Coronavirus - U.S. hits highest single day of new cases with more than 45,500,

[TheGrinch]

When exactly are masks ever going to NOT be required?

Is there some sort of time line or everyone wearing masks for years to come?

[booty]

Really?  Just because you're a woman does not mean you cannot think instead of "feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeel". 

President Trump is the finest President of my Nation in my several decades of existence.  I think well enough of you that I am going to be polite as regards your childish statement about President Trump.

Go intercourse yourself. 


You are not stupid so quit playing that role.  Unless of course you really are stupid.  The ball's in your court.  You can either return it as Margaret Court would or take it and waddle home.

I like Australia.  I LOVE America.

I am thinking. And thank you for acknowledging that I am not stupid. I like you and will not turn this into a back and forth thing. Please stay safe.

[chaos]

You are not stupid

Gotta disagree with you here. As a rock.

[Teutonic Knight 1]

Terrifying. It really is concerning,  especially having that orange imbecile as a president.

Why don't U describe former Australian PM Julia Gillard 

Or back stabbing triangle of Aussie PM's ,Rudd > Gillard >Turnbull !.

American PRESIDENT is elected by the people , AU Prime Minister by his political party !.

[SF1900]

Study confirms new version of coronavirus spreads faster, but doesn't make people sicker

CNN) A global study has found strong evidence that a new form of the coronavirus has spread from Europe to the US. The new mutation makes the virus more likely to infect people but does not seem to make them any sicker than earlier variations of the virus, an international team of researchers reported Thursday.

"It is now the dominant form infecting people," Erica Ollmann Saphire of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology and the Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium, who worked on the study, told CNN.

"This is now the virus."

[booty]

Study confirms new version of coronavirus spreads faster, but doesn't make people sicker

CNN) A global study has found strong evidence that a new form of the coronavirus has spread from Europe to the US. The new mutation makes the virus more likely to infect people but does not seem to make them any sicker than earlier variations of the virus, an international team of researchers reported Thursday.

"It is now the dominant form infecting people," Erica Ollmann Saphire of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology and the Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium, who worked on the study, told CNN.

"This is now the virus."

Yes I read about this earlier today. It could explain the rapid acceleration.

[The Scott]

It is one thing to be "careful" and quite another to live your life in fear.  This plandemic is the latter.  Hopefully the cuckles of this planet will lock themselves in their closets (how delightfully ironic) and stay there while the rest of us live.

And the protestors?  They are the real virus. I hope they kill each other.

[Thin Lizzy]

The areas where the virus  is supposedly on a rampage are cities where the temperature is about 100° at this time of year. Would it not be normal to see an increase in hospitalizations due to heat related illnesses? Seems like yet another way to bump up the numbers.

[Flexacon]

Yes I read about this earlier today. It could explain the rapid acceleration.

The newer version became the more dominant one months ago.

[SF1900]

U.S. coronavirus cases soar by more than 50,600 in record single-day jump

The U.S. reported more than 50,600 additional coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the largest single-day increase since the beginning of the outbreak, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Cases were growing by 5% or more, based on the change in average new cases compared with last week, in 40 states across the country, including California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Nevada, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins.

The record-breaking increase in new coronavirus cases continues to push the U.S. farther beyond what some previously thought was its peak earlier this year.

As of Wednesday, the U.S. reported an average of 43,404 new cases, marking a week that the average has exceeded previous highs set in April. CNBC calculates its daily Covid-19 cases using data compiled by Johns Hopkins University based on an average over the previous seven days to eliminate fluctuations in daily reporting.

Arizona reported a record spike in new cases and deaths on Wednesday, recording nearly 4,900 new coronavirus cases and at least 80 new deaths, according to the Hopkins data. Arizona’s intensive care units were at 89% capacity as of Tuesday, according to the state’s health department.

Gov. Doug Ducey rolled back the state’s reopening plan Monday, closing bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks. The state has since reported a surge in its positivity rate, or the percentage of total tests that are positive, from a low of 4.9% in May to 20.1% in June, he said when announcing the rollback.

“We can’t be under any illusion that this virus is going to go away on its own. Our expectation is that next week our numbers will be worse. It will take several weeks for the mitigation that we have put in place and are putting in place to take effect,” Ducey said.

[AbrahamG]

Gotta disagree with you here. As a rock.

 

[Dave D]

U.S. coronavirus cases soar by more than 50,600 in record single-day jump

The U.S. reported more than 50,600 additional coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the largest single-day increase since the beginning of the outbreak, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Cases were growing by 5% or more, based on the change in average new cases compared with last week, in 40 states across the country, including California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Nevada, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins.

The record-breaking increase in new coronavirus cases continues to push the U.S. farther beyond what some previously thought was its peak earlier this year.

As of Wednesday, the U.S. reported an average of 43,404 new cases, marking a week that the average has exceeded previous highs set in April. CNBC calculates its daily Covid-19 cases using data compiled by Johns Hopkins University based on an average over the previous seven days to eliminate fluctuations in daily reporting.

Arizona reported a record spike in new cases and deaths on Wednesday, recording nearly 4,900 new coronavirus cases and at least 80 new deaths, according to the Hopkins data. Arizona’s intensive care units were at 89% capacity as of Tuesday, according to the state’s health department.

Gov. Doug Ducey rolled back the state’s reopening plan Monday, closing bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks. The state has since reported a surge in its positivity rate, or the percentage of total tests that are positive, from a low of 4.9% in May to 20.1% in June, he said when announcing the rollback.

