Current Events > COVID-19 cases have SPIKED to all-time highs in many states.

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https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-increase-detected-us-093045353.html

A total of 14 states and the US territory of Puerto Rico have recorded their worst week yet for new coronavirus infections, with Texas hitting a record high in Covid-19 hospitalizations, all while restrictions to curb the pandemic are being relaxed across America. A resurgence in new infections has been detected in states including Florida, Texas and California, as authorities allow certain businesses and public places to reopen.

According to data tracked by the Washington Post, since the start of June, 14 states and Puerto Rico have experienced their highest seven-day average of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. The states are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. The surge in cases, which public health experts have described as worrying, and had warned about repeatedly, shows that while Covid-19 is now in retreat in New York City and other major urban centres, it is sweeping across rural areas, infecting smaller towns.

Figures from the Texas department of state health services showed that 1,935 people were hospitalized for coronavirus-related reasons on Monday, up from a previous record of 1,888 on 5 May. Officials in Dallas said the city hit its highest ever one-day total for new infections on Thursday, at 285, while Houston has also recorded climbing numbers. On Sunday, Florida recorded more than 1,000 newly diagnosed Covid-19 cases for the fifth day of the previous week, with Thursdays total of 1,413 the highest since the state started providing daily updates in March.

But muh ECONOMY!!

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people are sick
zzzzz

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Fabulous

India, UK and Indonesia should follow America to open the ECONOMY
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Open everything.

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Protesting is fine now

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I kept telling people we would get hit later on,especially since I'm in a smaller town an hour from Dallas.After being home for 2 months we are going back to work tomorrow....fucking idiots man I swear.

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I mentioned a while back that we should probably skip nationwide lockdowns in favor of controlled lockdowns in areas that are hot. The lockdown we did do worked wonders for some states like New York, but now we have states that were fine then and are getting hit hard now. This virus is crazy, it's not going down all at once or in a wave, it's like a random mine field. Any future lockdown needs to be data driven and done on a state by state basis, not just a blanket shutdown. Going state by state and looking at the data prevents us of being this position where a state like Texas should shut down at least some regions, but they can't/won't because of the damage done from the first lockdown.

If you look, the states that were hit the hardest earlier are the ones doing a lot better. The ones that were seeing nothing are now the hot spots. Our lock downs need to be smarter, only done in places that need them at that moment.

Remember everyone, heat kills coronavirus.

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I'm absolutely shocked

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This sucks. I mean I'm happy for my family, we live in a good area that has it under control and is constantly improving, but I'd be heartless not to feel for those feeling the brunt of it right now. Hopefully the people most at risk take the proper precautions. Thoughts and prayers do nothing, but it's all I have for those people.

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Strider102 posted...

Remember everyone, heat kills coronavirus.

It reduces the half life of the virus on surfaces dramatically along with UV rays, humidity etc

It's not going to protect you if you're in a large group congregating around people for an extended period of time, or indoors with close contact to people for a long period of time, which is how the virus is spreading.

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