Coronavirus update: Florida labs not reporting negative test results, report says

[libertybele]

Ah ... and so the plot thickens ...I question the accuracy of this article  as my husband's test came back negative (lab is one that is listed) -- .  Also, the FL Dept. of Health is listing numbers of tests given and the number of negatives reported. Today, it indicates that the Total People Tested is 2,688,366, Positive - 291,629, Negative, 2,393,614.  Listing all total a 10.8% positive rate.  This is very frustrating to say the least. 
 
Coronavirus update: Florida labs not reporting negative test results, report says

Incomplete reporting from some Florida laboratories resulted in errors on the state’s report on virus positivity rates, according to a Fox 35 News report.

“Countless labs have reported a 100 percent positivity rate, which means every single person tested was positive,” Fox 35 News reported. “Other labs had very high positivity rates.”

Orlando Health, for example, reported a 98 percent positivity rate. Lee Memorial Hospital Lab, PanCare of Florida, Inc and Advance Medical of Naples all reported 100 percent positivity rates; no negative results were included.

That rate implies every person tested had a positive result. Fox News has reached out to the organizations with a request for comment.

Fox 35 News said it investigated the numbers by contacting every local location listed in the report. Orlando Health confirmed errors in the report, and its positivity rate is said to be 9.4 percent, not 98 percent as listed.

Similarly, a VA spokesperson told Fox 35 News that the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s positivity rate is actually 6 percent, not 76 percent as seen on the report. Fox News has reached out to the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center with a request for comment on this story.

The Florida Department of Health confirmed to Fox 35 News on Tuesday that though private and public laboratories are required to immediately report both positive and negative cases, “some have not.”

“Specifically, they said that some smaller, private labs were not reporting negative test result data to the state,” Fox 35 News reported.........

https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-update-florida-labs-not-reporting-negative-test-results-report

FL Dept of Health - report   https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429

[Hoodat]

Reporting negative tests does nothing to help the Democrats win in November.

[libertybele]

Reporting negative tests does nothing to help the Democrats win in November.

I understand that -- the article though states that labs are reporting 100% positivity, if that was accurate, my husband would have tested positive.

[PeteS in CA]

I understand that -- the article though states that labs are reporting 100% positivity, if that was accurate, my husband would have tested positive.

Whether stupid or malicious, this pretty much made data from that part or all of FL dubious. And, yeah, isn't it interesting that the F-ups support the Dems' panic-and-shut-down narrative. Usually real mistakes have random or mixed effects.