A young motorcyclist who died in a fatal accident was counted as a COVID-19 death in a Florida county, according to local media.
Since then, authorities have removed the motorcyclist’s death from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus death list, Fox 35 reported.
According to the latest report (pdf) published by the authorities, there is only one 20-year-old person who died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, as of July 18. A screenshot from a previous report shows that young rider included in the outdated CCP virus death count.
Raúl Pino, an Orange County health officer, told Fox that one of the two COVID-19 victims listed in the previous report as being 20 years old had no underlying condition of COVID-19 contributing to his death. .
“The first one had no [underlying conditions]. He died in a motorcycle accident, ”he told Fox 35.
Pino said he will double-check whether the victim should be removed from the COVID-19 death list.
“We argued, argued, or attempted to argue with the state. Not by the numbers: they are 100 … it makes no difference if they are 99, but the fact that the individual did not die from COVID-19 … he died in the accident, “he told Fox 35.” But you could actually argue that it could have been COVID-19 that caused it to crash. I don’t know the conclusion of that.
This is not the first time that questions have been asked about the accuracy of the Florida CCP virus death data.
Hospitals told The Epoch Times that some sky-high positivity rates listed by the Florida Department of Health are wrong.
“There appears to be an error in the data report. Lee Health has not experienced 100 percent positivity in our laboratory tests, ”Pat Dolce, a Lee Health spokeswoman, told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement Tuesday. “We are communicating with the Department of Health to resolve the discrepancy.”
Another hospital, Orlando Health, also said the 98 percent positivity rate reported at their hospital “is incorrect.”
The positivity rate refers to the percentage of CCP virus tests that test positive.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis explained during a July 16 press conference that positivity rates are unrealistically high because some hospitals do not report negative test results.
Reporting of negative test results is not required by law, but required by binding orders, he said.
“What we have seen because of some of the delays is that sometimes they want to get the positive because obviously that is important. And then the negatives are delayed. Now sometimes they will make a big negative dump. And sometimes, as we’ve seen in some of these, you may not see [that data]”He said.” But it is not the Department of Health per se. It is the laboratories that are entering this [data]. And some of those labs there have entered under multiple different entrances. “
DeSantis told reporters that he will discuss with the labs how to improve the integrity of the data by the state.
“I want all the negatives there,” he told reporters. “That is better, having more negative points and therefore I would like to do that. But I also know that there are many laboratories that contribute a lot of information to the system. It is your responsibility to do so.
“They are required under our binding orders and I think they should be.” he said.
The Florida Department of Health in Orange County did not respond to a request for comment.
Epoch Times reporter Zachary Stieber contributed to the report.
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