Florida Universities to open on fall
"Florida’s public university campuses will reopen in the fall, state higher education leaders announced Monday, but details won’t be known until later.
Some specifics will be discussed May 28 at the State University System’s Board of Governors meeting, where a task force will present guidelines for reopening. Representatives from each of the 12 schools in the system will share individual plans about a month later, on June 23."
*in fall
Doh
“I don’t normally tell everybody this but back when we were little, my brother would lock us both up in his room, then corner me into the stinking corner, as he did he would take a bunch of rubber bands and tape them all in my hair.”
“Sounds rough.”
“Oh that’s not the half of it. There’s at least a million instances of my brother being mean to me.”
“I wouldn’t know how that felt. ‘Cause I’m an only child. And I’m not like you..., uh sorry about that. I’m sorry, heh.”
“You’re sorry?”
“Um yes. Er no, I mean... sorry.”
“Oh yeah.”
“Sorry.”
“You apologize a lot.”
Spilling your guts to a bunch of guys who make fun of you is a lot less effective than therapy.
To be fair, it is cheaper, though.
He's just a troll. Move along...
Is the stinking corner the designated fart spot?
I'm pretty sure this indicates you were, and still are, "Little Brother". Have you self-identified this fact yet to your "spartie crush"?
Not surprising given how they’ve handled this so far
Not saying I agree with Florida, but haven’t their numbers looked better than Michigan in some ways?
1. Much lower deaths with a much larger population.
2. Daily new cases trend heading in the right direction.
They certainly look better than Illinois. But that’s not saying much.
Super creepy tracking of cell phone usage shows that people were staying at home before the governor ordered it. I'm sure if Disney World and the other Orlando theme parks would've stayed open until the "Stay at Home" was issued, their numbers would not be as good.
The real heroes? The responsible 'Florida Man'. Didn't see that argument coming.
Just admit them keeping the state open was the right choice. It'll set you free. Everyone is opening up now, anyway, and we're in the same position as 2 months ago (except 2 major cities.)
Cannot speak as to the second point, but as to the first point Florida is under-reporting.
Proof? Is Michigan over reporting the COVID numbers? Just asking.
Read the link in R. J. MacReady post ... the TB news outlet (who had access to the official coronavirus database for Florida) reported that when they accessed it there were data columns deleted etc.
I don't know about Florida but I certainly wouldn't trust it. Georgia is clearly underreporting and/or fudging the numbers, according to solid research by the local newspaper: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-05-18/georgia-coronavirus-numbers-reopening-manipulated-data-brian-kemp Not to mention the fact that most covid cases and deaths are unreported due to testing shortages and victims who die/get sick at home without getting tested.
Per capita numbers (per million people) from Worldmeter:
1. Florida. Cases: 2186. Deaths: 96
2. Michigan. Cases: 5198. Deaths: 492
3. Illinois. Cases: 7614. Deaths: 334
If Florida is under reporting, I highly doubt they are doing it that much to reconcile the large gap between them and Michigan/Illinois.
No, you're wrong. Actually they're over-reporting.
And since apparently we don't need to provide any evidence to claim that widely used numbers are wrong, that will conclude my message. How does it feel to be wrong?
Maybe, but probably not. My sister is an RN at a Central Florida hospital in the shadow of the Disney World property. She said that with the exception of about 7-10 days in early April, the number of Covid patients was so low that staff was being sent home early. The expected crush of cases never materialized at any point.
Well of course. Who wouldn't? After all, we all know that Florida's governor committed the grave error of opening their beaches (science says that's where roughly 99% of all cases originate. Meanwhile places like nursing homes, residences and public transportation make up less than .1% of total transmission), so of course he had to fire Rebekah Jones who was just about to inform us about the millions who had died in the last few weeks.
Look at how drastically Florida's case numbers have dropped since May 5th!
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/florida/
What are they hiding???
Did you READ the article you linked. The dispute was able timing/coordination of reporting. There is ZERO claim or evidence of under-reporting.
yes, they are handling it far better than Michigan which is making decisions based on fear and manipulated statistics rather than reality.
Michigan is among the worst states in the country based on population and Florida among the best so I'm not sure what your point is. People mocked Florida when they didn't shut everything down immediately but they did the smart thing and focused more effort on vulnerable populations and it worked.
"BuT pEoPlE aRe GoInG tO tHe BeAcHeS"
Especially when you consider the average age in Florida is 105, it's actually quite amazing they aren't as bad off as New York. They are doing something right. Our valiant media will get to the bottom of this story any day now.
