The decision to switch Florida\u2019s recording method came without any notice or explanation, but now shows the state in an \u201cartificial decline\u201d in cases. \u201cIt would like like we are doing better than we are,\u201d Patel said.<\/p>\n<p>The switch-up came just a day after the FL DOH\u2019s official Twitter account released a string of tweets that accused the CDC of publishing false and incorrect numbers, but failed to offer any evidence or explanation to support these claims.<\/p>\n<p>Florida is having a rough week between the pandemic and Gov. Ron DeSantis deciding to withhold the salaries for school boards in two counties for requiring students to wear masks in classrooms. Since these implemented mask mandates defied DeSantis\u2019 executive order which banned mask mandates in schools. Richard Corcoran, Florida\u2019s Commissioner of Education, said the department has withheld the monthly salaries of school board members in Alachua and Broward counties.<br \/>\nCorcoran defended this reasoning in his statement citing \u201ceach district has implemented a mandatory face mask police that violates parental rights by not allowing a parent or legal guardian to opt-out their child.&#8221; He continued, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to fight to protect parent&#8217;s rights to make health care decisions for their children.\u201d Corcoran also noted that the penalties are expected to carry on until the school board\u2019s comply with the governor\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n<p>This comes just a week after a judge ruled that DeSantis\u2019 order was \u201cwithout legal authority.\u201d The judge also issued an injunction blocking the department from bringing on penalties against school districts that implement mask mandates. The final judgement has still yet to be formally entered, per the Miami Herald\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nikki Slusher Apparently New York isn\u2019t the only state who found ways to smudge around some of their covid-19 numbers. While the delta variant is spreading like a wildfire throughout Florida, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has published data on the variant that suggests this can end up as the most serious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18030],"tags":[27319],"class_list":["post-106516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-news","tag-florida-covid-19-data-was-changed-to-create-artificial-decline-in-deaths-during-surge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106516"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}