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Wow, seven of the top 11 in new cases. Oh, and we can't leave KY out at No. 16

You had to go and post that. Now the Ohio posters are drooling.

Winds look to be ferocious with the strong front Saturday night/Sunday. It will definitely be a change to those of us in the eastern part of the subfoum who haven't yet had a real taste of winter. Might even see a small accumulation of LES north of US 30 in northern IN and most of MI, as well as the eastern part of northern OH. I would like to see those 10 ft. waves crashing onto shore off of Lake Michigan, although the land owners along the lake may not be too happy about it, as they loose more ground to mother nature.

I was speaking with the safety director of a large regional hospital today and they are getting concerned with the growing numbers and in fact two of the smaller hospitals are full.

My next door neighbor had to be hospitalized last night due to difficulty breathing. He tested positive and was symptomatic. He is 59 and fairly healthy other than he was a smoker, but quit less than a year ago.

Most of our subforum is not faring well, but almost all of the southern 2/3s of Wisconsin with over 56 per 100,000 daily cases, wow.

A respiratory therapist friend of mine posted this on her Facebook page. She said that the burnout factor in hospitals will be severe if the numbers continue to climb like they have recently.

Here are the excess mortality numbers.The numbers only to go to early September due to incomplete reporting. I look for that curve to increase soon based on the sharp increase in cases. This gives a new view to those here that are still downplaying the seriousness of this virus.

So you're hinting at an insurrection? Really?!

Well, this is a forum for weather buffs and meteorologists, so we have tendency to follow the science, however "left" that may seem to some.

Thank you for admitting that the federal response has been questionable, except that it has been most of the time. Thank you for admitting that the administration played politics with people's lives.

I mentioned to my wife that I feel that it's demographics. What I mean is that whenever I go in early in the day, I noticed that about 80-90% are wearing masks. If I go in during the mid to late afternoon, the percentages drop by a lot. I have also noticed that during late afternoon, many more shoppers are younger. I fell like there is a correlation of age determining the percentage of wearers.

I ran into the local Wal Mart this afternoon. Was there for less than 10 minutes and lost count at 53 the number of people without masks. I am estimating that 50% were maskless, and that's not counting the people wearing them improperly. No wonder Indiana numbers are skyrocketing.

He is doing better now, but is a "long hauler." He says that he will be back irritating the board soon. Also, Josh, please forgive me for not mentioning you too. So anyone who posts in our subforum knows at least two people who have been infected.

Strange, I have two friends who died, two more that almost didn't make it, and six more who had varying amounts of symptoms from mild coughs and shortness of breath to being hospitalized for an extended period of time. Oh, and let's not forget our own Jackstraw, who is suffering from a serious case.

In reference to the mask talk a few posts ago, this is pretty crude, but spells out nicely the effectiveness of masks.

This graph from the New York Times shows that our subforum sucks.

Ironically, the first person (of several) that I am friends with to contract Covid, and in fact died from it, was a mortician.

Micro climate. It's early here.

Those statistics are telling. The case keeps being made that the many of the deaths are occurring to those with preexisting conditions/immuno-compromised individuals, and those with histories of substances abuse. The jury is still out on an increase in suicides. I propose that almost all of the increase in the number of deaths over average from March through July were caused by COVID, even if indirectly. Statistically, they wouldn't have died when they did if it weren't for the virus. Just because they didn't directly die of the virus, they are still a victim of it. I've lost patience with those who continue to poo-poo the idea that if they didn't die from it directly that they don't count. Everybody counts.

I disagree with you on many meteorology topics, but agree with this.

The whole mask argument just won't quit. Anti-maskers keep flaunting "studies" that show that masks don't work, while ignoring the fact that the medical profession has worn them for many years due to their effectiveness. I feel like the problem is that the public thinks they are safe if they have their mask on when around people who aren't wearing them and therefore do not worry about social distancing. That, combined will improper mask usage, leads to virus spread. I see dozens of people every day wearing a mask and not having their nose covered. Why even bother wearing one if you're going to do that? I'm positive that some of these same people are the ones who claim that they contacted COVID even though they wear a mask.

You had to start trolling Ohio already, huh? Although the rest of October has a chilly look to it, I would not be surprised to see a 2017-like November with a weak la Nina.

LOL, we posted almost the same thought simultaneously.

NEOH, you've hit the nail on the head about the State Governors making the COVID-related decisions. However, that is also my main bone of contention. The No. 1 job of the President is to be a leader, not day-to-day governing (legislature and courts). It is the President's job to guide the national conversation, be a leader in times of crisis, to work to unify the country through civil discourse. When Covid hit, the executive branch did not show leadership, it handed this political hot potato off to State Governors to handle. Therefore, there have been myriad courses of action instead of a solid, united effort to control this pandemic. Instead, this administration has taken no responsibility other than to criticize individual states' responses and create even more divisiveness than before this nightmare began. So my opinion is yes, it is the President's responsibility to promote the safety and well-being of the citizens by taking what the medical community recommends seriously, which our President has not done.