Just before the Election, Covid hitting even harder than expected

[empedocles]

. . . predictions have come true — earlier and more significantly than expected.


“We’re in a really precarious time,” said David Rubin, a pediatrician who runs the PolicyLab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, whose models show devolving situations across much of the nation. The pandemic “is accelerating, and it’s accelerating quickly. We’re now seeing hospitals exceeding capacity in the Upper Midwest, in Salt Lake, where hospitals are filling up, and it’s just mid-October.”

The number of new coronavirus infections confirmed over the last week rose in 44 states compared to the week prior, according to The Hill’s analysis. Cases have declined for two or more consecutive weeks in just two states, California and Hawaii.''

The Hill, 10/22/2020

[soothsayer]

1. Not harder than expected by me, since we're doing so little to stop it

Not good

[Johnny2X2X]

2. 1225 deaths yesterday

Worst day since August. The 2nd wave is going to be awful.

Honestly, it's going to be the story going into election day, might even depress turnout on election day. Who ever has a big lead from absentee ballots is sitting pretty.

[empedocles]

3. Should hit the tracks of the trump superdoperspreader harder, then red areas?

[This is bit off topic. I just drove through a major road repaving area - fresh milling machine with much macadam dust clouds, macadam supply trucks and application machines; dust and tar smell very heavy. Perhaps 20+ workers, traffic direction, etc., and not a single mask. Lot of people just don't get masks. Seem like their is a tipping point, where a majority mask or not, and the rest follow.
Covid masking is going to be a long haul it seems.