Yes, America, there is a state with a 62.9% test positivity, the 3rd highest new cases per capita in the world, and a rapidly rising death rate
This section of the country (started w/ the Dakotas), is spreading in every direction. Minnesota now going vertical. Grossly inadequate testing w/ positivity now:
South Dakota 57.5%
Iowa 51.7%
Idaho 42.0%
Kansas 40.9%
Montana 24.6% covidexitstrategy.org
Brilliant.
63% was bad enough.
Today Wyoming is 74.3%. The highest I've seen globally. covidexitstrategy.org
Other test positivity big outliers nearby
South Dakota 56.3%
Iowa 51.0%
Kansas 40.9%
Idaho 40.1%
The cluster of states with >1000/million new infections👇
North Dakota is the highest per capita case and death rate in the world. And at anytime during the pandemic. Still rising. Deaths vertical.
Yes, this is occurring in the United States, the country without a plan.
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It was "incalculable" on May 24th.
The loss of 250, 000 Americans as of Nov 18th is indescribable. Unfathomable. And mostly preventable.
"They Were Not Simply Names on a List"
"They Were Us"
Each American lost an average of 10 years of life and left behind an average of 9 family members grieving. Still grieving their loss, 6 months later.
Now multiply that 2.5 times.
Our family, friends, patients, coworkers, neighbors, our fellow Americans. Lost souls.
Today we had the highest number of deaths since early May @COVID19Tracking
This is great news tonight--the first--and hopefully a @US_FDA precedent for may more rapid (<30 mins) home covid tests @LuciraHealth
FDA EUA letter fda.gov/media/143810/d…
My post from July on this. It has taken waaaaay too long but we're getting there. RT-LAMP today, antigen tests to come.
Without prescription, cheap, every household, ASAP
At a time when 22% of US hospitals have insufficient #healthcare frontline work force theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
It couldn't be a worse time for setting new records every day for covid hospitalizations. Today > 75,000, rising quickly. @COVID19Tracking
Before year's end we will have at least 2 vaccines with EUAs to proceed with Phase 1a rollout, a historic science achievement in < 12 months. For context:
The replication is independent. A separate Data & Safety monitoring board of Operation Warp Speed did the review. Yes, it's another mRNA vaccine, but it's the same target, the spike protein, shared by the other Phase 3 vaccine programs. They should all work well. We need them too
The good news is that the turnaround in Europe's 2nd wave has started, owing to aggressive mitigation action in many countries
But in the United States there is no sign of that whatsoever.
The response has been minimal to date, in select states. The only national plan is surrender