Don't make assumptions.
Like you did with the hospital data?
Don't make assumptions.
Who is this hack? The hospitalization data from the COVID dashboard is provided by the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration, a state which is more than likely underreporting statistics.
Here is the leading database (COVID Tracking Project).
Substantial and clear downward trend in Florida hospitalizations. Down 28% from July 21st peak.
Florida
Cases, testing, hospitalization, outcomes, long-term-care, and race and ethnicity data for Florida, plus data sources, notes, and grade.covidtracking.com
That's the data these news outlets are using. It isn't limited to primary diagnosis of Covid.Here is the leading database (COVID Tracking Project).
Substantial and clear downward trend in Florida hospitalizations. Down 28% from July 21st peak.
Florida
Cases, testing, hospitalization, outcomes, long-term-care, and race and ethnicity data for Florida, plus data sources, notes, and grade.covidtracking.com
Debatable on what is the leading tracker (unless that has been decided elsewhere), but ok. There is a clear inverse relationship between current hospitalizations and deaths. Which means that some of those that were hospitalized have likely died. Not good.Here is the leading database (COVID Tracking Project).
Substantial and clear downward trend in Florida hospitalizations. Down 28% from July 21st peak.
Florida
Cases, testing, hospitalization, outcomes, long-term-care, and race and ethnicity data for Florida, plus data sources, notes, and grade.covidtracking.com
1.) Most news reports I've seen use the state COVID dashboard https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/d2726d6c01c4486181fec2d4373b01fa/page/page_0/That's the data these news outlets are using. It isn't limited to primary diagnosis of Covid.
The primary diagnosis is a relatively new tab on AHCA's webisite and they even announce that here. This is part of the issue people had with the way FL was reporting. They only showed cumulative hospitalizations without breaking out suspected vs positive vs primary diagnosis. AHCA's doing that now, but they only show the current stats.
Some of you just believe the fear **** without actually understanding what it means
This seems like a pretty easy number to verify without mental gymnastics. Is this the biggest single day/week of COVID hospitalizations in FL or not?
They're running out of juice. Scrambling as we speak for a new outrage.The numbers are low even when it’s fake
This is from data provided at covidtracking.com, it's run by the Atlantic, which is definitely no a right wing group and it's what NBC used for their sensational report about record hospitalizations. As you can see from @DMoney's link, they only have cumulative hospitalizations, so you have to calculate net new hospitalizations. There is no way from that to tell how many people are currently in the hospital, the number of discharges, or the length of stay. The AHCA link I gave earlier has a tab for currently hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of Covid, but that's new.Debatable on what is the leading tracker (unless that has been decided elsewhere), but ok. There is a clear inverse relationship between current hospitalizations and deaths. Which means that some of those that were hospitalized have likely died. Not good.
Long way to go, though...No. All metrics suggest we are past peak.
Florida
Cases, testing, hospitalization, outcomes, long-term-care, and race and ethnicity data for Florida, plus data sources, notes, and grade.covidtracking.com
The state dashboard is from the FL DOH's reported numbers that are the same as covidtracking.com.1.) Most news reports I've seen use the state COVID dashboard https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/d2726d6c01c4486181fec2d4373b01fa/page/page_0/
2.) We just going to act like any of this data is reliable and Florida isn't juking the stats?
The state dashboard is from the FL DOH's reported numbers that are the same as covidtracking.com.
The media is reporting a record in new hospitalizations over the past week based on the data provided. That is different than currently hospitalized; people may be discharging or dying.The state dashboard is from the FL DOH's reported numbers that are the same as covidtracking.com.
They may also not have had a primary diagnosis of covid. That's the point. I've given you tons of sources. If you really, really want to believe things are worse off in FL than they are, go right ahead.The media is reporting a record in new hospitalizations over the past week based on the data provided. That is different than currently hospitalized; people may be discharging or dying.
He didn't write that. "Their" was spelled correctly.
As I've mentioned previously the Florida AHCA defines a COVID-19 hospitalization as, "primary diagnosis of COVID-19." The state dashboard cited in most of these news articles get its hospitalization data from the AHCA.They may also not have had a primary diagnosis of covid. That's the point. I've given you tons of sources. If you really, really want to believe things are worse off in FL than they are, go right ahead.