Originally posted by Blueash
Call me dense, but I don't understand the point you are making. You talk about the data from Florida where 70% of the cases are from fewer than 10 counties, but then don't tell us that 70% of the population is in those counties so the data is exactly what should be expected in an uptick. Disease numbers are the highest where people live, duh
I assume everyone here knows which counties have the largest populations. For a more detailed look at Florida's spike in cases see my other thread here:
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...coming-307780/
The Florida spike in 7 counties can't be attributed to just the fact that they have the highest populations. Counties like Dade were going along with 200-300 cases per day until June 12 when they shot up to 570. Same big spike in the other 6 counties. Something caused that spike. As you see in the other thread I think its the protests. Big protests = big spikes Small protests = small spikes No protests = zero spikes. Take a look at the county by county reports and perhaps you will see what I see. Some people think the spikes are caused by reopening, but the dates don't work so good for that. Florida reopened May 4, protests began May 27. Spikes start June 12.
More tests is NOT the explanation for more positive results.
I never said they did. My comment in the OP about the only thing going up Nationally was number of tests on a National level. NOT FLORIDA Nationally, new cases are going down, deaths are going down, percentage of postives/tests is going down. The only thing going up is tests on a National scale and the charts I displayed are National data. Get it? Here's what I said in OP
These graphs show national data. The only one going up is testing. So yeah DUH
If you want to discuss Florida spikes specifically, it would be better to do so in the other thread which is exactly about that. I do not think the spikes in Florida are because of more testing as it's obvious that hasn't gone up here.