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In reply to the discussion: I want to know how many of these soaring numbers of newly infected [View all]crickets
(26,168 posts)31. Tentative good news. So far it seems the protestors got it right.
They were outdoors, many if not most wore masks, and hand sanitizer was everywhere. It will take another week before the low numbers are considered trustworthy.
More than 2 weeks after start of nationwide protests, little sign of COVID spike, but officials remain cautious
When protests started after the May 25 killing of George Floyd, health experts worried that the large gatherings could spark outbreaks of the coronavirus. Yet more than two weeks since those protests hit their peak, there is little evidence that has happened, though officials caution it is far too early and the circumstances far too complicated to draw any broad conclusions.
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Because of the potential for asymptomatic spread of this virus, giving an all-clear time frame is difficult, Bartkey said in an email on Tuesday. We need to allow about 21 days for the first generation of infections to appear (i.e. 21 days from exposure to test result 14-day incubation plus another few days to seek health care or get tested and for the result to come to us); but if there is asymptomatic spread in a household, it could be another 14-21 days for those secondary cases to appear.
For now, however, Minnesota has not seen a high positivity rate in tests from protesters. Bartkey said Health Partners, a health care provider in the state that is conducting testing, has conducted coronavirus tests on 8,500 people at its sites where the person is confirmed to have been at a protest, vigil or clean up mass event. Of this, Bartkey said there has been a 1-percent positivity rate.
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Because of the potential for asymptomatic spread of this virus, giving an all-clear time frame is difficult, Bartkey said in an email on Tuesday. We need to allow about 21 days for the first generation of infections to appear (i.e. 21 days from exposure to test result 14-day incubation plus another few days to seek health care or get tested and for the result to come to us); but if there is asymptomatic spread in a household, it could be another 14-21 days for those secondary cases to appear.
For now, however, Minnesota has not seen a high positivity rate in tests from protesters. Bartkey said Health Partners, a health care provider in the state that is conducting testing, has conducted coronavirus tests on 8,500 people at its sites where the person is confirmed to have been at a protest, vigil or clean up mass event. Of this, Bartkey said there has been a 1-percent positivity rate.
The article is rather long and discusses numbers in other areas around the country as well as the various National Guard units involved.
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N... no ... just ... no, we're not back into the 30s. Jus damn, ... Ms Toad, can you do some
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#9
Do you think this is a one time jump? Yesterday it was 27,000 ... this is horrible
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#17
I heard the median year of the recent positive cases near me is late twenty.
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2020
#2
I thought I read earlier today that the infection rate for BLM protesters was just under 1%.
House of Roberts
Jun 2020
#13