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Maybe there's a reasonable explanation, but this isn't a good look for Florida state officials: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/202...them-stop/

The cynic would wonder if this were similar to Thailand's initial response of shutting down all Covid reporting so that they wouldn't lose their tourism business, but Florida's tourism is already tanked at this point.

Further, the article does mention that the discrepancy between the MEs and the state health department might be attributable to reporting delays as well as counting in-state vs out of state residents.  Deaths of out of state residents aren't being counted by the state health department.

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Maybe there's a reasonable explanation, but this isn't a good look for Florida state officials: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/202...them-stop/

The cynic would wonder if this were similar to Thailand's initial response of shutting down all Covid reporting so that they wouldn't lose their tourism business, but Florida's tourism is already tanked at this point.

Further, the article does mention that the discrepancy between the MEs and the state health department might be attributable to reporting delays as well as counting in-state vs out of state residents.  Deaths of out of state residents aren't being counted by the state health department.