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Looks like this will be the first Saturday with 1000+ reported deaths since the end of May. We will hit 200k in the first week of September at the rate we're going.
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This is a little foreboding as schools are getting ready to return. No, it's not the same thing as a school, but the number of people that caught the virus in that short amount of time is shocking. Hundreds of Georgia campers infected with coronavirus at YMCA camp in just days, CDC report finds https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/hundreds-georgia-campers-infected-with-coronavirus-ymca-summer-camp-cdc-report-finds/EL5FFTVSDVETRGROPEXK6CIZNM/?outputType=amp
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What about New York City specifically? I know they were not doing indoor dining as of 3 or 4 weeks ago but not sure if something changed. Limited indoor dining seems like it can work. The bigger problem comes when you increase the capacity toward 75-100% and of course the bars are ripe for spreading.
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The places that were hammered in winter/spring generally took a slower approach with reopening. Forget the bars, is indoor dining even open yet in NYC? Or if it is, what's the percent capacity?
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Indiana recently added something nice to the dashboard. There is a breakdown of the number of unique individuals tested as well as the total number of tests each day so you get a sense of how many multiple tests have been done.
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7 day average deaths have eclipsed 1000. That is where we were at the end of May/start of June. It was inevitable that the deaths were going to rise after the cases exploded, but I was hoping we'd keep the weekly average under 1000/day. Now you just hope it doesn't climb much higher.
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Your county strikes me as an outlier as far as the distribution of deaths. I looked it up and the latest population estimate for Livingston county is 190,000. I would bet there aren't many counties of that size that have 95-100% of the covid deaths coming from nursing homes. I could see that being more common in very rural counties where it stays mostly contained inside of the facilities.
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I do think it matters in some ways, but in other ways not. Like, we would have a contingent of deniers/minimizers out there no matter what because, well, that's how we roll. Would rather not rehash the blame game in here though because we know that it will inevitably wade into problem territory for this thread (and everyone is probably pretty much set in their beliefs anyway)
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Heard that from my sister, who has basically been looking for any way possible to discredit the pandemic. That raises an obvious question about those stories. How do they know whom to call if people are leaving before getting tested? Or is there some kind of check in process when you first show up?
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Florida and Texas have each reported ~400 deaths in just the past 2 days.
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No Biden. He is currently not even in a position to enact policy.
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Unless there is some substantive news in relation to the virus, I don't want to see Trump mentioned in here.
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Hopefully the heart affects are temporary. It's a big problem if they aren't, or even if they fade away after some years go by because in the meantime you'd have people who survived the acute phase of covid but die prematurely.
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Was a little scared to open this thread when I saw it was a "hot" topic. Good to see it didn't go down the toilet with a bunch of name calling and bashing. Anyway, carry on.
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Really bad sign that there is already an outbreak on a team. Reports say that it is like 11+ players on the Marlins. MLB is in a tough spot. I think they may be inclined to wait and see if this is sort of an isolated incident as far as this big of an outbreak. If another team or two gets slammed, they definitely pull the plug on the season.
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National covid hospitalization levels are at the level they were at back in April. Does not mean we will see a death rate like we had back then (due to a higher proportion of younger people being hospitalized as well as having more knowledge about how to treat now) but unfortunately we are probably just going to rip off 1000+ deaths a day for the foreseeable future, except on the weekend/lag days.
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Bars/clubs in Indianapolis are closing and restaurants are going back down to 50%. I think it is only Indy/Marion county so far and not across the state. We have not trended very well in July, though fortunately the hospital situation is not currently on the brink as is the case in other states.
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Had the same thought. I mean, he was living in Florida and they are going through a rough time. Though the story said he was surrounded by family members, which could suggest another cause since people who die of covid usually die without family physically present. Unless they were on a video chat or something...
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Damn man. Thanks for sharing your account.
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Good post. Just wear a damn mask. Anything that can help lessen spread of this virus. There is room for debate about the exact effectiveness of face coverings and which ones work the best, but I'd be shocked if it turned out that they didn't help at all with covid. There is a better argument for not having a covid vaccine be mandatory (you can't take it off or undo it like a mask and there are actually some side effects with vaccines) but I suppose that is an argument for another time.
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Statewide masking order goes into effect in Indiana on Monday for people over 8 years old. I am not sure where that particular number is coming from. I know there is some data out there to suggest that kids over age 10 and especially over age 15 are better at spreading the virus than younger kids.
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Looks like today may have the highest fatality number since the end of May, or at least top 2.
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The Disney safety protocols seem pretty good from what I saw. Bigger concern may be when people are at their hotels. Of course it is one thing to have protocols in place and another to follow them all of the time. The timing is poor since they reopened during an ongoing surge, so this Disney experiment will be interesting to follow.
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I think high schools and colleges are of particular concern. Teenagers/college kids seem to be more efficient spreaders.
