Some states engaged in reopening their economies have not yet seen coronavirus outbreaks feared by health officials.
In particular, Georgia and Florida, which were projected to see a sharp rise in new cases, have not experienced major new outbreaks in the past week. The average number of new daily cases in Florida declined by 14 percent over the past week, and Georgia’s average new daily cases dropped by 12 percent during the same time period, according to an analysis by Axios.
The data on new cases is imperfect because of variations between states in the amount and frequency of coronavirus testing. As of Wednesday, Florida has confirmed almost 42,000 coronavirus cases, while Georgia has confirmed 35,000 cases.
“Cases [in the U.S.] still continue to expand, and some of that is [due to] the fact that we’re testing more,” former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday on NBC’s The Today Show. Gottlieb cautioned that “this is an epidemic that hasn’t run its course nationally, and hasn’t really started to show sustained declines outside of the New York region.”
Florida governor Ron Desantis has stated that fears of an impending disaster in his state were overblown.
“There’s been a lot that’s been done to try to promote fear, to promote worst-case scenarios, to drive hysteria,” DeSantis said in late April. “People should know that worst-case scenario thinking — that has not proven to be true [in Florida].”
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Well of course there hasn't been an increase yet when it takes 2-3 weeks to show symptoms. 'Hey, we've been open for 4 days now and no new cases. See? It was all a conspiracy!'
ReplyDeleteGlad I moved from Fruitland MD to Florida. Your politicians are idiots - something you already know.
ReplyDelete1:03 Your ignorance is astounding and you couldn't be more wrong is you tried. You people need to stop getting your "facts" from other dunces like yourselves' FB posts. Let me educate you because you are in desperate need of it. It does not take 3 wks to show symptoms. The fact is 2 wks is overkill. It takes an average of 5 got that FIVE days for symptoms to show. As far as test results 24 hrs to 5 days MAX . Even taking into account the approx 25% who never show symptoms and never tested but can still be spreading the numbers yes like the article states-Coronavirus Cases in Georgia, Florida Continue to Decline Despite Business Openings.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you aren't getting what you are so wishing for and wanting the numbers to rise. It's not going to happen so go and crawl back into the sewer from which you emerged. You serve no good purpose to society. None and don't you ever forget it. People need facts and not lies like you are telling.
1:03 published studies show 3.0 to 5.2 days from exposure to symptoms for overwhelming majority. 14 days is an outlier or more likely a case of double exposure. Think quarantine. It's 14 days for Coronavirus exposure. If there were even a slight chance of someone developing the virus at 7 8 9...... 14 days after exposure the quarantine period would be extended longer then 14 days.
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