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Crunchy Frog

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3. They'll get a ballpark figure eventually.

Reply to mcar (Reply #2)

Sat May 2, 2020, 08:23 PM

May 2020

All they have to do is compare actual deaths with expected deaths during a given time period and extract the data that way.

Hope you and your family stay safe.

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Florida still lowballing fatality numbers. [View all] Crunchy Frog May 2020 OP

KR! Cha May 2020 #1

Floridian here mcar May 2020 #2

They'll get a ballpark figure eventually. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #3

Thanks mcar May 2020 #6

We've been locked down here since mid March. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #10

I get it, completely. No need to apologize mcar May 2020 #11

Our routine is we have a couple big plastic bins with lids Crunchy Frog May 2020 #13

Story like these should get more attention. clutterbox1830 May 2020 #4

A nice even number, 50, today. I think they're just making the numbers up.... blitzen May 2020 #5

For balance, hospitals in my relatively low-population county and the Hortensis May 2020 #7

No surprise. Also they are not the only state that doing this. clutterbox1830 May 2020 #8

Texas as well. I'm not buying their almost lowest in the country Crunchy Frog May 2020 #9

Wait, what? ornotna May 2020 #12

You may have read it from me. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #14

It wasn't you ornotna May 2020 #15