UncleJesse: What's DeRacist hiding?

Fleedle: The impact of the pandemic in Florida “is significantly greater than the official COVID-19 data suggest,” the researchers wrote. They came to that conclusion by comparing the number of estimated deaths for a six-month period in 2020, from March to September, to the actual number of deaths that occurred, a figure known as “excess deaths” because they exceed the estimate.

Fleedle: I would not be shocked if the numbers were fudged but it seems funny to rely on estimates of deaths compared to actual deaths unless your goal is to get a headline

Fleedle: Now we see the CDC vastly overcounted deaths