Disasters in Slow Motion (pt. 25) - Oct 26, 2020

Since facebook is discontinuing this feature, this will likely be the last of the Facebook posted notes on this matter (other than announcing a new home for them should I continue). It is a shame, because the note feature was one of my favorite things about Facebook and, since the new update has broken facebook for me, I’ll likely be around a LOT less.

October 26, 2020 (16:04 GMT) - Actual Numbers vs. October 15, 2020 (16:08 GMT)
Worldwide Cases: 43,486,816 (+4,551,249)
Worldwide Deaths: 1,160,968 (+61,521)
Worldwide Mortality Rate: 2.67% (-0.15%)
Worldwide Mortality Rate (without US): 2.69% (-0.16%)
US Cases: 8,898,410 (+729,412)
US Deaths: 230,556 (+8,394)
US Mortality Rate: 2.59% (-0.13%)
US Total Recovered: 5,781,451 (+490,941)
US Total Recovered (including Deaths): 6,012,007 (+499,335)
Florida/Collier Cases: 782,013 (+37,025) / **
Florida/Collier Deaths: 16,457 (+720) / **
Florida/Collier Mortality Rate: 2.10% (-.01%) / **
Florida Total Recovered: 559,206 (-112,786*)

* It is becoming increasingly more obvious that Florida numbers cannot be trusted. The number of recovered cases certainly should not have DROPPED by over 100k people. It looks like the numbers were intentionally misreported to justify expanding the state’s reopening.

** Florida has ceased reporting Covid-19 information by county to any legitimate body collecting information.

Florida Cases/Recoveries (including deaths)
April 14 (23:59 GMT): 21,628 / 1,215 - Starting Numbers
May 1: Phase 1 Begins
May 02 (23:06 GMT): 35,463 (+13,583) / 2,050 (+835)
July 9 (11:00 GMT): 223,783 (188,320) / 34,080 (+22.030)
July 12 (14:35 GMT): 254,511 (+30,728) / 36,267 (+2,817)
July 19 (20:02 GMT): 350,047 (+95,536) / 42,395 (+6,128)
August 4 (16:53 GMT): 497,330 (+147,283) / 50,302 (+12,907)
August 31 (17:26 GMT): 623,471 (+126,141) / 90,018 (+39,716)
September 7 (02:17 GMT): 646,431 (+22,960) / 111,544 (+21,526)
September 14: Phase 2 Begins
September 17 (21:38 GMT): 674,456 (+28,025) / 186,943 (+75,399)
September 26: Phase 3 Begins
September 27 (01:51 GMT): 698,836 (+24,226) / 290,988 (+104,055)
October 07, 2020 (16:06 GMT): 720,125 (+21,289) / 398,102 (+121,127)
October 15, 2020 (16:15 GMT): 744,988 (+24,683) / 671,992 (+273,890)
October 26, 2020 (16:04 GMT): 782,01On the bright 3 *(+37,025)* / 559,206 (-112,786)

On the bright side, cases in Florida are still trending downwards faster than new cases reported, but the figures being reported are looking more and more like misinformation. This is why the person responsible for setting up the Florida tracking website quite, she claimed she was being pressured to falsify numbers. Now we have had two MAJOR number corrections in about as many weeks and that is increasingly troubling. Worse still is the cessation of countywide report, making it harder to tell where in the state might be safer than others.

With the beginning of snowbird season having already started, I am not upbeat about our chances anymore.