GoodLife
07-24-2020, 09:09 AM
LA Times panic porn article about The Villages
Starts out with this catchy headline:
With a COVID-19 death every 8 minutes, this Florida community fears who will be next
WOW! Covid deaths every 8 minutes! Sounds awfully scary for one commuinity
Reading the article, they "explain" the headline.
A record 173 Floridians died from the virus Thursday, an average of more than one every eight minutes.
That's not really true either. 173 death certificates were turned in Thursday, but only 20 happened on Thursday. The rest were from earlier dates. Yes that Thursday total will go up, but explaining this would ruin that catchy headline, which is what most people will remember from the article.
News of rising infections arrive with unnerving frequency
Hmmm, sounds bad, lets check the stats for Sumter county.
Percent positive of new cases vs # of tests has dropped to 1.4% from a high of 13.5% a week ago. Total new cases per day is averaging 21 per day last 3 days, down from 41 a week ago. They must be talking about Florida as a whole, not The Villages, but they don't tell you that.
National media loves to bash TV and print panic porn like this, you know why. A more accurate headline would be:
Florida community composed of high risk individuals appears to beat the odds with very low case and death numbers.
Good Job TV
With a COVID-19 death every 8 minutes, this Florida community fears who will be next (https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/with-a-covid-19-death-every-8-minutes-this-florida-community-fears-who-will-be-next/ar-BB177Rdr)
Starts out with this catchy headline:
With a COVID-19 death every 8 minutes, this Florida community fears who will be next
WOW! Covid deaths every 8 minutes! Sounds awfully scary for one commuinity
Reading the article, they "explain" the headline.
A record 173 Floridians died from the virus Thursday, an average of more than one every eight minutes.
That's not really true either. 173 death certificates were turned in Thursday, but only 20 happened on Thursday. The rest were from earlier dates. Yes that Thursday total will go up, but explaining this would ruin that catchy headline, which is what most people will remember from the article.
News of rising infections arrive with unnerving frequency
Hmmm, sounds bad, lets check the stats for Sumter county.
Percent positive of new cases vs # of tests has dropped to 1.4% from a high of 13.5% a week ago. Total new cases per day is averaging 21 per day last 3 days, down from 41 a week ago. They must be talking about Florida as a whole, not The Villages, but they don't tell you that.
National media loves to bash TV and print panic porn like this, you know why. A more accurate headline would be:
Florida community composed of high risk individuals appears to beat the odds with very low case and death numbers.
Good Job TV
With a COVID-19 death every 8 minutes, this Florida community fears who will be next (https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/with-a-covid-19-death-every-8-minutes-this-florida-community-fears-who-will-be-next/ar-BB177Rdr)