Since those deaths were over the last two weeks, saying there was one death every 5 minutes is total horseshit. But hey, keep spreading the manure. That's what makes good ideas grow. Bonus points for mentioning Whitey and bringing race again into it.
I just looked at that chart concerning deaths by all causes and supposed excess deaths ( or lack there of according to one source ). As I suspected, even that is starting to look bad in Florida. It appears that all these lagging indicators that people reference on here you just have to wait out the 4-5 weeks lag between infections and deaths. This is a point I made two months ago, some people get confused by the lag and put way too much confidence in data that is caused by actions 1-2 months prior. Then of course the goal posts get moved and a new "this is all ok" standard gets set. At one point the massive increase in infections was dismissed because the infected people were younger and the daily death counts weren't increasing ( in the 40-60 range ). Dally death counts are now up by a factor of 4, while in many other parts of the world daily deaths are very, very small numbers now. Now the excuse seems to be everyone is going to get a huge second wave outbreak with huge death counts like Florida. This may in fact be the most delusional theory of them all. Those areas that managed the tail end of the first wave well are going to do well in the second wave as well. The numbers will grow in a controlled fashion, if at all. Areas like Florida may in fact have an even worse second wave then anyone else UNLESS the delusions are over and the public starts acting responsibly. Might happen, better happen, but we will see nothing about the first wave inspires confidence about Florida dealing with Covid.
This post reminds me of when poster "Schizo" confidently forecast in March that the SPX would not revisit 3390 in our lifetimes. You may think 600 is a big enough number that you'll never be accountable for this forecast, but actually it's well within the realm of normal possibilities at this point. So if we do hit that number, and the rest of the world isn't experiencing a massive resurgence, I expect you to finally admit you've underestimated this virus very badly.
Correction. Florida and Texas combined have fewer deaths than New Jersey. The population of Florida and Texas combined is 50 million and New Jersey total population is 9 million. Oops.
If we hit 600 per day - or even close to it - I will absolutely admit that I've underestimated the virus badly. Putting the text right here, right now, in black and white for you to requote me if it happens so I can never say I didn't say it. If we do not hit that level, will you admit to have overestimated it?