Scott Gottlieb: ‘There’s clear evidence the delta surge is starting to slow in some of the hardest hit states; but…’
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb shared some good news that the Delta variant surge “is starting to slow in some states,” but he added a “but” and noted that “some states still face hard weeks ahead as the burden on stretched healthcare systems will continue to grow despite the declines in new daily case totals”:
There’s clear evidence the delta surge is starting to slow in some of the hardest hit states; but these states still face hard weeks ahead as the burden on stretched healthcare systems will continue to grow despite the declines in new daily case totals. https://t.co/T5HT8GWlNf pic.twitter.com/hjyFyILT57
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) August 11, 2021
And:
Hospitalizations lag infections, and the average length of stay for Covid patients is longer than typical admissions, especially in the ICU, making it hard for hospitals to quickly recover even as the surge in new cases begins to decline day over day.
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) August 11, 2021
As we told you yesterday, the CDC shared bogus numbers from Florida that skewed the entire narrative:
The CDC reportedly published incorrect daily COVID-19 cases in Florida https://t.co/LpA0R4gqck
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 10, 2021
Here are the real numbers, which are much, much better:
Today the @CDCgov has fixed the case reports from the mixup with the batch reporting of Florida data yesterday. The previous cases have been retroactively applied to the date of report. As you can see, and as @HealthyFla said, there were not 28,000 new cases a day. pic.twitter.com/XsfYuUlWJH
— Kyle Lamb (@kylamb8) August 10, 2021
And as for how Florida is doing compared to other states, maybe journos from California shouldn’t be so quick to say how well mitigation measures work to slow the spread of the virus:
California doing much better with Delta variant than Florida, Texas. Here’s why https://t.co/RVrYb6pB1g @LukeMMoney @mollyhf pic.twitter.com/OBJUbnGrcr
— Ron Lin (@ronlin) August 11, 2021
Here’s California via the NYT:
And here’s Florida:
If California is so, so good at combating COVID-19, please explain November – February for us:
How come Florida did better than Calif Nov-Feb then?
CA on the left, FL on the right ==>https://t.co/2yoJsOsVkShttps://t.co/lNDBYrVZAa https://t.co/yV81KVpGiP pic.twitter.com/5Ix1qmywFk— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) August 11, 2021
Related:
DeSantis spox Christina Pushaw FIRES BACK at Jen Psaki for politicizing ventilators sent to Florida https://t.co/TOHRHLRWJD
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 11, 2021
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