Well good luck, brother. I've had way more than my share of surgeries, but never anything on my back. Drop me a line when you get it scheduled.
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Well good luck, brother. I've had way more than my share of surgeries, but never anything on my back. Drop me a line when you get it scheduled.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/opini...n-covid-19-deaths-from-public?template=ampart
As fatalities from the virus continue to increase daily, never in recent historical memory has there been a more unsettling display of Florida government’s dark impulses to conceal the truth from its own citizens. Citizens should be outraged.
The state of Florida is hiding information about coronavirus deaths from citizens. Under the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Health (DOH), the state has consistently refused to inform the public about deaths and infections in Florida nursing homes, prisons and now, coronavirus deaths as documented by public medical examiners.
Crucial reporting from the Miami Herald last week detailed the state of Florida's decision to blackout large swaths of public information from data sheets about statewide deaths due to coronavirus.
Barbara Petersen, president emeritus of the First Amendment Foundation, told the Herald, "For whatever reason, our governor is trying to hide information — first about nursing homes, and now from medical examiners. They are trying to paint a rosy picture by refusing to provide us accurate information that allows us to make informed decisions about the health and safety of our families."
The public data is crucial in the midst of this crisis, in part because death and illness reporting from multiple state organizations does not match up. The Herald explained that death counts from the FDLE don't align with reported fatalities from the Health Department.
And as recently as a month ago, death counts from the medical examiners were about 10% higher than figures released by the DOH.
The most recent records in question were previously being released by the Medical Examiners Commission until the DeSantis administration ordered them to stop and redact certain information about the deaths.
This is DeSantis' dark pattern: Citizens are facing a health crisis and the governor tries to prevent them from seeing the truth.
In the midst of outbreaks at elder-care centers and nursing homes, DeSantis sought to shield the names of the facilities from citizens whose family members might be at risk inside.
The Florida Dept. of Corrections (DOC) hid the numbers of cases at state prisons for weeks.
And as noted by the Herald, the DeSantis administration is still hiding information about the backlog of testing results from private labs, which are handling 90% of all testing in the state.
This defiance of transparency in a state of emergency is inexcusable. Florida governors of every political party have shown far more commitment to public safety and the basic right to know during times of statewide crisis. It's a fundamental value that would undoubtedly be upheld by Republican governors like Jeb Bush and Bob Martinez, just as well as Democrats such as Reubin Askew and Bob Graham.
Why DeSantis has been dead set on concealing the truth from you in this moment of crisis defies understanding.
Our news organizations have once again committed to file suit for the public information on your behalf — on behalf of truth, transparency and public safety.
We strongly encourage citizens of all political parties to contact the governor's office as well as your state legislators and condemn the state's ongoing attack on your right to essential public health information.
As fatalities from the virus continue to increase daily, never in recent historical memory has there been a more unsettling display of Florida government’s dark impulses to conceal the truth from its own citizens. Citizens should be outraged.
The state of Florida is hiding information about coronavirus deaths from citizens. Under the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Health (DOH), the state has consistently refused to inform the public about deaths and infections in Florida nursing homes, prisons and now, coronavirus deaths as documented by public medical examiners.
Crucial reporting from the Miami Herald last week detailed the state of Florida's decision to blackout large swaths of public information from data sheets about statewide deaths due to coronavirus.
Barbara Petersen, president emeritus of the First Amendment Foundation, told the Herald, "For whatever reason, our governor is trying to hide information — first about nursing homes, and now from medical examiners. They are trying to paint a rosy picture by refusing to provide us accurate information that allows us to make informed decisions about the health and safety of our families."
The public data is crucial in the midst of this crisis, in part because death and illness reporting from multiple state organizations does not match up. The Herald explained that death counts from the FDLE don't align with reported fatalities from the Health Department.
And as recently as a month ago, death counts from the medical examiners were about 10% higher than figures released by the DOH.
The most recent records in question were previously being released by the Medical Examiners Commission until the DeSantis administration ordered them to stop and redact certain information about the deaths.
This is DeSantis' dark pattern: Citizens are facing a health crisis and the governor tries to prevent them from seeing the truth.
In the midst of outbreaks at elder-care centers and nursing homes, DeSantis sought to shield the names of the facilities from citizens whose family members might be at risk inside.
The Florida Dept. of Corrections (DOC) hid the numbers of cases at state prisons for weeks.
And as noted by the Herald, the DeSantis administration is still hiding information about the backlog of testing results from private labs, which are handling 90% of all testing in the state.
