The data is the DATA - at its peak, excess deaths were 17% higher than under normal circumstances - in Jan 2023 - they were 14% higher
#18 | Posted by Claudio at 2024-01-28 07:18 AM | Reply | Flag:
The data is indeed the data, but it isn't what Claudio is representing.
In case anyone is still confused - the numbers he is quoting are the cumulative number of excess deaths since January 2020. The weekly numbers are much bumpier, but peaked January 3, 2021 at around 46% excess compared to projections, and as of Oct 2023 (the last data in the chart), it's now at 1%.
Let's make a simplifying assumption that all the excess deaths equalled the number of extra hospital admissions. I am definitely no expert in hospital admissions, but a 46% spike in severely ill patients in a week seems like something that would be difficult for any hospital to handle. Maybe those stories weren't fake after all.
If one were wise, they'd treat all of Claudio's assertions with appropriate skepticism given the significant error in his analysis here.
(as note of my own error, the graph I linked to at the end of my previous post was for weekly and monthly numbers, not monthly as I had previously stated.)
The third bill DeSantis signed protects free speech at state universities by saying the schools can't shield students from accessing or observing ideas and opinions "they may find uncomfortable, unwelcome, disagreeable, or offensive."
Doesn't that contradict the other law Florida passed that bans "Critical Race Theory"? Also, doesn't this directly contradict the requirement to teach "communism is evil"?
The new law will require the development of a K-12 civics curriculum that, among other things, would include "portraits in patriotism" that tell the personal stories of civic-mindedness. Among those stories will be "first-person accounts of victims of other nations' governing philosophies who can compare those philosophies with those of the United States." But are they going to teach slavery is evil and the first hand accounts of the victims of America's governing philosophy?
Reading through this bill, I see a number of good things, but I fear they will not be fairly enforced in Florida.
There are also some things that are quite questionable or just strange. For example, why this bit: "Require local governments to provide three years notice to private solid waste companies if they plan to replace them. Governments would also have to pay the company an amount equal to the companies' last 18 months of gross receipts"?