Two days ago I posted this: Keep an eye out - playing with the numbers - COVID
Today, we have this from the Orlando, Florida FOX affiliate:
FOX 35 INVESTIGATES: Hospitals confirm mistakes in Florida’s COVID-19 report
The Florida Department of Health released its daily coronavirus testing report showing a statewide positivity rate of 11 percent, but FOX 35 News investigated and quickly noticed some shocking positivity rates.
Countless labs have reported a 100 percent positivity rate, which means every single person tested was positive. Other labs had very high positivity rates. FOX 35 found that testing sites like Centra Care reported that 83 people were tested and all tested positive. Then, NCF Diagnostics in Alachua reported 88 percent of tests were positive.
How could that be? FOX 35 News investigated these astronomical numbers, contacting every local location mentioned in the report.
The report showed that Orlando Health had a 98 percent positivity rate. However, when FOX 35 News contacted the hospital, they confirmed errors in the report. Orlando Health's positivity rate is only 9.4 percent, not 98 percent as in the report.
Much more at the site - there is also a 2:30 video with additional reporting.
The numbers do not fit the narrative so do they change the narrative? No, they change the numbers.
Take all COVID reporting with a grain of salt.
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