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OT: Coronavirus
Definitely the fault of government workers, poor communications, and so forth.  Some will be lefties, some  righties, and some independents.
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Quote: @IDVikingfan said:
Definitely the fault of government workers, poor communications, and so forth.  Some will be lefties, some  righties, and some independents.
You will not hear that here. They will say its the deep state and people on the left who want to undermine Trump. Remind me again who's "signature" is on the check?
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Enough of the political bull shit in this thread,  if you dont have something pertinent to say speciific to the virus itself then keep it to yourself or take it to the appropriate place.

Further attempt to politicize this topic will receive no warnings and the poster will be immediately removed from the thread.

This is for factual  information on spread and ways of controlling this virus,  not about theories of blame or to try and highlight failures for political purposes.
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WASHINGTON – The number of people in the United States who have been infected with the coronavirus is likely to be 10 times as high as the 2.4 million confirmed cases, based on antibody tests, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
CDC Director Robert Redfield’s estimate, shared with reporters in a conference call, indicates that at least 24 million Americans have been infected so far.
The antibody tests examine a person’s blood for indicators that the immune system has mounted a response to an infection. The serological surveys are being done around the country as epidemiologists try to measure the reach of the virus to date. Redfield said he believes 5 to 8 percent of the population has been infected so far.
Significantly, that would mean 92 to 95 percent remain susceptible to a coronavirus infection. Experts say this is the critical data point showing that the pandemic remains in its early stages and people need to continue to try to limit the viral spread.
The CDC director’s comments came as case counts continued to surge to record levels in many states, particularly in the South and West, during warm-weather months that many had hoped would provide a lull in the pandemic.
Alabama, Nevada and Missouri reported single-day records for new coronavirus cases, a day after the national total hit a single-day high of 38,173 cases.
Amid signs that Texas has lost control of the epidemic, Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced the state would pause its reopening to try to halt the flow of infections. He said he is focused on strategies to slow the viral spread “while also allowing Texans to continue earning a paycheck to support their families. The last thing we want to do as a state is go backwards and close down businesses.”
Redfield said that younger people are the leading edge of that transmission. “Young people, many newly mobile after months of lockdowns, have been getting tested more often in recent weeks and driving the surge in cases in the South and West,” he said.

“In the past, I just don’t think we diagnosed these infections,” he said.
https://www.startribune.com/cdc-chief-sa...571496882/
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I think part of what we're seeing today is what we expected; as a country we're going to need to turn the dial up and then back it down, then turn it up again...Sadly, people are still dying from this s hit. 

No vaccine or much therapeutic yet? This is our life now until it burns out or the vaccine is found. 



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How is your state doing? Pretty interesting...most states now show a definitive curve that has flattened. But look at Texas, Florida, MIssissippi and Arizona. 

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states
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Quote: @MaroonBells said:
How is your state doing? Pretty interesting...most states now show a definitive curve that has flattened. But look at Texas, Florida, MIssissippi and Arizona. 

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states

We had to re-open the economy, but some of those states really dialed it back too much at the wrong time - when key metrics were still going the wrong way.

They're paying the price now.

600 people a day are dying from Covid-19 in the US. Down from the peak of 2200 a day, but that's a daunting #, a sad one. 

Headlines here are 4 bars in Mpls and in Mankato are responsible for some major spreads. Kids going out getting drunk and carefree. Probably getting laid too - god bless em.

Personally I think local govt's need to carry a big stick against these establishments for blatantly breaking the rules. 

The insidious thing about Covid is you're not putting just yourself at risk being young and dumb, but everyone around you could be in trouble. 
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