Not following NY's lead of shoving covid positive seniors in with other uninfected seniors was probably a good place to start
May or may not also have something to do with the heat.
yes, I thing heat and humidity significantly lower infection rates. The interesting thing for me re: the south is how deep summer (now-early Oct) will affect the infection rates b/c starting now, so many people will head indoors into the A/C to get out of the heat. That's the last thing you'd want to do
It's ripping through Brazil and Mumbai right now. Tropical climates. Heat doesn't seem to slow it down.
Georgia and Florida are juking the stats.
There's an interesting dynamic with heat/humidity, not just in how it impacts the virus, but also in how people react to this.
I think there is some very reputable sources that strongly indicate that its much harder to transmit the virus in the outdoors due to factors like heat/humidity. However, as the heat/humidity increase, more people head for indoors with AC, making the transmission of the virus more easy. For example, weather in Mumbai right now is high 80s and 70% humidity. Yikes! I might want to stay indoors for that.
Therefore, there seems to be a heat/humidity window that is "good" and one that is not.
Ripping through is an overstatement at the very least. Despite predictions to the contrary Sao Paolo's hospitals are at 90% capacity and they've done basically nothing but wear masks.
If that place hasn't descended into chaos yet I can't see it happening before the curve turns downward.
India has 4x the population of the US and less than a tenth of the cases. Yeah, they're really getting ravaged. I don't know how they'll survive.
https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article242773056.html?__twitter_impression=true
Rebekah Jones, the geographic information system manager for DOH’s Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, wrote in an email, distributed Friday that authority over the dashboard was taken away from her office on May 5. The sharply worded email, which was shared with the Herald by a recipient of the message, was addressed to users of the state’s data portal, which includes researchers and journalists. It was not clear who replaced her and her staff.
"As a word of caution, I would not expect the new team to continue the same level of accessibility and transparency that I made central to the process during the first two months,” wrote Jones, who holds a Ph.D. in geography from Florida State University. “After all, my commitment to both is largely [arguably entirely] the reason I am no longer managing it.”
"Person fired, claims replacement will perform at an inferior level".
Damn what a scoop.
Edit: she is a scientist and Florida has absolutely been fudging their numbers since hey removed her .... so she was right
I am so here for this.
You'd think with every journalist breathing down Florida's neck they'd be able to find more evidence than one disgruntled employee as 'proof' their cheating. Fuck dude. You think the doctors and nurses would have noticed some sort discrepancy.
I don't know if it's a bad idea to open up universities in the fall. I don't know that anyone will have a great feel for it until mid-summer.
However, with Florida actively suppressing information about their infection rates (https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/05/18/censorship-covid-19-data-researcher-removed-florida-moves-re-open-state/5212398002/) I wouldn't feel particularly confident that decisions are being made with the best interests of students and the general public in mind.
Yes, we get it. Florida is doing just fine despite all the fear mongering. That's gotta hurt.
Not sure what you think my point is... Why would Florida doing well hurt my feelings?
I don't have a problem with universities planning to open in the fall. It's important to make plans. If the situation worsens you can always cancel or adjust the plans, but it's great that schools aren't cancelling things months in advance. Seems wise to think this way, good on them, I just hope they're making these decisions based on what's best for students and their families.
Fear mongering like all the murderers and rapists illegally immigrating to the US?
Uhh, what? I think you're looking for a political website. This is about opening things up. Sorry 'team shutdown till vaccine' is taking a beating right now.
It's only the second quarter. Team Vaccine is looking forward to facing your prevent defense in the fall.
lol ... awesome
*snicker* this Putin guy...
Love it!
What account were you using prior to yesterday?
Team shutdown til vaccine? How about team science and accountability, something Team Trump lost years ago...but go ahead and wait for hours to eat at Red Lobster.
Believe it or not, I actually am a scientist. I've been amused how all the shutdown lovers believe they are 'pro-science.' I believe in an opening up plan that's actually sustainable.
You realize we're opening up with about the same amount of hospitalizations/deaths as we did when we closed down outside of a few major cities? The policies put in place by many states have shown to be a failure. All shutting down for months has done is completely tank the economy, keep kids out of school, increase alcohol sales, increase domestic abuse..
I agree. Diminishing infections has much more to do with social distance than with draconian shutdowns. That and scaring the shit out of people by showing CV wards in Italy with people being carted around in bubbles of death. People are still too scared, by-and-large, to go to the hospital for anything other than emergency situations. Gov. Whitmer could issue an all-clear order today and it's still gonna take a long time for life to get back to normal.