"Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida...

[Buckeye_Democrat]

... has the makings of the next epicenter."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/18/us/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

(CNN) Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the pandemic.

Florida reported 3,207 additional coronavirus cases on Thursday -- the largest single day count in the state since the pandemic, according to Florida Department of Health. Florida's total reported cases climbed to nearly 86,000, according to data released by the state.

The Sunshine State has "all the markings of the next large epicenter of coronavirus transmission," and risks being the "worst it has ever been," according to Wednesday's projections from a model by scientists at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.

"The potential for the virus to take off there is very, very nerve-racking and could have catastrophic consequences" because of the state's aging population and the prevalence of nursing homes and retirement communities, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told CNN on Thursday.

Florida joins nine other states -- Alabama, Arizona, California, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina and Texas -- that are seeing record-high seven-day averages of new coronavirus cases per day, according to a CNN analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.

More than three quarters of Florida's adult intensive care unit beds are occupied, according to data from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. General hospital beds were at nearly 75% capacity across the state...

... Despite the rising number of cases, the White House has downplayed the risks, with President Donald Trump saying Wednesday in an interview with Gray TV that the virus is "dying out."

More at above link.

[tinrobot]

1. No better time to hold a GOP Convention!

OK, maybe not. I wish everyone would take this seriously, including Republicans.

[Initech]

2. If Coronavirus moved from New York to Florida, does that mean that it retired?

[ProfessorGAC]

4. We Wish!

But, I think it's more like a shark looking for new feeding waters.

[scarytomcat]

8. Is that why dump didn't go to FL last weekend?

fear of the virus
this weekend he is going to kill OK
sorry Tulsa time to wake up

[zipplewrath]

3. And they're opening theme parks

It's going to explode soon. And then they'll open the schools.

[captain queeg]

5. It feels a little misleading to have Oregon on the list

I suppose it might be a record number but it was only 120 new cases yesterday with a state total of a little over 6000.

[stopdiggin]

7. agree 100%

the situations are in no way compatible with the real hot spot states. It's a casualty of the numbers game. (not that numbers aren't important .. but sometimes ...)

Still .. keep your guard up. N' stay safe.

[stopdiggin]

6. "dying out"

One death at a time. But don't worry, we'll get there!

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[patphil]

9. Only Trump would use the phrase "dying out" for a virus that's killed 120,000 Americans.

What a dildo!

definition of dildo: a mindless f**ker.

[jalan48]

10. Florida is counting the cases but appears to be under counting the deaths.

States with fewer cases are reporting a larger percentage of deaths than Florida.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[captain queeg]

12. I figured FLA would be under reporting deaths

Awhile back I know they were saying someone who died there but wasn’t technically a resident wouldn’t count. I’m not sure they are doing that but it would explain the numbers.

[luv2fly]

11. I'm so confused

Many of the states listed are southern states, and being summer they are hot as hell. Now didn't the orange anus say that this would go away with heat and summer?

[shanti]

13. I keep wondering about

Lake Havasu, which straddles AZ and CA. LOTS of people there during Memorial Day weekend from all around.