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ProfessorGAC

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7. That's Pretty Good!

Reply to Ellipsis (Reply #6)

Fri Nov 13, 2020, 06:39 PM

Nov 2020

I'm in the exurbs of Chicago (south & west), and we've got four towns all 5 to 8 miles from one another, each with 4,500 to 6,000. Around 20,000 people.
I know of no place locally to get tested, unless exhibiting symptoms. The 5 or 6 hospital branch sites are at least doing that part.

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Wis. today. 7,777 new cases, 58 deaths, positive test rate remains above 36%. [View all] Ellipsis Nov 2020 OP

Yikes! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #1

and my county is colored RED on the #covid map!! (in a very RED county:-) in a very gerrrymandered riversedge Nov 2020 #3

No surprise, there SheltieLover Nov 2020 #4

Lots of patriots across the nation and especially in WI, PA and AZ and GA Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #2

They're Testing Pretty Robustly, Too ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #5

We are a model for testing. But we truly suck at contact tracing. Ellipsis Nov 2020 #6

That's Pretty Good! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #7

Proximity to Madison might be part of it - about 50 miles out. Ellipsis Nov 2020 #8