Thread by @ashishkjha

Has been a lot of focus on outbreaks in big states, like TX, GA, FL, AZ. Rightly so

But one small state is experiencing a very bad situation, has gotten very little attention

Idaho

Their case numbers are up 1366% since June 15

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Using 7d rolling avg,

Daily cases 37 on June 15.

Now? 542 cases. That's a 1366% increase

3.7% tests positive a month ago, now 18.2%

23 hospitalizations a month ago, now 173 (652% increase)

1 death every other day a month ago, now 2.5 deaths daily (4X increase).

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Very concerning rises in rural America which has far less hospital capacity, less ability to surge

We have to help states like ID get this under control

For a while, some folks argued COVID was a disease of dense areas (i.e. cities)

Turns out, its a disease of humanity

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