There's a Huge Issue With Florida's COVID Positivity Rates
"Okay, so Florida is seeing a surge in new cases.
...there’s an issue with the testing—a big issue.
And no doubt it’s screwed with reporting of the new cases.
Some of these labs in the Sunshine State were reporting a 100 percent positivity rate.
Well, Fox 35 Orlando investigated and found that one location’s actual positivity rate, originally reported to be 98 percent, was really 9.4 percent (via Fox 35 News)[emphasis mine]:
After FOX 35 News noticed errors in the state's report on positivity rates, the Florida Department of Health said that some laboratories have not been reporting negative test result data to the state.
Countless labs have reported a 100 percent positivity rate, which means every single person tested was positive.
Other labs had very high positivity rates.
FOX 35 News found that testing sites like one local Centra Care reported that 83 people were tested and all tested positive.
Then, NCF Diagnostics in Alachua reported 88 percent of tests were positive...
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