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two weeks has dramatically changed Oregon's Covid picture from decent to bad. We've gone from about 33 new cases a day (May 27) to 116 a day now. That's 3.5 times as many. And a forecast of a couple of models suggest that rate could be somewhere between 270 and 1000 new cases a day

we were too impatient. Probably reopened 2-4 weeks too early, and definitely should have stayed closed past Memorial Day.

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavi...coronavirus-infections-modeled-by-oregon.html
 
It's an oldie but a goodie, BLAME THE DIRTY BROWN PEOPLE!

White House eyes travel from Mexico as source of virus spike

The White House is floating a theory that travel from Mexico may be contributing to a new wave of coronavirus infections, rather than states’ efforts to reopen their economies.



The notion was discussed at some length during a meeting of the administration’s coronavirus task force in the White House Situation Room Thursday that focused, in part, on identifying commonalities between new outbreaks, according to two administration officials familiar with the discussions.



COVID-19 cases are currently rising in nearly half of states across the country, according to an Associated Press analysis. That includes Arizona, where hospitals have been told to prepare for the worst, and Texas, which now has more hospitalized patients than ever.




The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was deploying teams to Arizona and other hotspots to try to trace the outbreaks and contain them, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly describe internal conversations. CDC officials and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.



In addition to Arizona, other states experiencing recent spikes of infections include California, Texas and North Carolina — particularly within the Hispanic community. As a result, the task force is looking at whether those spikes may be tied to legal travel between the U.S. and Mexico, which is experiencing an ongoing severe coronavirus outbreak.



Mexico has had more than 133,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nearly 16,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University — dramatically fewer than the U.S., which has surpassed 2 million cases and more than 113,000 deaths.

https://apnews.com/129cbe9e6320cd16ce3e845f29de0cac
 
wizenheimer said:
two weeks has dramatically changed Oregon's Covid picture from decent to bad. We've gone from about 33 new cases a day (May 27) to 116 a day now. That's 3.5 times as many. And a forecast of a couple of models suggest that rate could be somewhere between 270 and 1000 new cases a day

we were too impatient. Probably reopened 2-4 weeks too early, and definitely should have stayed closed past Memorial Day.

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavi...coronavirus-infections-modeled-by-oregon.html
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The problem isn't when you open it's how you open. The problem is the people that don't go by the guidelines. It's over 100 degrees in Arizona almost daily and a little under 100 in Texas. Warmer weather doesn't kill the virus and it's not going anywhere. So why does it matter when you open?
 
BigGameDamian said:
The problem isn't when you open it's how you open. The problem is the people that don't go by the guidelines. It's over 100 degrees in Arizona almost daily and a little under 100 in Texas. Warmer weather doesn't kill the virus and it's not going anywhere. So why does it matter when you open?
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the same logic could be used to say we should have never implemented stay-at-home orders and social-distancing to begin with

to start relaxing restrictions just before a big holiday was stupid. And it was predictably stupid because many public health experts predicted the result we're seeing right now.
 
wizenheimer said:
two weeks has dramatically changed Oregon's Covid picture from decent to bad. We've gone from about 33 new cases a day (May 27) to 116 a day now. That's 3.5 times as many. And a forecast of a couple of models suggest that rate could be somewhere between 270 and 1000 new cases a day

we were too impatient. Probably reopened 2-4 weeks too early, and definitely should have stayed closed past Memorial Day.

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavi...coronavirus-infections-modeled-by-oregon.html
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The biggest portion of new cases here are among food processing workers. Add to that the wholly unpredictable results of infections that we may see arise from two weeks of protests, and it’s pretty hard to reach a conclusion that the increase is due simply to opening up too soon.
 
e_blazer said:
The biggest portion of new cases here are among food processing workers. Add to that the wholly unpredictable results of infections that we may see arise from two weeks of protests, and it’s pretty hard to reach a conclusion that the increase is due simply to opening up too soon.
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a lot more people participated in Memorial Day activities than the protests
 
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FDA terminates emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news...15-20-intl/h_38c75864285525451f1329d1dcbc0ab2

"FDA has concluded that, based on this new information and other information discussed in the attached memorandum, it is no longer reasonable to believe that oral formulations of HCQ and CQ may be effective in treating COVID-19, nor is it reasonable to believe that the known and potential benefits of these products outweigh their known and potential risks," FDA chief scientist Denise Hinton wrote in a letter to Gary Disbrow of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) on Monday.
 
andalusian said:
FDA terminates emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news...15-20-intl/h_38c75864285525451f1329d1dcbc0ab2

"FDA has concluded that, based on this new information and other information discussed in the attached memorandum, it is no longer reasonable to believe that oral formulations of HCQ and CQ may be effective in treating COVID-19, nor is it reasonable to believe that the known and potential benefits of these products outweigh their known and potential risks," FDA chief scientist Denise Hinton wrote in a letter to Gary Disbrow of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) on Monday.
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this should be a huge story that gets national attention considering how hard trump & the right wing pushed this drug, and how much coverage that got....but it won't be
 
tests/million:

Monaco 412,949
UAE 265,661
Bahrain 250,399
Falkland Islands 193,149
Malta 187,584
Iceland 185,253
Luxembourg 177,379
Denmark 140,009
Lithuania 134,065
Cyprus 117,135
Qatar 105,185
Russia 103,892
Spain 103,232
UK 101,170
Portugal 95,680
Belgium 89,435
Singapore 83,562
Israel 82,272
Kuwait 79,059
Belarus 77,654
Italy 76,884
USA 76,276

I read, somewhere last week, that the US also has one the highest rates of serological testing vs total testing; and those kinds of test are much less reliable and as a whole, are much poorer at gauging current conditions
 
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Fears of a second lockdown grow as coronavirus infections surge in 17 mostly southern states, bringing record number of new cases and hospitalizations across parts of US
  • Several of states, mostly in the South, have seen an increase in new cases since Memorial Day as officials warn of a potential surge in new coronavirus infections
  • Alabama reported a record number of new cases for the fourth day in a row on Sunday
  • Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina all had record numbers of new cases in the past three days
  • In Louisiana, which had been one of the earlier virus hot spots, new cases were again on the rise with over 1,200 - the most there since May 21
  • In total, more than 115,000 Americans have now died of COVID-19 and two million have been infected
  • State health officials partly attribute the increase to gatherings over the Memorial Day holiday weekend
  • However others say the increase in cases is due to more robust testing
  • Many of the states that have seen increases in cases are also seeing record hospitalizations, which is perhaps more troubling for health officials
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8423547/States-COVID-19-rise.html
 
wizenheimer said:
tests/million:

Monaco 412,949
UAE 265,661
Bahrain 250,399
Falkland Islands 193,149
Malta 187,584
Iceland 185,253
Luxembourg 177,379
Denmark 140,009
Lithuania 134,065
Cyprus 117,135
Qatar 105,185
Russia 103,892
Spain 103,232
UK 101,170
Portugal 95,680
Belgium 89,435
Singapore 83,562
Israel 82,272
Kuwait 79,059
Belarus 77,654
Italy 76,884
USA 76,276

I read, somewhere last week, that the US also has one the highest rates of serological testing vs total testing; and those kinds of test are much less reliable and as a whole, are much poorer at gauging current conditions
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When Trump boasted about how much testing has been done, a reporter said not true if you look at per capita. He said there are many per capitas. Showing he has no idea what per capita means.
 
crandc said:
When Trump boasted about how much testing has been done, a reporter said not true if you look at per capita. He said there are many per capitas. Showing he has no idea what per capita means.
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He could mean purr capita.

Do we know how many tests cats have gotten?
 
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