Florida will be 'like a house on fire' in weeks with loose coronavirus restrictions, infectious.....

[steve2470]

Florida will be 'like a house on fire' in weeks with loose coronavirus restrictions, infectious disease expert says

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/10/09/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html

As health officials in Florida reported nearly 3,000 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, the state is bracing to become "like a house on fire," an infectious disease expert says.

"Florida is ripe for another large outbreak," said Mike Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

"What they've done is opened up everything as if nothing had ever happened there and you and I could be talking probably in eight to 10 weeks, and I will likely bet that Florida will be a house on fire," Osterholm told CNN's Jake Tapper.

Health officials in Florida reported 2,908 new cases of Covid-19 and 118 deaths on Friday, according to data from the Florida Department of Health. The agency has reported at least 2,200 new cases daily for four consecutive days.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Stay safe, my friends.

[steve2470]

2. thanks, tad scary here, need to get Trump out to make this better!! GOTV !! nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

3. so the plan is to win by killing his former supporters?

That is how maniacal he is.

Question is the people like deSantis going along. No conscience. All ambition?

[beachbumbob]

5. state govt of florida income revenue stream NEEDS the state to be open AND tourists.seniors flocking

to the state. I and I wife winter in florida in out RV and have cancelled 2021 winter plans as well as thousands of others, if not 10's of thousands, The snowbirds sit out, Florida crashes and burns on financial side

[beachbumbob]

4. in 2 weeks expect to see explosive rise in hospitalizations as this is the only metric that matters

[tblue37]

6. My daughter's an ER doctor in Orlando. I have been worried about her, but now I will worry even more

[steve2470]

7. best wishes to her ! nt

[tblue37]

8. Thank you! nt