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Demovictory9

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Mon Aug 17, 2020, 03:29 PM Aug 2020

Covid-19 is now the No. 3 cause of death in the US. & testing to find and isolate cases has dropped

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html

Just as more students head back to school, health experts are worried about a disturbing trend in much of the country: decreasing testing combined with high test positivity rates.

In other words, Covid-19 is still spreading rampantly, but there's less testing to find and isolate cases.
The number of tests performed each day in the US has dropped by an average of 68,000 compared to the daily rate in late July, according to data from the Covid Tracking Project.

Fifteen states have conducted fewer tests this past week compared to the previous week: Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, Washington state, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
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Covid-19 is now the No. 3 cause of death in the US. & testing to find and isolate cases has dropped (Original Post) Demovictory9 Aug 2020 OP
I don't know, I think we've pretty much accepted it's here to stay BusyBeingBest Aug 2020 #1
which is what some wanted to happen from the beginning... no masks and let people die Demovictory9 Aug 2020 #2
Heckuva job Trumpy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 #3
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