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Igel

(37,684 posts)
14. No, it doesn't.
Fri Jun 5, 2020, 11:44 AM
Jun 2020

Rushing doesn't help.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/individual-states/florida. The last data is 6/4/20, which is what the OP's good for.

Look at the last two bars. Using press language, there was a surge and spike in the number of tests for the last couple of days--not "positive" but just # of tests.

The positive rate is higher, but not the sudden surge expected. (So the predictions were wrong--predictably, at this point, since most predictions have been overwrought.)

1point3acres continues to show that it's mostly confined to specific areas, and we'll have to see what effect this has--are they testing more asymptomatics and groups at low risk for severe symptoms so it won't result in increased hospitalizations and deaths? Specific infected networks, so there is an outbreak but it's self-contained?

That's the deal that was struck: Put the brakes on the virus to enable ICUs not to be swamped, then relax with a low level of infection and spread.

This is also just Florida, not the other states where all human life should by now have been COVID-eradicated several times over.

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Send his convention there, please soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
Nooooooo snowybirdie Jun 2020 #18
No, send it to Moscow. That's where they pick the candidate anyway. Fozzledick Jun 2020 #19
I need a haircut badly and it would be nice to dine out. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #2
FWIW, the exact same thing is happening in Arizona. nt Mike 03 Jun 2020 #3
18% increase in confirmed cases in Duval County (Jacksonville FL) yesterday. Lochloosa Jun 2020 #4
. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #10
We were supposed to find more cases ScratchCat Jun 2020 #5
What a simplistic view Hav Jun 2020 #12
No, it doesn't. Igel Jun 2020 #14
Your page doesn't display for me but I believe you Hav Jun 2020 #20
I would have expected to see an awful lot more on The Villages. OnDoutside Jun 2020 #6
In my opinion, we're beginning to see the impact of Memorial Day weekend idiocy. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2020 #7
Apparently the county libraries are not considered to be businesses. nt Clearly fogged in Jun 2020 #8
I'd like nothing more than a professional haircut. My husband needs one worse than I do. Grammy23 Jun 2020 #9
It feels so good when a family member cuts our hair. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #13
RE: How is reopening working in Florida? Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #11
Same-old from isolation. The big event is that Hortensis Jun 2020 #15
My reckless city must be protected by a bubble... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #16
Record case levels and deaths in Dallas too JCMach1 Jun 2020 #17
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