“We can’t be under any illusion that this virus is going to go away on its own. Our expectation is that next week our numbers will be worse. It will take several weeks for the mitigation that we have put in place and are putting in place to take effect,” Ducey said.

The font is to large and colorful. It’s hard to read

[SF1900]

CNN: If the United States were my patient: We aren't ready to celebrate yet

(CNN)Back in the middle of May, I wrote an essay titled "If the United States were my patient," pondering what it would be like if the United States were a flesh-and-blood person who had gotten sick with an ongoing infection.
Seven weeks later, as we approach the patient's birthday -- July 4th -- I thought it would be a good time to check in and see how the patient's doing.

It turns out the answer is: not well at all.

In fact, with daily infection rates breaking records on many days during the last couple of weeks, we are arguably worse off today than at any point earlier in the pandemic. Consider: This week, 15 states saw their highest seven-day averages, and the country is seeing around 50,000 new cases a day. We have less than 5% of the global population, but about 25% of coronavirus cases and deaths. Several states, including Texas and Arizona, are on the verge of having recently infected patients overwhelm hospital capacity.

[Humble Narcissist]

Since CNN said it, I better not celebrate.

[SF1900]

States Shatter Coronavirus Records As Officials Eye Holiday Weekend With Alarm
States Shatter Coronavirus Records As Officials Eye Holiday Weekend With Alarm

The grim news has taken no respite this Fourth of July.

On Saturday, just as residents across the country celebrated the holiday, state authorities once more reported a record-breaking number of new coronavirus cases. Florida and South Carolina on Saturday both reported passing their previous single-day highs, while Alabama, Texas and a slew of others continued to reel from recent records of their own.

In Florida on Friday alone, there were more than 11,400 newly confirmed cases of the virus. That sum shatters a record that was set in the state just a couple of days ago — around the same time that the U.S. as a whole recorded the world's highest-ever daily tally, with more than 55,000.

In a desperate bid to curtail the latest spike in the statewide caseload, local leaders in Florida implemented a slew of measures to tamp down the weekend's usual holiday festivities. Miami-Dade County, for one, has instituted a curfew beginning at 10 p.m. "until further notice," while beaches across much of South Florida are closed.

[Vince B]

Things not looking good for USA, Brazil, India and Mexico. Other countries should be worried as well.

Chart is from 2 days ago.

[loco]

[SF1900]

239 Experts With 1 Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne

The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive.

The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months: The virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby.

If airborne transmission is a significant factor in the pandemic, especially in crowded spaces with poor ventilation, the consequences for containment will be significant. Masks may be needed indoors, even in socially distant settings. Health care workers may need N95 masks that filter out even the smallest respiratory droplets as they care for coronavirus patients.

Ventilation systems in schools, nursing homes, residences and businesses may need to minimize recirculating air and add powerful new filters. Ultraviolet lights may be needed to kill viral particles floating in tiny droplets indoors.

The World Health Organization has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets that, once expelled by infected people in coughs and sneezes, fall quickly to the floor.

[GigantorX]

Things not looking good for USA, Brazil, India and Mexico. Other countries should be worried as well.

Chart is from 2 days ago.

Worried about what, exactly?

Almost 40 million tests, so what is to be "worried" about?

[Thin Lizzy]

Worried about what, exactly?

Almost 40 million tests, so what is to be "worried" about?

On his chart, India shows 18,000 deaths in a country of over a billion, and if those numbers are consistent with everywhere else, the overwhelming majority of those people are over 75 with pre-existing conditions. Biggest nothing ever.

[Thin Lizzy]

I knew it. Anybody with a compromised immune system will test positive:




https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html

Common question
What do your results mean if you test positive for antibodies for the coronavirus disease?

A positive test result shows you may have antibodies from an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19, or possibly from infection with a related virus from the same family of viruses (called coronavirus), such as one that causes the common cold.

[Flexacon]

I knew it. Anybody with a compromised immune system will test positive:




https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html

Common question
What do your results mean if you test positive for antibodies for the coronavirus disease?

A positive test result shows you may have antibodies from an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19, or possibly from infection with a related virus from the same family of viruses (called coronavirus), such as one that causes the common cold.

This was known over 3 months ago.

[el numero uno]

CNN: If the United States were my patient: We aren't ready to celebrate yet

(CNN)Back in the middle of May, I wrote an essay titled "If the United States were my patient," pondering what it would be like if the United States were a flesh-and-blood person who had gotten sick with an ongoing infection.
Seven weeks later, as we approach the patient's birthday -- July 4th -- I thought it would be a good time to check in and see how the patient's doing.

It turns out the answer is: not well at all.

In fact, with daily infection rates breaking records on many days during the last couple of weeks, we are arguably worse off today than at any point earlier in the pandemic. Consider: This week, 15 states saw their highest seven-day averages, and the country is seeing around 50,000 new cases a day. We have less than 5% of the global population, but about 25% of coronavirus cases and deaths. Several states, including Texas and Arizona, are on the verge of having recently infected patients overwhelm hospital capacity.

That's already happening in countries with week health care systems.

[Thin Lizzy]

This was known over 3 months ago.

So then why do we hear about these cases every day like they’re the end of the fucking world?

[GigantorX]

"On the verge...."

Does the author provide any actual numbers or data to back this up? How hospitalizations are due to Covid vs non-covid patients? What's the regular bed usage % compared to normal usage from a year ago?