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Florida having outliers like that does not look good. Florida's governor is still refusing to close beaches, which are packed with people, many of them traveli
by kjaftaedi 7y ago
Florida having outliers like that does not look good.
Florida's governor is still refusing to close beaches, which are packed with people, many of them traveling long distances to get there (spring break), with countless people being interviewed on camera saying they don't care..
Some cities are finally taking measures into their own hand and closing beaches, but at the moment it's only a few.
Given the fact that Florida's population tends to skew older, the data mixed with the public response is concerning.
- coldcode 7y agoOr there is sampling bias in Florida, maybe insufficient thermometers or some other error? It' seems bizarre to me that one state has way more problems, yet the numbers are not terribly high compared to Washington of CV19. Our governors incompetence is alarming in any case, though not unexpected.
- MiroF 7y agoI believe that Florida is also one of the oldest states which might skew the numbers. Too many thermometers doesn’t seem to me like it would naturally skew the data in the way that it has. This info, paired with the recent infection of a US congressman from Florida, makes me suspect they may have a lot of unrealized cases.
- GrayShade 7y agoWhat do you mean by oldest and how would it skew the numbers? Are you referring to the age distribution of the people living there?
- MiroF 7y ago1. Age distribution of people living there 2. It would skew the numbers (by conjecture) if a higher proportion of people were old because then a higher proportion of people acquiring the disease would have high fever.