Congressman says Florida's handling of coronavirus a model for the country

[libertybele]

Congressman says Florida's handling of coronavirus a model for the country

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., touted his state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and suggested that it can serve as a model for other parts of the country, as Florida begins to slowly reopen some public areas........

On CBS's "Face The Nation" on Sunday, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx praised the Florida Department of Health website.

"I am trying to really drive Americans to a website that I think is really quite extraordinary," she said. "If you go to the Florida public health website on COVID, they've been able to show their communities cases and tests district by district, county by county, zip code by zip code."

"That's the kind of knowledge and power we need to put into the hands of the American people so that they can see where the virus is, where the cases are and make decisions," she explained................

https://www.foxnews.com/media/congressman-florida-can-be-a-model-for-much-of-country

[Smokin Joe]

I guess he didn't look here, but he's from Fla., so why would he?

[libertybele]

I'd say considering the population of FL v population of ND, FL has done pretty darn good!

Population of North Dakota:  762,000

Population of Florida:  21,480,000

Positive cases in Florida -- 27,495  -- 0.00128 of the population


Total Tests 278,888   Positive  27,495  Negative 249,564  Percent Positive 9.9%

[Smokin Joe]

Let's compare:

Population of North Dakota:  762,000

Population of Florida:  21,480,000

Positive cases in Florida -- 27,495  -- 0.00128 of the population


Total Tests 278,888   Positive  27,495  Negative 249,564  Percent Positive 9.9%

Florida infections per 10,000 pop. 12.8
North Dakota infections per 10,000 pop. 8.22
Positive cases (as tested) in ND: 0.00082 (0.082%) of the population
Active cases in ND: .057% of the population.


(actually, what I was comparing was the level of data available on the website)

[libertybele]

Florida infections per 10,000 pop. 12.8
North Dakota infections per 10,000 pop. 8.22
Positive cases (as tested) in ND: 0.00082 (0.082%) of the population
Active cases in ND: .057% of the population.


(actually, what I was comparing was the level of data available on the website)

Yes, absolutely, that is one thing that I noticed right away.