Spike in Villages COVID cases
 

There seems to be a recent spike in COVID cases. It appears there are approx. 100 new cases in 2 days in The Villages Sumter County. YIKES!!!
Does anyone plan to do anything differently based on these new numbers??

Really?

If some people don’t start doing something different those numbers are going to sky rocket.

If we could at least restrict new cases to those that do not wear masks. I understand they have the right to believe as the see fit and it is their right to pass on.

Nope.

We ain't caught the Chinese Virus yet so we are going to keep on doing just what we have been doing.

Easily explained.

Take a drive on any major roadway surrounding The Villages while paying attention to the "drive through, for profit, Covid testing" facilities.

The sheeple are in their cars, lined up to get the good(bad) news.

Unbelievable.

I agree with you. While there is a large day-to-day variance in the number of new cases in Sumter County, the trend for the last month appears to be flat. I don't see any evidence of a spike, at least not in Sumter County, and about 80% of Sumter County is The Villages. I also check the same dashboard website, that you posted, about every other day. I believe the number for yesterday was 18 new cases in Sumter County. Hardly a spike and pretty typical.

If you are reading information from that other website you are falling for their clickbait. Do a Google search for "Florida covid dashboard" and look at the website from arcgis.com. The data is broken down in great detail. Sumter county and the zip codes associated with The Villages are doing very well as compared to the rest of the state. Yes, there are positive cases, this has become just a fact of life these days, but one needs to look at things like the number of tests performed, positivity rate, death rate, etc. to get the entire picture. I'm not saying that there isn't a problem or concern with covid19 and that we all should not be being cautions and not take risks, it just not as bad as that other site wants to make it sound. Be cautions, take what precautions you feel you need for yourself, there is a risk and it is real, but the sky is not falling.

I studied journalism for 4 years and one of the topics we regularly discussed in every class was journalistic integrity (pretty much a non-existent concept these days), bias, sensationalism, and of course yellow journalism (Yellow journalism - Wikipedia). This was 40 years ago and most of this discussion was referring to the supermarket tabloids of the day like the National Enquirer and the like. The tabloids have moved from the printed page.

Today of course, we have the internet, and everything is fair game, you can say what you want and twist facts or pseudo facts to reflect whatever opinion you want. In this case, if you "hate The Villages", "hate the developer", "hate Donald Trump", want to hear how anything can be turned negative against the afore mentioned, or are maybe just a bored and miserable person, that other site may be the one for you. If your a fan of that site, I'd also recommend the website Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info .

From the same Florida COVID 19 dashboard daily reports:
The Villages, Sumter on 11/22: 942
The VIllages, Sumter on 11/23: 1,042
In the same reports, The Villages, Marion went from 9 to 59 and The Villages, Lake 51 to 59.
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I t may just be the covid-19 weariness is contributing to a by default acceptance of the increasing rates.
Rates are up...deaths declining-not increasing....

We have remained conservatively careful for 9 months. We will continue to do so waiting for the vaccine.
We are hoping by next summer this will all be a bad memory!!

Your post is correct for the data posted on the state report PDF.

However, the daily report on the dashboard only identified 18 new cases on that day and 13 for the day before for ALL of Sumter County, so something is screwy about the data. I can only postulate that someone has been reviewing addresses of previously reported cases and added some of those to The Villages total. It will be interesting to see what the total is in today's report.

We can’t do anything different because we haven’t been doing anything for many months.
If more people did even a little something different (masks, avoiding crowds, distancing) maybe numbers would be better but I’m not sure we’ll ever know because so many are ignoring what the CDC and medical people are begging them to do right now. :pray:

We need to reduce deaths by enacting county mask mandates
 

The county commissions of Sumter, Lake, and Marion counties need to enact mask mandates now! That really should be done at the state level, but Gov. DeSantis is actually obstructing common-sense anti-COVID-19 measures.

The good news is that vaccines are on the horizon. The bad news is that mass vaccinations are even further on the horizon, and people will be dying in large numbers until the great majority of people are vaccinated.

Sumter continues to have among the lowest infection rates in the country. Even more so considering more than 30% of the cases occured in local prisions. People here so far are doing a good job overall.

Today's report: Villages/Sumter +17, Villages/Marion +2

Agree, they also keep running old stand by opinions to get more click baits.

Seriously? With the attitude of certain people here in TV, you think they're going to do anything different? They won't do something SIMPLE like wear a mask!

Like that has worked so in states where mask mandates have been in effect. Look at the numbers. The mask mandate states are spiking at a higher rate than non mandate states. I know that doesn’t fit your agenda, but those are the facts...

And in December we have the wide opened to anyone within many miles of here CRUISE-IN at Spanish Springs that (usually) brings in multitudes of people packed in from ALL OVER the central FL area (NOT just mainly locals). I believe things are relatively good here because we are in a pretty much contained bubble but when the bubble bursts and them thar outsiders come a'piling in that can be problematic. They didn't have a CRUISE-IN for all the months things were generally good in FL but as soon as it starts going down hill they do this. THAT I can't understand. And the expected "if you don't feel safe don't go" replies have nothing to do with all the people from outside the bubble bringing in all their crap.

