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Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker... by zimpenfish on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @11:18AM (#29726180)
> yet [Florida's] covid rate is lower than New York, California, and Massachusetts

If you're talking about deaths/1M pop, California (1905) is much lower than Florida (2905) whilst Massachusetts is fractionally higher (2922) but New York (3068) is dramatically higher, yes.

If you're not talking about deaths/1M pop, which rate are you looking at?

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Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker... by nradov on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @11:30AM (#29726345)
The more relevant metric is age adjusted death rate. Age is the primary risk factor for COVID-19. There is a much higher percentage of elderly people in Florida.

https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/blog/states-ranked-by-age-...

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Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker... by zimpenfish on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @12:22PM (#29727028)
They don't seem to explain their methodology for how they've "age-adjusted" the figures which is a shame.

But assuming these are valid numbers: by this metric, both California (214) and Mass. (206) are doing better than Florida (235) which again contradicts the claim. Or am I reading these numbers wrongly?

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Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker... by nradov on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @12:35PM (#29727206)
Yes sorry I was looking at the wrong row. Edited my comment above.
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