Former FDA chief warns states seeing COVID-19 spikes at 'tipping point'

[TexasTowelie]

June 22 (UPI) -- A former top U.S. health official says states experiencing spikes in new COVID-19 cases are at tipping point in which the outbreaks could potentially spiral into exponential growth.

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb made the comments Monday after an analysis showed 12 states have set record highs for new COVID-19 cases since Friday.

"I think this week's going to really be a pivotal week for us to get a picture of where things are heading in states like Florida and Arizona and Texas, whether or not they're tipping over into exponential growth or not," Gottlieb told CNBC.

He pointed to a quickly rising percentage of people testing positive in states such as Florida, where the percentage of positive tests doubled in one week this month, jumping from 4.2 percent on June 7 to more than 8 percent on June 14.

Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/06/22/Former-FDA-chief-warns-states-seeing-COVID-19-spikes-at-tipping-point/6301592845145/

[empedocles]

1. Ooooh!

[Midnight Writer]

2. Why in the world do they keep testing people? Of course numbers will spike.

I'm going for Surgeon General appointment. Did I pass the audition?

[ProfessorGAC]

3. No

You forgot that they still have to test those getting near PINO.
That testing still matters.
And you forgot to say that if you test WH people, we're never(!) going to mention it!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Watch, there will be more parties and more "open up" protests in response.