I would rather be dead than being just one more sheeple.

Sadly Few people are taking this seriously anymore. Things will get much worse. We’re Doomed!

I think I will stop eating in restaurants for awhile. Pick ups only.

Different? Like locking yourself up and not coming out. That kind of different? Life is short so enjoy your next breath as someone else is taking their last

Doomed, really !!!

OMG! Let’s all stay home and cower in our houses. That’s why I worked for 50 years, to succumb to something that nobody really knows the truth about. Believe what you want and stay home!

What’s the survival rate of COVID?

Let's face it. People's opinions and habits are pretty much baked in at this point. Either you believe and follow the scientific recommendations or you don't.

To me, one superspreader can infect a lot of people here. I follow the recommendations, but I know there is no guarantee.

It is flu season. Always be careful this time of year. Sorry but hard to believe any news or govern reports. They all have their agenda.

Snow birds bringing disease down. And no. Obese and sick people should stay in. I see people on oxygen out eating.

I will not buy into the fear!
 

No I don't. I haven't worn a mask or followed a guideline since this whole fiasco created by the media & so called experts began. I am in my late 60's and have been exposed to known persons with active COVID (as in sleeping next to my infected wife), never wore a mask, and never developed any symptoms.

COVID is only serious for a very small percentage of individuals with preexisting conditions in which the coronavirus is the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back.

Stop paying any attention to the news! "Misinformation is just as dangerous as the disease is right now," says Erie News Now Contributor, Dr. Becky Dawson. "I think we are spreading misinformation as quickly as we are spreading the disease."

we have herd immunity

Everyone is so negative about the drive thru testing..but guess what..you wanna come into fl,or especially fly out you aren't getting on that plane without the test that has negative results... which takes 3 days. So no available appointments on monday...loved one will not be home for Thanksgiving. ☹

From the Florida Covid Dashboard, yesterday.

New Cases Nov 24: Lake County-57, Marion County-136, Sumter County-33

Only a small portion of The Villages lies in Lake County and it includes the cities of Leesburg and Tavares. The same can be said for Marion county which include Ocala. Most of The Villages lies in Sumter County and the Federal Prison is also in Sumter County.

I would assume that the majority of these cases are in the largest cities and the prison. I would also think that only a small number of those 226 cases were in The Villages.

I have a friend whose wife tested positive. He also got test and was positive. They went back a few days later to be retested and were both negative. Were their positive results counted as new cases?

Thank you Chicken Little. If you don't like the way this State is being run then leave. As a result of these idiotic mandates more people are dying from suicide and drug overdose. Many people have been economically destroyed because of the shut downs. And after all of their genius plans and draconian rules, the virus is still spreading.

I for one appreciate living in a State where there is no government nanny telling me what I can or can't do. Open up the States and using their common sense and personal risk tolerance, let the people decide what risk they want to take.

🤔. That comment sure doesn’t jive with the statement in your profile pic. Might want to make a change one way or the other.

you're saying that they have the "right" to pass the disease on to me? You can go ahead and reap that benefit .... covid is real... why should someone infect me because they are selfish? I am not a fool...I'm cautious.

no, you do not...not till 70% of a population has been infected

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Totally wrong. A mask mandate will not change the numbers. Almost every infected has stated that they wear a mask. Whether or not it helps is not the question, because it may protect some. It does not keep folks from becoming infected in all cases. It is nothing more than coughing into your shirt sleeve. If you think that the mask is the shield to keep you from catching the virus then you are sure to become infected by your carelessness. The ONLY way to avoid the virus is to stay away from it, period. Either stay in your home or distance yourself from EVERYONE, including family. The mask will hinder the virus but not stop it. You may get lucky and the mask will happen to stop enough of it to make you safe that one time that you are around someone that is infected (which is very slim chance encounter anyway). It's just common sense. If some doctors say that nothing but certified N95 masks work, and that anything else causes more of a chance of being infected, then why take a chance that one doctor is smarter than another. Just avoid the virus by staying away from everyone until the vaccine is available. A loose mask is reported to cause an air vortex that works like a vacuum cleaner by sucking in a force of air that can be contaminated. A loose mask causes one to constantly manipulate it with one's hands, which IF contaminated can attach the virus to the face. Same as constantly touching your face with your hands. See how that works. Whether you chose to believe that or not, if you are really serious about avoiding infection, then just isolate yourself from any chance of contact with the virus.....stay away from people.
Personally, I plan to have Thanksgiving with a member of my family and a family friend as well as my spouse. The chances of one of them being infected is low enough that I have no problem taking a chance. I plan to enjoy my life regardless of how the gov feels about it. I refuse to allow the gov to mandate my life regarding this when they won't hold themselves equally responsible.

NO TO ANY MANDATE, so get over it. For those that NEED the gov nanny, do yourself a favor and check yourself into a "care" facility. Do not think you can mandate/control how other folks wish to live their lives, just because you are hysterical.

The sky is falling! The End is near! :pray: