turcopelier | Florida is home to 21,933,000 people (see here). How many have succumbed to Covid since March 6, when Florida's Government started keeping tabs on the disease? 7,084.
That means 0.032% of the population have died from Covid in the last
six months. To put this into perspective, the CDC reports for 2017 that
46,044 Floridians died from heart disease. I do not recall nightly news
broadcasts wailing hysterically about fat Floridians eating double
cheeseburgers and clogging their arteries. But less than 8,000 deaths in
six months and we are supposed to put on masks and hide in our closets?
Nonsense.
Let's take a closer look at Sarasota County over the last 30 days. According to the US Census, Sarasota County was inhabited by 433,742 souls as of July 1, 2019. Here are the numbers according to the Florida Covid 19 "Dashboard." Just follow this link and click
on Sarasota County. Five thousand nine hundred seventy four Sarasotans
tested positive since the first of July (July 7 to be precise). That is
1.3% of the total county population. Hospitalized? 360, which represents
0.08%. How about deaths? 160. That is roughly consistent with the
number of deaths recorded state-wide--0.036%.
What about neighboring Manatee County (seat of the city of Bradenton
and winter home of the Pittsburgh Pirates)? Manatee has a slightly
smaller population than Sarsota, weighing in with 413,655 happy inhabitants.
Eight thousand nine hundred fifty six Manatee maniacs tested positive
for Covid--i.e., 2.1%. More have been hospitalized--589, which
represents 0.14%. The death count is 189 or 0.045%.
Ever hear of the concept of "perspective?" I am sure that the
families of those whose kith and kin perished from Covid and/or
co-morbidities exacerbated by Covid don't care a whit about the stats.
But the truth is the disease is not spreading like wildfire. People are
not flooding the hospitals.
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