Florida, Texas and Arizona set records for daily COVID-19 cases

[mystery-ak]

Florida, Texas and Arizona set records for daily COVID-19 cases
By Jessie Hellmann - 06/17/20 01:46 PM EDT

Florida, Texas and Arizona all set records this week for the highest numbers of new COVID-19 cases reported in a single day as the virus continues to spread throughout the southern United States.

Florida reported 2,783 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, while Texas reported 4,098 cases and Arizona reported 2,392, with all states passing their previous records for highest single-day increases.

Governors in those states have argued that the increasing number of cases is a product of expanded testing, but public health experts have pointed to warning signs that there is more transmission within communities, including an increasing number of tests coming back positive.


“Part of it is increased testing, but the positivity rate is going up,” former Food & Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

“This is an outbreak that’s underway. It’s expanding. They’re at risk of tipping over,” he said of Texas, specifically.

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/503199-florida-texas-and-arizona-set-records-for-daily-covid-19-cases

[PeteS in CA]

WRT Texas, https://www.newsweek.com/houston-protesters-begin-fall-ill-coronavirus-after-marching-george-floyd-1511066 If the protests & riots are the outbreak points, there'll be more to come.

[jmyrlefuller]

Funny how these outbreaks didn't happen until over a month after the reopenings started. Until these riots started. Yet other than the article @PeteS in CA shared, most media talking heads have been tying themselves in knots trying to avoid linking the two and would rather blame those out getting haircuts or much-needed socialization.

And of course, they always pick the Republican-run states to highlight, while far-left California's hard lockdown, which has done nothing to flatten the curve, gets totally ignored or brushed off as "level."

[jmyrlefuller]

NFL player participates in protests, gets coronavirus
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/06/17/kareem-jackson-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

The evidence is beginning to mount...

[The_Reader_David]

This is the epidemiological equivalent of claims of "fastest growing [type of product or service]" which is more or less equivalent to smallest installed base.

New York and California will be hard pressed to set new daily case increase records because they already had so many bad days already.  I suspect Wyoming will have lots of record case increase days going forward precisely because they've had so few cases, but Wyoming is too small to give good press for the permanent-lockdown party's purposes.

[EdinVA]

One Quarter of Older Americans Live in California, Florida, and Texas About 52 million Americans are age 65 or older, according to the Census Bureau’s 2018 population estimates. One quarter of these older Americans live in one of three states: California, Florida, and Texas. Seven other states—Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania—account for another one-quarter of Americans age 65 or older. These 10 states are also the most populous and include over half of the total U.S. population. Sparsely populated states such as Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Vermont have very small older populations—less than 150,000 each in 2018.
https://www.prb.org/which-us-states-are-the-oldest/

[skeeter]

Funny how these outbreaks didn't happen until over a month after the reopenings started. Until these riots started. Yet other than the article @PeteS in CA shared, most media talking heads have been tying themselves in knots trying to avoid linking the two and would rather blame those out getting haircuts or much-needed socialization.

And of course, they always pick the Republican-run states to highlight, while far-left California's hard lockdown, which has done nothing to flatten the curve, gets totally ignored or brushed off as "level."

I have a hard time believing anything I see in most news sources. A consequence of their politicization of every damn thing.

Throughout the entire hair-on-fire initial outbreak my still partially shut down CA county had a grand total of two Covid related deaths. Which coincidentally was also the total of cops shot here by wacko leftwing anarchists.

I won't buy the same pig in a poke again.

Besides, we had members on TBR warning that this virus would run its course to herd immunity no matter what measures were taken, it was just a matter of how fast. So why are we surprised its still working its way through the population.

[libertybele]

Funny how these outbreaks didn't happen until over a month after the reopenings started. Until these riots started. Yet other than the article @PeteS in CA shared, most media talking heads have been tying themselves in knots trying to avoid linking the two and would rather blame those out getting haircuts or much-needed socialization.

And of course, they always pick the Republican-run states to highlight, while far-left California's hard lockdown, which has done nothing to flatten the curve, gets totally ignored or brushed off as "level."

IMHO it really has nothing to do with FL having a GOP governor. Since the virus was first noted in the state of FL we have never had a day with a decline in cases. Never.  It has been predicted that we will eventually reach 3,000 cases a day by August.  We are very close to reaching that point now with over 2,700+ cases a day.

There is information on age and gender and cases aren't just predominantly the aged in nursing homes.  Florida's youth are testing positive at almost twice the rate.

Data being collected IMHO is not accurate.  The information and the way testing is being reported has changed numerous times.

The rise in hospitalizations is concerning hospital administrators.  Though DeSantis stated that he would not shut down again, several city leaders have commented that they would consider "shuttering" again if cases continue to spike and hospital administrators are voicing concern, though they say that they are prepared.

DeSantis also claimed that the rise in numbers is due to more testing ... IMHO that's a stretch of the truth.  The "hot spot" in FL has always been the Miami-Dade area.  As the rest of the state opened they were the last to open ... in reading articles of what re-opened there, they skipped Phase I and rapidly were allowed to move into Phase II and they have been allowed to travel freely.  The west coast counties directly across from that area is now seeing a tremendous spike as well as the rest of the state. 

Miami-Dade is heavily populated with Hispanics and poorer populations (dubbed Little Havana)  that possibly may not readily adhere to social distancing guidelines and CDC advice.  (Just my opinion and observation).

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/06/15/young-floridians-test-positive-coronavirus-almost-twice-rate/3190098001/

https://www.winknews.com/2020/06/17/spike-in-cases-collier-county-wont-consider-shutting-down-unless-hospitals-overwhelmed/

https://www.winknews.com/2020/06/18/nch-to-discuss-recent-spike-in-cases-and-what-it-means-going-forward-at-thursday-town-hall/

[Idiot]

I have a hard time believing anything I see in most news sources. A consequence of their politicization of every damn thing.

Throughout the entire hair-on-fire initial outbreak my still partially shut down CA county had a grand total of two Covid related deaths. Which coincidentally was also the total of cops shot here by wacko leftwing anarchists.

I won't buy the same pig in a poke again.

Besides, we had members on TBR warning that this virus would run its course to herd immunity no matter what measures were taken, it was just a matter of how fast. So why are we surprised its still working its way through the population.

Yup.....I thought they were nuts.  It turns out they were completely correct.

[skeeter]

Yup.....I thought they were nuts.  It turns out they were completely correct.

One - I can't remember whom - cited his familiarity with livestock to draw the conclusion. Given what most of us knew about pandemics at the time (zero) it sounded rational.

So I look at this news as good - as long as the mortality rate doesn't rise. The best way to rid ourselves of this scourge is to get to ~70% infected. Then it goes away. Might as well get there while we're all prepared to deal with it.

[libertybele]

Florida's cases increased by 3,027.  We have now reached an increase of 3,000 cases daily instead of by August -- so the virus is spreading much more rapidly than was predicted.

Part of the problem; we actually decided to go into a restaurant today our first since re-opening.  No masks worn by the servers.  Bar stools were right next to one another with NO space in between.  Tables were  not 6 feet apart.  Luckily the restaurant was pretty empty.  When I asked about the masks -- I was told it wasn't mandatory and they are opting not to follow CDC guidelines.

Local pizzeria delivery was the same about a month ago - driver wore no mask, no gloves.

We went to a clothing store today as well; signs on the door clearly stated we appreciate you wearing a mask.  While we were there 2 groups came in with no one wearing masks. No one.  Most of the staff wore masks, but several did not.

Herein lies the problem.  So ... we've decided better still not to venture out.  We wear masks, carry hand sanitizer and wash our hands when we get home and hope for the best.  We are both very high risk.   

[GrouchoTex]

 9 days ago, Houston's mayor Sylvester Turner issued a statement, saying "The rise in cases can not be, nor should it be, attributed to the protest".

Yesterday, he announced that" Anyone who's been to a protest, should be tested".

They know...........