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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThree weeks after Memorial Day, the coronavirus is surging dangerously in states that opened quickly
By one measure, the 14-day direction is trending poorly in 24 states, making progress in 21 states and the District, and trending better in just five states. Some localities are particularly hard-hit a month after reopening around Memorial Day, including Arizona, which on May 15 lifted its stay-at-home order. People flooded Phoenix-area bar districts, ignoring social distancing guidelines, the Associated Press reported, noting there were no requirements to wear face masks, no major increases in contact tracing and no scale-up of infection control at nursing homes. Today, the state has seen a 198 percent increase in cases over the past two weeks and 14.2 percent of test results are positive.
Texas also opted for a rapid reopening and its hospitalizations passed 2,100 on Wednesday for the first time during the pandemic. Thats a 42 percent increase in patients since Memorial Day weekend, when beachgoers swarmed the coast and a water park near Houston opened to big crowds. Texas has had a 54 percent increase in cases over 14 days. Other states of concern include North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia.
There is not an absolute correlation between these surges and the reopenings. Some spikes may reflect better testing. But the hospitalizations are an unambiguous sign of trouble. It will be worse if the latest outbreaks are uncontained, as states continue to open up and ease restrictions. If there is another explosive surge, as occurred in New York City in March, whole swaths of the United States may face the agonizing and exceedingly difficult question of whether to reimpose lockdown orders.
--PayWall--https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-surges-of-the-coronavirus-across-the-nation-could-force-more-shutdowns/2020/06/12/e6985b94-acd9-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Those concerned about business rather than health, will find themselves sick, no customers, NO consumer confidence that the place of business has been disinfected from floor to roof.
Be careful where you go, shop, what you touch, etc. Wear a mask!
stopbush
(24,396 posts)1. Got to overpay to swill Bud Lite with their fellow MAGAts
2. Stuck it to the libtards
3. Helped Wall Streets bottom line
Yep. It was worth getting the virus and infecting others when one considers the upside!
virgogal
(10,178 posts)when the protests started all over the country.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)and now I have really good options for Thai/Asian no contact food deliveries from local restaurants, because I tried them all!
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)2581 cases today, up more than 600 since yesterday.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... election.
There's no way this shit is supposed to be good for any state
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,350 posts)To reduce death and disruption caused by the virus, you have to determine who is spreading it and isolate them until they can't spread it. Test and trace beats "that seems about long enough".