The joys of living in a college town (Gainesville, FL - University of Florida). Our positive tests had settled from a summer plateau of 80 to around 40-50, then the students arrived (classes started 8/31):
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7-day moving average was steadily decreasing until...
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83% of today's positive tests are in the 15-24 age group:
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Of course, these "cases" (with PCR tests picking up dead virus that may linger from previous infection) are unlikely to be hospitalized or even symptomatic. (The county health director told the county commission this week that nearly all of them are asymptomatic.)
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We're having a major panic over illnesses that would never be detected without mass testing.
The argument for that is that it will spread into the community. But 1) We don't even know they're infectious; and 2) It takes >15 minutes within 6 feet.
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How many people in the community have EVER spent >15 minutes within 6 feet of a student?
This is a manufactured crisis. We have plenty of healthcare capacity for any who need it, should stop fixating on + tests.
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