Nearly 1/3 FL Children Tested For Covid Are Positive

Marp · ‎03-09-2010

Excerpts from: sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-pbc-health-director-covid-children-20200714-xcdall2tsrd4riim2nwokvmsxm-story.html

Nearly one-third of children tested for COVID in Florida are positive.

Nearly one-in-three children tested for the new coronavirus in Florida has been positive, and a South Florida health official is concerned the disease could cause lifelong damage even for children with mild illness.

State statistics also show the percentage of children testing positive is much higher than the population as a whole. Statewide, about 31% of 54,022 children tested have been positive. The state’s positivity rate for the entire population is about 11%.

What is good for the goose today will also be good for the gander tomorrow.

Nancy Drew · ‎03-11-2010

The Good News

From the CDC July 12

United States Population 330,917,584 ( million)

Total Covid Cases 3,236,130

Total Deaths 134,572

Less than 1 % of Americans have caught Covid

Current Survival Rate 99.96 % of the Us population.
Hopes this eases some fears.

Wrong is still wrong just because you benefited from it.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Marp wrote:
Excerpts from: sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-pbc-health-director-covid-children-20200714-xcdall2tsrd4riim2nwokvmsxm-story.html

Nearly one-third of children tested for COVID in Florida are positive.

Nearly one-in-three children tested for the new coronavirus in Florida has been positive, and a South Florida health official is concerned the disease could cause lifelong damage even for children with mild illness.

State statistics also show the percentage of children testing positive is much higher than the population as a whole. Statewide, about 31% of 54,022 children tested have been positive. The state’s positivity rate for the entire population is about 11%.

@Marp

Why would this South Florida Health official project something "that could cause health issues in the future"? Appears to me most Health Experts, if you will, are still trying to figure out the present.

hckynut 🏒

hckynut(john)

Zaimee · ‎07-17-2019

@Marp I saw this yesterday on the Florida Covid web page. Over 17,000 kids. In California, over 27,000. And, just think, they have not been in school, with classrooms of 25, cafeterias of over 200.

In Orange County, California it was voted on that kids could return with masks optional. In Florida, well, Education Comissioner and Governor say "Open completely, 5 days as before." After all, "kids aren't really affected".

But, this virus has proven to be highly contagious. Teachers, bus drivers, school personnel, parents, and grandparents will pay the price for this blindness.

Sad to say, only when it hits home to one of the deniers will things change.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I just made a run to Sam's Club and saw a grandparent walking around without a mask, carrying an infant in her arms that couldn't have been more than a month old. No protection whatsoever over the babies face. Masks are mandatory in public in WV.

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

@Marp wrote:
Excerpts from: sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-pbc-health-director-covid-children-20200714-xcdall2tsrd4riim2nwokvmsxm-story.html

Nearly one-third of children tested for COVID in Florida are positive.

Nearly one-in-three children tested for the new coronavirus in Florida has been positive, and a South Florida health official is concerned the disease could cause lifelong damage even for children with mild illness.

State statistics also show the percentage of children testing positive is much higher than the population as a whole. Statewide, about 31% of 54,022 children tested have been positive. The state’s positivity rate for the entire population is about 11%.

What in the world? What is going on in FL? It's like they're crop dusting Covid on people or something. It's crazy that just going shopping or to a bar as normal is having these horrible results--back at home with the children. This thing is VIRULENT. As in very very easy to catch.

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hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Zaimee wrote:
@Marp I saw this yesterday on the Florida Covid web page. Over 17,000 kids. In California, over 27,000. And, just think, they have not been in school, with classrooms of 25, cafeterias of over 200.

In Orange County, California it was voted on that kids could return with masks optional. In Florida, well, Education Comissioner and Governor say "Open completely, 5 days as before." After all, "kids aren't really affected".

But, this virus has proven to be highly contagious. Teachers, bus drivers, school personnel, parents, and grandparents will pay the price for this blindness.

Sad to say, only when it hits home to one of the deniers will things change.

@Zaimee

Kinda makes me wonder if "shelter in place" was ever the right decision!

hckynut(john)

Zaimee · ‎07-17-2019

And, according to various news sites, these numbers will not be released soon as the HHS will be taking over. Accurate, inaccurate, I want to be the judge and make decisions for myself and family accordingly.

spiderw · ‎06-14-2010

I am not surprised at the state of the virus at Florida. The governor has made one reckless decision after the other and this is the result. I do feel bad for the people who are suffering and I know many residents there. I worry.

Every death is a tragedy, I don't care if there aren't as many in certain places or if the numbers are not as high, each death from this virus is a terrible loss and I can only wonder what would have been under different circumstances and I will leave it at that.

I pray for the children who have tested positive and may they get through this crisis.

Hoovermom · ‎03-19-2010

What about this report:

Hundreds of labs in Florida reported to the state that 100 percent of people they tested for Covid-19 had the virus, according to a new investigation by FOX 35 News. Other testing centers reported positivity rates upwards of 80 and 90 percent. In actuality, the positivity rates for most testing centers were often under 10 percent and usually under 20 percent.

When FOX 35 contacted the labs with high positivity rates, several labs confirmed that the numbers were wildly inaccurate. Orlando Health, for example, had reported a 98 percent positivity rate, but confirmed to reporters that their positivity rate is actually 9.4 percent.

Over 200 testing centers in Florida reported 100 percent positivity rates. In most cases, the testing centers completely failed to include the number of negative test results. The Florida Department of Health told FOX 35 that labs are required to send this information, but that not all have. While some of the labs that failed to report negative cases were small centers testing only a handful of patients, others were reporting hundreds of positive cases with no inclusion of negative tests.

The labs that simply neglected to report negative cases also weren’t the only ones with unrealistically high rates of positive cases. Hendry Regional Medical Center reported 164 positive tests and only two negative ones, for a positivity rate of 99 percent. FOX 35 reporters contacted the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which had reported that 76 percent of cases were positive, and were told that the actual positivity rate was only six percent.