Utah sent every phone in the state an emergency alert warning about rapidly rising Covid-19 cases an

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7. Good.

This was the old "Emergency Broadcast System" (now "Emergency Alert System" ) and this country is literally in a "Health Emergency". There are many many people who are tuning out or trying to tune out what is going on around them and carrying on like nothing is happening. Many of them DO have cell phones nowadays so what better way to drive the point home?

And looking at the OP article, they even say that -

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"Despite the ongoing pandemic, there are a number of people who are not aware of the dire situation we find ourselves in," state officials said. "As a result, the emergency alert was an effort to "make sure nearly everyone is aware of the serious nature of the pandemic."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/30/us/utah-emergency-alert-covid-19-trnd/index.html

The article goes on to say this --

The state reported a record 2,281 new Covid-19 cases Friday, according to state data. Previously, its record high was 1,989 cases on October 22. Furthermore, its 7-day case average now sits at a record of 1,621.7 cases, and its percentage of positive tests is at a record 18.17% as of Friday. All of these barometers are steadily climbing.

Today, PA reported 2,641 cases, which is also a record for us, and we have just over 4 times the population of Utah.