Miami made the decision to start early about two weeks before the surge. The responsible thing would have been to change that decision, but they did not.

First hand from a nurse in Miami, hospitals treat capacity

Update: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244241717.html

Read this article and tell me the things are gonna be OK...

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244190287.html

Florida’s hospitals are unable to care for all the cases they have. It’s a shitshow.

As is Arizona and Texas and California.

Anonymous wrote:Mortality rate keeps falling. That’s what’s important.

Not really...

Anonymous wrote:Mortality rate keeps falling. That’s what’s important.

This.

FL is NOTHING like the NY/ NJ/ PA/ LA...

Anonymous wrote:Mortality rate keeps falling. That’s what’s important.

No it's not. This is not hard. Florida not reporting all deaths. They are way higher than reporting.

My sister is an ER Doctor in South Florida, she says it's horrific.

Example, my dad's nursing home Hollywood Florida not reporting deaths. It's not even on a list of nursing homes that has covid. Guess what, 7 staff have the virus 2 have died, at least 9 dead that were patients. While these people are old not reporting deaths not telling the whole story. Well the staff were younger 32 year old, and 37 year old.

So they can end at Thanksgiving like almost every other private school?

Mortality rate keeps falling. That’s what’s important.

Anonymous wrote:UofM will be closed before October 1, if they even open at all... Florida is now World HQ of Covid

No - not according to their announcements recently. They are starting earlier not later. And all sports are ON!

UofM will be closed before October 1, if they even open at all... Florida is now World HQ of Covid

Yeah, that doesn’t make sense. The rationale I’ve seen for other schools opening early is so the students can be back home by thanksgiving and not bring their hometown germs back to campus after TG break. But......since Florida is such a hotspot, what’s likely to happen here is that students may bring their Florida germs back to their hometown at thanksgiving/Christmas. And thus a spread. Yikes.

Florida is Sweden

Why would the University of Miami decide to open a week early with in person classes planned? No modified schedule etc? Isn't Florida the hotbed of COVID right now?