Well, I'm sure that there are as many cases as being reported as we have quite a few areas to be tested and we have rapid testing in the hospitals with results back in a couple of hours. Cooking the books? Well, that's possible ... but he's been less than honest about other issues; namely unemployment, so I'm no longer buying what he's selling.
My opinion; he should have stood his ground and not shut down the entire state AND kept the hot spots closed until they started to see a decline. He didn't do that. Now we're seeing the results.
Florida governor under fire over claims state is 'cooking the books' on Covid-19Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s faltering response to soaring new coronavirus numbers in his state is descending into acrimony, after an accusation his administration is “cooking the books†in an effort to hide the true impact of the devastating pandemic.
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The claim from the state’s former leading Covid-19 data scientist comes as Florida smashed its own one-day record for new cases of the disease on Friday with 8,942, after two successive days above 5,000 – by far the highest figures since the pandemic began.
The situation in Florida is part of a widespread surge of infections across broad swathes of the US, especially in states – often run by Republicans – which have rushed to reopen their economies.
So far this month, Florida has seen confirmed cases more than double from 56,000 to above 114,000, and set daily records on seven of the last 13 days. Meanwhile, the number of deaths among Florida residents has climbed to almost 3,400.
Rebekah Jones, who says she was fired from her job in charge of the state’s official Covid-19 database in May for refusing to manipulate its figures, claimed on social media to have evidence that employees at Florida’s department of health “have been instructed this week to change the numbers and begin slowly deleting deaths and cases so it looks like Florida is improving next week in the lead-up to July 4, like they’ve ‘made it over the hump’.â€...............
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/26/florida-governor-ron-desantis-republican-coronavirus