The covid debate is looking very similar to the climate change fiasco.....
Even the two videos posted have conflicting data; one is saying to social distance, one is saying it isn't necessary.
The data from various different sources, especially from the WHO and the CDC have been conflicting or they do a reversal of what they first told us we need to do.
I went back through the minimal data that is provided by the health department for our state. The entire state is still seeing less than 1% of the entire population that has been infected and there are definitely certain hot spots; primarily of a Latino population where over 20% of the population is infected. In my county we are seeing zip codes with 3% of the population infected, those areas are primarily occupied by the Black population. The entire county is still showing a positivity rate of less than 1%.
So the "news" has been reporting that our hospitals are at capacity but the number of COVID related hospitalizations reported by the FL Dept. of health for the county is 650 - hospital capacity in this area is appx. 1800 -- the problem though is the number of ICU beds -- the amount of ICU beds are at capacity -- even converting beds/areas into ICU.
This county has 4 major hospitals and one is adding an additional 300 beds but under construction. For the past 10 years, this area has reported a shortage of hospital beds and medical staff. Hello --- perhaps time to add on to another hospital.