Why the low coronavirus death rate isn’t the good news you think it is

[Andy Meek]

• Friday's coronavirus update represented a continuation of the frightening patterns we've seen in recent days, including massive surges of new cases in states like Florida (which added more than 11,000 new cases to its overall total at week's end).
• White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has a stern message of warning for people who aren't taking the coronavirus seriously.
• Some people are relying on the fact that the overall death rate from the virus in the US remains low, as a justification for not worrying too much about the virus.

Even if you've become a bit numb to the daily cadence of coronavirus pandemic headlines, this crisis has a way of sneaking up on you and doing its level best to shock you with something new. Case in point, just take a look at Friday's new numbers out of Florida, one of a handful of states that have become the most frightening virus hotspots in the US.

Remember all those scary coronavirus headlines out of Italy earlier this year? As of right now, the country has reported 242,639 cases of the virus, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University. Well, Friday's new numbers mean the state of Florida has beaten that total all by itself, never mind the rest of the US. The Sunshine State reported an additional 11,433 cases of the virus Friday, pushing the state's cumulative total past 244,000. This is Exhibit A for why White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has been pushing a new messaging theme in his public remarks this week -- that the country, by and large, is not taking this virus seriously enough. And that we need to heed a specific warning.

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