Thread by @MesMitch

According to data tracked by the Washington Post, since the start of June, 14 states and Puerto Rico have experienced their highest seven-day average of new #coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.#HerdImmunity

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The states are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.#HerdImmunity #coronavirus

The surge in cases, which public health experts have described as worrying, and had warned about repeatedly, shows that while #COVID19 is now in retreat in New York City and other major urban centers, it is sweeping across rural areas, infecting smaller towns @NYGovCuomo

Figures from the Texas department of state health services showed that 1,935 people were hospitalized for #coronavirus-related reasons on Monday, up from a previous record of 1,888 on 5 May.

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Officials in Dallas said the city hit its highest ever one-day total for new infections on Thursday, at 285, while Houston has also recorded climbing numbers.#COVIDー19

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On Sunday, Florida recorded more than 1,000 newly diagnosed #Covid19 cases for the fifth day of the previous week, with Thursday’s total of 1,413 the highest since the state started providing daily updates in March.

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#California saw a 40% rise in cases last week, with large cities including Los Angeles, which has the highest number of cases in the state, and San Francisco lifting restrictions on travelling and access to beaches.#coronavirus

Arizona, meanwhile, has seen one of the largest jumps in the country, with the daily total in new cases breaking the state record on four separate occasions over the past week.#COVID19 #HerdImmunity #HerdimmunityIsMurder

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it appears the rise in cases has occurred around the time states started to lift restrictions, leading to scenes in the weekend of the 25 May Memorial Day holiday of people flocking to beaches and lakes and in many cases not practicing social distancing. @NYGovCuomo opened beachs

Florida is pushing ahead with the second phase of reopening, where bars and movie theaters can accept customers, in what Governor Ron DeSantis has called a “safe, smart, step-by-step approach”, while Texas is now allowing almost any business to operate at 50% capacity.

People feel they have done distancing and they are thirsting to get outside and connect with each other. If this surge requires us taking a step back, how do we convince people to do that? I feel we’ve made five steps forward and now maybe one step back.

If you reopen without extensive testing and contract tracing, you’ll see an increase in the epidemic #covid19 Y'all we're SCREWED right? #HerdimmunityIsMurder #HerdImmunity