What happens when a small red, mostly rural state of three million refuses to take coronavirus seriously and doesn’t issue a mask mandate?
Exactly what you’d expect.
sltrib.com/news/2020/09/2…
Exactly what you’d expect.
sltrib.com/news/2020/09/2…
This will rapidly become a problem because while Utah’s death rate has been small compared to other states due to a younger, healthier population, they also have a tiny hospital capacity. One of the smallest per capita in the country.
Utah’s daily positive rate is now 14%. Since late August, the rate of new cases among patients ages 15 to 24 has more than tripled. As that group’s share of infections began to drop last week, cases among other age groups began to rise sharply.
Schools are seeding outbreaks.
Schools are seeding outbreaks.
Because Utah has a large population of school-aged children per household, you’ll be able to see how schools lead to increased community spread pretty dramatically.
It’s the reason we moved to close schools immediately in the spring & the reason we should never have reopened.
It’s the reason we moved to close schools immediately in the spring & the reason we should never have reopened.
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