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Doodley

(9,036 posts) Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:05 AM Oct 2020

France hits 52,000 cases in one day, with a population one-fifth of America.

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

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France hits 52,000 cases in one day, with a population one-fifth of America. (Original Post) Doodley Oct 2020 OP

Tell me about it DFW Oct 2020 #1

Wow Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #2

I guess the talk of things getting worse with the coming of cold weather is true. captain queeg Oct 2020 #3

If you multiply their total number of cases by five... Silent3 Oct 2020 #4

DFW

(54,277 posts)

1. Tell me about it

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:49 AM

Oct 2020

I’m supposed to run down there for a few hours on Wednesday. I hope they are still letting people in and out by then.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. Wow

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:06 AM

Oct 2020

captain queeg

(10,089 posts)

3. I guess the talk of things getting worse with the coming of cold weather is true.

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:17 AM

Oct 2020

Maybe the lull experienced over the summer was more about higher temps than much success from restrictions. If that is the cases it’s going to get much worse very soon.

Silent3

(15,147 posts)

4. If you multiply their total number of cases by five...

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Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:18 AM

Oct 2020

...they're almost caught up with the disaster we have here, and the same is true with the death count.

Given how steep the rise in cases has been, it looks like France will surpass the scale of our fuck-up even if they make the most stringent possible attempt to turn things around immediately.

It's incredibly sad. And without knowing the details of what's going on in France, my only guess is that this is a result of growing complacency after early success.

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