There’s No Mystery in Florida’s Covid Reporting

The media has hammered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in recent weeks for his handling of Covid as hospitalizations in the state have surged. Fair enough.

But some coverage has been downright deceptive. Particularly dishonest was a Miami Herald article on Aug. 31 with the headline “Florida changed its Covid-19 data, creating an ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths.” The Herald’s claims were amplified by the national media as smoking-gun evidence that Mr. DeSantis deceived the public on the Covid death toll in Florida. The insinuation is that Mr. DeSantis has become the Andrew Cuomo of the South.