The Numbers Game

Sometime last week, Governor John Bel Edwards said that the covid number are accurate, and anyone who says they are not is being reckless. John Bel was quite explicit, stating that the numbers represent one person, regardless of how many tests that person may have endured.

Ouachita Parish disagrees.

Ouachita Parish Director of Homeland Security Neil Brown joins the growing list of parishes who are raising red flags about the way COVID-19 cases are being counted.

Earlier in the week, DeSoto Parish Sheriff Jayson Richardson and LaSalle Parish Sheriff/Head of Homeland Security Scott Franklin came forward with claims of inaccuracies due to over counting. Sheriff Franklin says the over counting sits at 40.6% in LaSalle Parish. He also mentioned two other parishes and the inaccuracies he claims they are dealing with due to over counting - Red River (40%) and Caldwell (47.73%).

Ouachita joins a growing list of parishes who say that the covid numbers are inflated.

The governor, of course, insists that the numbers are accurate and that skeptics are reckless.  Of course, we ll know that government money is tied to the covid numbers, and we also know that it's easy to tell when the governor is lying.  His lips are moving.