Thursday, June 25 — the US will again hit a 1-day record for new coronavirus cases: 39,327 (at least)
Arizona over 3,000 cases Thur.
California, Florida & Texas all over 5,000 cases.
Now so obviously out-of-control that the governors of FL & TX halt further re-opening.
Arizona over 3,000 cases Thur.
California, Florida & Texas all over 5,000 cases.
Now so obviously out-of-control that the governors of FL & TX halt further re-opening.
2/ A moment of perspective.
Before this week, only 1 state had ever had 5,000 cases in a day: New York.
In pandemic summer, we now have three big states clocking 5,000 new cases day-after-day.
Before this week, only 1 state had ever had 5,000 cases in a day: New York.
In pandemic summer, we now have three big states clocking 5,000 new cases day-after-day.
3/ Deaths appeared to spike alarmingly nationwide—to 2,500 with several hours to go—but it’s a reporting quirk.
NJ reported 1,854 new probable covid deaths based on a review of people who were not tested but seemed likely to have died from cvd based on symptoms & circumstance.
NJ reported 1,854 new probable covid deaths based on a review of people who were not tested but seemed likely to have died from cvd based on symptoms & circumstance.
4/ Of states with surging outbreaks, 4 show clearly rising deaths: Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, South Carolina.
AZ had its highest 1-day death total, at 79.
AZ had its highest 1-day death total, at 79.
5/ Again, some perspective:
AZ, CA, FL, TX all have runaway infections.
None of those states have ever had even 100 deaths in a single day.
NY had 5 days over 1,000 deaths.
MA, a small state with 7 million people, had 31 days in a row over 100 deaths.
AZ, CA, FL, TX all have runaway infections.
None of those states have ever had even 100 deaths in a single day.
NY had 5 days over 1,000 deaths.
MA, a small state with 7 million people, had 31 days in a row over 100 deaths.
6/ But with little in place in the states with major outbreaks that will slow the virus, hard to see how cases will do anything but increase in the next week.
CA has a mandatory mask order.
AZ governor lifted his ban on mask orders, giving local officials room to impose them.
CA has a mandatory mask order.
AZ governor lifted his ban on mask orders, giving local officials room to impose them.
7/ TX governor Abbott pleads with Texans to wear masks, but won’t give local officials authority to require them.
FL locals can impose mask rules — Dade, Broward & Palm Beach counties now require masks in public.
FL locals can impose mask rules — Dade, Broward & Palm Beach counties now require masks in public.
8/ All in, it’s a scattershot approach to a merciless virus.
Corralling this in a place as big & varied as Texas or California or Florida requires strategy, clarity, great communication, patience — and it requires public confidence in the officials making the policies.
Corralling this in a place as big & varied as Texas or California or Florida requires strategy, clarity, great communication, patience — and it requires public confidence in the officials making the policies.
9/ We’ve wasted lots of weeks, and we’ve corroded that confidence rather than built it up.
That’s going to mean a lot of miserably ill people, and thousands of deaths.
Plus extending economic pain that re-opening was supposed to end.
That’s going to mean a lot of miserably ill people, and thousands of deaths.
Plus extending economic pain that re-opening was supposed to end.
10/ Indeed, pandemic summer may make the economic pain worse.
We cannot wish the virus away.
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We cannot wish the virus away.
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