This defiance of transparency in a state of emergency is inexcusable. Florida governors of every political party have shown far more commitment to public safety and the basic right to know during times of statewide crisis. It's a fundamental value that would undoubtedly be upheld by Republican governors like Jeb Bush and Bob Martinez, just as well as Democrats such as Reubin Askew and Bob Graham.
Why DeSantis has been dead set on concealing the truth from you in this moment of crisis defies understanding.
Our news organizations have once again committed to file suit for the public information on your behalf — on behalf of truth, transparency and public safety.
We strongly encourage citizens of all political parties to contact the governor's office as well as your state legislators and condemn the state's ongoing attack on your right to essential public health information.
No it doesn’t. People get sick all the time in the summer. WTF is wrong with you?
Earlier in this thread we were told how lucky we are to have DeSantis as our governor.
You could have a corrupt meth addict instead or even better Cuomo.
I would go the the state's websites that I linked somewhere today before getting on board with that article. At least one of the state sites breaks down the numbers by long term care, and prisons.
There's no way to know for sure if any of the numbers are accurate. That said, there's no real evidence they aren't. Reporters say it, without any basis, and all of a sudden people are taking it as fact.
I stated before that my preferred candidate was Gwen Graham.
Do you think they're hiding all the positives in the backlog or something?
And how is DeSantis hiding information he doesn't even have?
For the handful of state labs they control the data entry on the samples, so they know what is pending, but we don't have access to the lab data systems used at the dozens and dozens of private labs that are doing the bulk of the testing.
If we hired some people to gather and collate this data, what do you think we'd gain?
How many weeks does this 'backlog' concern hold water?
Florida testing results have gone from 429,170 to 717,162 in the last two weeks.
Overall positive rate keeps declining.
Oh, and at least two data panes in the DOH COVID dashboard are currently broken
You know the Dems had a simple solution to all of this. They could have nominated Gwen Graham. Instead, they nominated Andrew Gillum. Good job, guys.
We can disagree on DeSantis all day, but I think she would have done a good job too. Still wondering how the hell Gillum got ahead of her. I wasn’t a fan of some of her policies, but I thought she was a decent candidate I’d be willing to consider.
There no conspiracy. She is no longer on the project, she said it wasn’t voluntary, and the site wasn’t running as well afterwards. She said she left because she was asked to change data. That’s not a conspiracy. That’s just Florida being Florida.
BTW, I run ArcGIS sites too.
I see you this, and raise you not stopping Joe Biden from running against Hillary in 2016.
It will requires actors conducting a secret and unlawful plan to hide deaths from the public in the Florida.
Here's what I've found so far regarding specifics of what Jones was asked to change:
"According to internal emails reviewed by the Times, Department of Health I.T. Director Craig Curry emailed Rebekah Jones just before 5 p.m. on May 5. He cited Dr. Carina Blackmore, Director for the Division of Disease Control and Health Protection.
“Per Dr. Blackmore, disable the ability to export the data to files from the dashboard immediately. We need to ensure that dates (date fields) in all objects match their counterpart on the PDF line list published,” Curry wrote.
The tables in the PDF documents did not include the column of data showing when symptoms were first reported, only the “Case Date” — the date the state recorded and confirmed the case."
I went ahead and downloaded what they have posted online.
Let's help Tribe build his case.
Here are the deaths listed in the table:
Thank you for the info. Hopefully the media will print the truth eventually.It will requires actors conducting a secret and unlawful plan to hide deaths from the public in the Florida.
Here's what I've found so far regarding specifics of what Jones was asked to change:
"According to internal emails reviewed by the Times, Department of Health I.T. Director Craig Curry emailed Rebekah Jones just before 5 p.m. on May 5. He cited Dr. Carina Blackmore, Director for the Division of Disease Control and Health Protection.
“Per Dr. Blackmore, disable the ability to export the data to files from the dashboard immediately. We need to ensure that dates (date fields) in all objects match their counterpart on the PDF line list published,” Curry wrote.
The tables in the PDF documents did not include the column of data showing when symptoms were first reported, only the “Case Date” — the date the state recorded and confirmed the case."
I went ahead and downloaded what they have posted online.
Let's help Tribe build his case.
Here are the deaths listed in the table:
Kate Brown took a very volatile situation, with a major city and hub for travel from Asia, and handled it wonderfully. She’s consistently rated in the top 5 of governors in dealing with the virus. We discussed her in the thread on the governors who did best, and Oregonians clearly disagree with you. Sorry to ruin your masterbatory political fantasies.
Shut it all down! Back to the basements. No public gatherings except mass political protests for approved causes.
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