Florida Deaths Double Every Four Days - Governor Still Not Listening |

[bhaigan]

Deaths from the new coronavirus are on track to double every four days in Florida, prompting pleas from public health officials for people to stay home to flatten the epidemic’s curve and avoid the surge of sick patients that are straining New York City’s hospitals.

Twenty-nine people have died so far in Florida, according to the state’s official tally. New York — the outbreak’s epicenter in the United States — has reported 385 deaths, a number that is on pace to double every two days.

Deaths by state

The number of people who have died in Florida from the new coronavirus has nearly doubled every four days, according to the latest figures from the state's health department. The state has so far stayed below the rate of places like New York and New Jersey, where the number of people that have died has increased exponentially.

 

Note: The chart above illustrates states' death growth calculated using a log scale to show exponential growth. Data comes from the Florida Department of Health and COVID Tracking Project.

The full extent of the pandemic’s toll in Florida can’t be projected with certainty, but the virus likely will continue to be a threat for months as opposed to weeks, said Mary Jo Trepka, an epidemiologist at Florida International University.

“You see a range of estimates because there are a lot of unknowns,” she said. "There are unknowns as to how much spread has occurred. There are unknowns as to how well people will adhere to social distancing. It is safe to say this is not going to be over in weeks. It could well be months.”

Three of Florida’s confirmed deaths have occurred in Broward County; all were residents of Atria Willow Wood, a Fort Lauderdale assisted-living facility. Three more deaths were announced Thursday by the company that owns the 18-acre complex on West Commercial Boulevard. A 67-year-old doctor from Margate who tested positive also died, Broward Medical Examiner Craig Mallak said. Those additional four deaths have not been confirmed by the state and are not included in the official tally.

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Public health officials in South Florida are urging residents to stay home to minimize the spread of the disease.

“If we don’t do what the CDC and what the experts in epidemiology and in the science of pandemics are telling us to do, South Florida will be in the same situation as New York City is in today,” said Dr. Alina Alonso, Palm Beach County’s health department director. "We can stop that from happening.”

Although an imperfect barometer, deaths are considered to be a more reliable indicator of how the epidemic is unfolding than infections, because testing varies by location.

On the state level, Florida has acted less aggressively than New York to implement stringent social-distancing measures.

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Florida was among the first states to close bars, issuing an order shutting them down on St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. Restaurants were told to operate at 50% capacity.

But Gov. Ron DeSantis was slower to implement more aggressive measures. New York City shut down bars and restaurant dining rooms on March 17, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo closed nonessential businesses on March 22.

DeSantis didn’t shut down restaurant dining rooms statewide until March 20. He also has opted against doing a statewide stay-at-home order, although some local communities, including Broward and Orange counties, have.

DeSantis also ordered travelers from the New York City metro area to isolate themselves for 14 days upon arriving to Florida. South Florida Sun Sentinel reporters found visible screening was nonexistent Wednesday at Fort Lauderdale’s airport.

As testing has increased, new cases are rising by the hundreds daily in Florida — on a pace to double every three days.Epidemiologists, though, have an incomplete picture because testing is still limited in most areas.

New York has done four times the testing, when adjusted for population, than Florida. Florida has tested about 27,000 people compared with about 100,000 people who have been tested in New York, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

[bhaigan]

@Sucker  FL chala important state thatha ki ikkada theda jarigindi anuko iga itthade thatha ki

[r2d2]

Governor Still Not Listening
 

Deaf Santis...😀

[bhaigan]

Just now, r2d2 said:

Governor Still Not Listening
 

Deaf Santis...😀

Governor lu bokka peduthunaru thatha ki

[bhaigan]

Hydroxi Chloroquine  ni kuda ee Governor lu block chesthunaru ani pedda talk nadusthundi

[LazyRohit]

governor gadini kalichi 10gandi vaa

[r2d2]

As Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to resist calls to shut down Florida to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, he's been in close contact with a powerful constituency: big business.

Some of the state's largest business groups, which donate millions to Republican candidates each year, have been lobbying DeSantis and his staff to keep the state open.

The Florida Chamber of Commerce have spoken frequently with the governor and his staff, urging him not to take drastic measures that might shut down the state's economy. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association has been asking for ways to help their industries stay afloat.

Their message: Don't let the cure be worse than the disease.

[bhaigan]

FL gurinchi telusu kada swinging state, 2016 lo thatha victory FL nunche start ayindi ikkada theda jarigithe iga anthe sangatulu

[Sucker]

26 minutes ago, bhaigan said:

@Sucker  FL chala important state thatha ki ikkada theda jarigindi anuko iga itthade thatha ki

2 days munde vesa ga baa post limited testing vundi ikkada. Oka rakanga cheppali ante manipulation type try chesthunnaru. Problem is mild and severe cases critical ayyela vunnai ee late valla. Testing thondaraga aithe mild and severe ni stay at home type la cheyochu. But maa gov gadu thikkalodu. Anthenduku nenu vunna county la kuda first stay at home annaru shops anni close annaru ippudu shops owners request tho shops anni open chesthunnam ani cheppadu  adi vaa situation FL la.

[fasak_vachadu]

2 minutes ago, Sucker said:

2 days munde vesa ga baa post limited testing vundi ikkada. Oka rakanga cheppali ante manipulation type try chesthunnaru. Problem is mild and severe cases critical ayyela vunnai ee late valla. Testing thondaraga aithe mild and severe ni stay at home type la cheyochu. But maa gov gadu thikkalodu. Anthenduku nenu vunna county la kuda first stay at home annaru shops anni close annaru ippudu shops owners request tho shops anni open chesthunnam ani cheppadu  adi vaa situation FL la.

New York governer kuda stay home ante stay home you can go out ani speech lo cheppandu 

dog tho walking groceries anduke inni cases

[Sucker]

Just now, fasak_vachadu said:

New York governer kuda stay home ante stay home you can go out ani speech lo cheppandu 

dog tho walking groceries anduke inni cases

Good going... maa FL aa list la vundakudadu ani prayer karthaaa hoon.