Pay attention FLORIDA...
Obviously, the people in Florida are not paying attention. Every day I check the numbers for new cases of COVID-19 and the numbers were dropping. Social distancing was actually working. Was is the operative.The numbers are on the rise. We've lost a month now. Yesterday on local news they were talking about reopening some businesses. Not if this is what is happening. On a chart by county, I look at the age groups who are most affected.
The blue and dark blue areas in the bottom (east coast) is significant to me.
Dade County (Miami area) 45-54
Broward County (Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale area) 45-64
Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach, Boca Raton area) 55-74
There are many 55 and over communities in Palm Beach County where I now live. There was a spike last Saturday, dropped for a dew days and nearly doubled at the end of the week. This is raising the overall state numbers, but the activity is concentrated in these 3 counties.
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Cause of death reporting methods now, may actually drive the total far higher than it really is in the U.S.
We've had years of over a 10% death rate of pandemic proportion for what we know here in the U.S. Globally it's estimated that influenza kills about 290-650,000 annually.
It can also lead to pneumonia. It's different every year. Some light and some heavy with the in betweens.