Every. Single. Day. lately has been a new record for new infections, over 120,000 per DAY is likely to become the "new normal" between now and February.
Even if "only" a few hundred US citizens are DYING EVERY DAY as a result
the fact is it is not the paltry prevention measures that are holding back us starting the economic recovery
it is the pandemic itself.
Nothing will go back to any reasonable definition of normal until we have kicked this virus' butt.
Daily new cases must get down below 5/100K (rolling 7-day average).
Testing positivity rate well below 1%
Then the hospitalization and death rates per 100K will take care of themselves.
We do not have to wait another year or more (if ever) for a vaccine to rescue us, after Jan 21 at least we have less corrupt and infinitely more competent leadership in place.
If they have the balls to hit the ground running, override the trumpista "this is fine, herd mentality FREEDUMB" brainwashing and do what needs to be done
it can be down to safe enough levels within a few months.
We can only pray they do, and will.
Elizabeth Warren for Sec. Homeland Security!
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Meanwhile it's red states and Trump-supporting counties that are dying at much higher rates, and will continue to do so, specifically as a consequence of listening to him and the Murdoch media bubble like Fox.
https://apnews.com/article/counties-worst-virus-surges-voted-trump-d671a483534024b5486715da6edb6ebf
The worst locations aren’t in high-density cities, or in areas where there’s a high level of travel. They are small, rural counties. In fact, most of them are rural counties in rural states like Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
And 93% of the counties with the worst rates of coronavirus infection voted for Donald Trump. In fact, they voted overwhelmingly for Trump. And the worse the infection, the more dire the local situation, the more likely they were to vote for Trump.
Trump counties practice less social distancing. People in those counties are also less likely to wear masks. And, again mirroring the AP data, the more a county supported Trump, the worse it is on these safety measures. People in Trump counties are more likely to ignore stay-at-home orders. They are more likely to ignore mask mandates. They are less likely to practice safe social distancing.
Listening to Trump, watching Fox News, believing the messages that the conservative media spreads, is not just sickening; it’s deadly.
Science, reality, proof, not BS propaganda.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-00977-7
Even if "only" a few hundred US citizens are DYING EVERY DAY as a result
the fact is it is not the paltry prevention measures that are holding back us starting the economic recovery
it is the pandemic itself.
Nothing will go back to any reasonable definition of normal until we have kicked this virus' butt.
Daily new cases must get down below 5/100K (rolling 7-day average).
Testing positivity rate well below 1%
Then the hospitalization and death rates per 100K will take care of themselves.
We do not have to wait another year or more (if ever) for a vaccine to rescue us, after Jan 21 at least we have less corrupt and infinitely more competent leadership in place.
If they have the balls to hit the ground running, override the trumpista "this is fine, herd mentality FREEDUMB" brainwashing and do what needs to be done
it can be down to safe enough levels within a few months.
We can only pray they do, and will.
Elizabeth Warren for Sec. Homeland Security!
_______
Meanwhile it's red states and Trump-supporting counties that are dying at much higher rates, and will continue to do so, specifically as a consequence of listening to him and the Murdoch media bubble like Fox.
https://apnews.com/article/counties-worst-virus-surges-voted-trump-d671a483534024b5486715da6edb6ebf
The worst locations aren’t in high-density cities, or in areas where there’s a high level of travel. They are small, rural counties. In fact, most of them are rural counties in rural states like Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
And 93% of the counties with the worst rates of coronavirus infection voted for Donald Trump. In fact, they voted overwhelmingly for Trump. And the worse the infection, the more dire the local situation, the more likely they were to vote for Trump.
Trump counties practice less social distancing. People in those counties are also less likely to wear masks. And, again mirroring the AP data, the more a county supported Trump, the worse it is on these safety measures. People in Trump counties are more likely to ignore stay-at-home orders. They are more likely to ignore mask mandates. They are less likely to practice safe social distancing.
Listening to Trump, watching Fox News, believing the messages that the conservative media spreads, is not just sickening; it’s deadly.
Science, reality, proof, not BS propaganda.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-00977-7
