Florida: Highest Rates of Infection Occurring in Counties with Highest Vaccination Rates; the data is actually quite clear and sobering; point, no boosters, Floridians must say NO....
by Paul Alexander
The COVID infection rate for residents of Dade County, Florida Dec. 31 – Jan. 6 was 3,796 new “cases/100,000 population”; rate far higher than any other county in Florida; 94% vaxed ages > 5 yrs
Dade has a vaccination rate among the highest in the country and by far the highest rate in Florida.
No boosting…this is insanity, the booster does not work.
Highest Rates of Infection in Florida per County Jan. 6 – 13th
The following data shows the Florida counties that had an infection rate of 2,000 or more cases per 100,000 population in the past week. Note: State-wide, 72 percent of Floridians age five and older have been vaccinated. The “infection rate” for the entire state this past week was 1958 cases/100k population.
County (Percent Vaccinated 5+): Cases per 100,000 population
Dade (94 percent): 3,217/100k
Broward (82 percent): 2,453/100k
Alachua (69 percent): 2,392/100k
Madison (51 percent): 2,239/100k
Osceola (80 percent): 2222/100k
Monroe (82 percent): 2,154/100k
Orange: (75 percent): 2,114/100k
Polk (65 percent): 2064/100k
Hendry (58 percent): 2060/100k
Jefferson (56 percent): 2029/100k
Highest Infection Rates by County Dec. 31 – Jan. 6
The NEGATIVE correlation between vaccination rates and “cases per 100,000” was even more striking the prior week (Dec. 31 – Jan. 6 report*). Note: The “Cases per 100,000” average for the week of Dec. 31 – Jan. 6 was 1807/100k.
County (Percent vaccinated 5+): Cases per 100,000
Dade (93 percent): 3,797/100k
Broward (82 percent): 2,560/100k
Monroe (82 perent): 2,272/100k
Osceola (80 percent): 2014/100k
Palm Beach (74 percent): 1,963/100k
Orange: (74 percent): 1,917/100k
Counties Under 50 Percent Vaccination in Florida—Recent Infection Rates…
Florida has 14 counties where fewer than 50 percent of the county’s population (age 5+) is vaccinated. Here are those counties with their infection rates per 100,000 population this past week (Jan. 7 – Jan. 13).
No Florida county with a vaccination rate under 50 percent experienced “case rates” equal to or above the state average for the week (1,958 cases per 100,000 population):
County (Percent vaccinated 5+): Cases per 100,000 population
Holmes (32 percent): 1677/100k
Liberty (37 percent): 1731/100k
Calhoun (38 percent): 973/100k
Hamilton (38 percent): 1509/100k
Suwanee (40 percent): 1357/100k
Washington (40 percent): 1720/100k
Dixie (41 percent): 1081/100k
Gilchrist (43 percent): 1103/100k
Lafayette (44 percent): 966/100k
Taylor (45 percent): 1586/100k
Jackson (46 percent): 1551/100k
Hardee (47 percent): 1940/100k
Columbia (47 percent): 1647/100k
Bradford (48 percent): 1353/100k
Florida Counties with Lowest Infection Rates
Of the 18 counties with the lowest infection rates in Florida last week, 14 had lower vaccination rates than the state average of 72 percent. The average infection rate (“cases per 100,000 population”) for all Florida residents was 1,958.1/100,000 of the population.
County (Percent vaccinated 5+): Infection rate per 100,000
Glades (53 percent): 790/100k
Sumter (76 percent): 913/100k
Lafayette (44 percent): 966/100k
Calhoun (38 percent): 973/100k
Lafayette (44 percent): 966/100k
Dixie (41 percent): 1081/100k.
Charlotte (74 percent): 1101/100k
Gilchrist (43 percent): 1103/100k
Walton (58 percent): 1200/100k
Flagler (69 percent): 1259/100k
St. Johns (73 percent): 1274/100k
Nassau (63 percent): 1337/100k
Manatee (68 percent): 1337/100k
Hernando (60 percent): 1339/100k
Bradford (48 percent): 1353/100k
Suwanee (40 percent): 1357/100k
Collier (76 percent): 1369/100k
Desota (58 percent): 1384/100k
The data was even more striking the previous week (Dec. 31 – Jan. 6). The 16 counties listed below, which had the lowest infection rates in the state during this week, averaged 607 “cases per 100,000 population”—which is 66 percent lower than the state average of 1807 cases per 100,000 population.
The average vaccination rate for these 16 counties is 48.6 percent—23.4 percent lower than the state average of 72 percent. Nine of the 16 counties below have vaccination rates below 50 percent. Three counties have vaccination rates below 40 percent.
The Florida Department of Health data from Dec. 31 – Jan. 6 also shows the “new case positivity’ rates per county. Of the 16 counties below, the average “new case positivity’ percentage was 23.95 percent. The state average for all Florida residents for this same week was 31.2 percent.
Lowest Infection Rates per County Dec. 31 – Jan. 6, 2022
County (Percent vaccinated 5+): Cases per 100,000 population
Lafayette (44 percent): 295.5/100k
Dixie (41 percent): 489.9/100k
Glades (52 percent): 534.2/100k
Putnam (49 percent): 540.9/100k
Gilchrist (43 percent): 543.4/100k
Sumter (76 percent): 599.3/100k
Liberty (37 percent): 633.7/100k
Union (54 percent): 644.7/100k
Levy (53 percent): 649.8/100k
Holmes (31 percent): 653.1/100k
Desoto (57 percent): 680.1/100k
Washington (39 percent): 708.7/100k
Franklin (53 percent): 715.7/100k
Taylor (45 percent): 720.5/100k
Walton (58 percent): 768.5/100k
Columbia (46 percent): 778.5/100k
*Numbers for Dec. 31 – Jan. 6 have now been replaced with more recent data. The author believes the information he presents above is accurate as of the date it was published. https://uncoverdc.com/2022/01/17/florida-highest-rates-of-infection-occurring-in-counties-with-highest-vaccination-rates/