I thought a lot about how to make this announcement. In true “Rebekah Jones fashion,” I’ll just come out and say it: I will be leaving Florida next month. After the raid on my home, I can no longer justify staying in the state. I am not abandoning Florida. I am not abandoning this project.Continue reading “Thank you.”
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Countering Some Myths About COVID-19 in Florida; October 19, 2020
The Badger dives into a few of Florida’s “covid truther” myths in this week’s analysis.
Florida K-12 Case Rates by District, Aug. 10- Oct. 3, 2020
Case rates for select Florida counties, based on district reporting of cases in students and staff, and total enrollment in face-to-face instruction.
Limited Audit of DOH data compared to data provided by districts for the overlapping time period
This report was written as part of a data quality review for recently released data by the Florida Department of Health, in conjunction with both The COVID Monitor and FloridaCovidAction.com.
Snapshot of Florida data; in-depth analysis to come tomorrow
Sometime in the late evening on September 29, 2020, the Florida Department of Health released a “detailed” look at the data they feel comfortable sharing with the public about COVID-19 cases in K-12 schools. The data lists cases from Sept. 20-26 and from Sept. 6-26 separately, for students and various levels of staff. It alsoContinue reading “Snapshot of Florida data; in-depth analysis to come tomorrow”
How a change in reporting policy created a dramatic change in counting deaths
After reaching out to the Florida Department of Health about the dramatic change in reporting, they confirmed in an email that the official policy of how they reported deaths changed sometime between June and August.
A Note on The Relationship Between Covid-19 Death Occurrence and Reported Date
Much has been written about the relationship between date of death and the date the death is reported by Florida DOH. Despite it being a relatively trivial footnote in the Florida Coronavirus Saga, it has become somewhat of an obsession by some laymen. While there is value in studying the distribution of time between dateContinue reading “A Note on The Relationship Between Covid-19 Death Occurrence and Reported Date”
A new adventure for COVID Action: The COVID Monitor
COVID Action and FinMango launched our new joint-venture yesterday, The COVID Monitor.
From our new site you can access our map and data site, report cases, volunteer your time or donate to the organization. Donations to this project through FinMango are tax-deductible.
Monitoring, tracking and reporting COVID-19 Cases in the USA’s 13,000+ school districts: A FinMango and Florida COVID Action Initiative
FinMango and Florida COVID Action are partnering on a ground-breaking joint project, launching the nation’s first COVID-19 dataset focusing on coronavirus cases in every K-12 school district in the U.S.A.
Florida DOH data arrives nine hours late with missing parts, causing first major delay in updates since June
Anyone who obsessively follows the Florida Department of Health data API’s as much as we do will tell you something funny has been going on at DOH this week. Yesterday, on August 6, the data came in late again, and with 66,000 more cases than what DOH stated in their morning press release. Where theseContinue reading “Florida DOH data arrives nine hours late with missing parts, causing first major delay in updates since June”