Thread by @tysonfilm, Might as well start a thread here about states (or the federal [...]

Might as well start a thread here about states (or the federal government) downplaying/lying about COVID-19 numbers to make themselves look better. Because... https://twitter.com/hshaban/status/1262589109517733888

https://twitter.com/hshaban/status/1262589109517733888

It seems to be a thing in Florida, part 1. https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/29/florida-medical-examiners-were-releasing-coronavirus-death-data-the-state-made-them-stop/

Florida medical examiners were releasing coronavirus death data. The state made them stop.

When the medical examiners’ list was available, it showed more deaths than the state’s count.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/29/florida-medical-examiners-were-releasing-coronavirus-death-data-the-state-made-them-stop/

Part 2. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article242050696.html

Florida blocks COVID-19 information from public as Gov. Ron DeSantis touts transparency

When the Miami Herald sought information from the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office last month about COVID-19 deaths in the epicenter of Florida’s coronavirus outbreak, attorneys for the state...

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article242050696.html

Georgia. https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/just-cuckoo-state-latest-data-mishap-causes-critics-cry-foul/182PpUvUX9XEF8vO11NVGO/

‘It’s just cuckoo’: state’s latest data mishap causes critics to cry foul

Gov. Brian Kemp’s office issued an apology after a Georgia Public Health Department chart wrongly reported a downward trend in COVID-19 infections. The error was at least the third in as many weeks.

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/just-cuckoo-state-latest-data-mishap-causes-critics-cry-foul/182PpUvUX9XEF8vO11NVGO/

"Under-counting deaths in this particular epidemic is happening all over" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/accurate-us-coronavirus-death-count-experts-off-tens/story?id=70385359

How accurate is the US coronavirus death count? Some experts say it's off by 'tens of thousands'

Experts say the official death toll for the coronavirus is far lower than the true number that could be revealed as deaths are investigated.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/accurate-us-coronavirus-death-count-experts-off-tens/story?id=70385359

"...the American right appears to have found a novel way to deal with the rising coronavirus death toll: deny it altogether." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/coronavirus-death-toll-right-denies-figures

Faced with an appalling US coronavirus death toll, the right denies the figures

Fox News is foremost in promiting the idea that official figures are inflated, whereas experts believe more people have died

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/coronavirus-death-toll-right-denies-figures

More on Florida, as the NY post pushes an alternate narrative. https://twitter.com/mountain_goats/status/1264513105213698048?s=20

https://twitter.com/mountain_goats/status/1264513105213698048?s=20

Going to put this here as this thread evolves into “Republicans covering up COVID-19 as a core party strategy, even on the personal level.”

This is deplorable.

https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1265822183692984320?s=21 https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1265822183692984320

https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1265822183692984320?s=21

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