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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:38 PM Mar 2020

BREAKING: Confirmed U.S. #COVID-19 cases have surpassed 5,000, 5 times the number of cases one week

BREAKING: Confirmed U.S. #COVID-19 cases have surpassed 5,000, 5 times the number of cases one week ago

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BREAKING: Confirmed U.S. #COVID-19 cases have surpassed 5,000, 5 times the number of cases one week (Original Post) MelissaB Mar 2020 OP

Up to 5600 and will be over 6000 later this afternoon Johnny2X2X Mar 2020 #1

OMG! MelissaB Mar 2020 #2

5,000 times REPORTED cases vlyons Mar 2020 #3

Yep. We need more tests SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #6

Washington State, NYC and Cali evertonfc Mar 2020 #4

NY state went from 900+ to 1300+. In ONE day. bullwinkle428 Mar 2020 #5

Now he is bdamomma Mar 2020 #7

It will multiply 10X if they ever start testing sensibly. nt hvn_nbr_2 Mar 2020 #8

I'm listening to meditative music to relax Dem2 Mar 2020 #9

Constantly amazed how many willing to participate in hoax gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #10

Yes,the math is coming home to bite us in Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #11

Testing is beginning to ramp up. RandySF Mar 2020 #12

Partly an artifact of increased testing. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #13

Johnny2X2X

(19,037 posts)

1. Up to 5600 and will be over 6000 later this afternoon

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:39 PM

Mar 2020

NY with 733 positive tests today alone.

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)

2. OMG!

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:41 PM

Mar 2020

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

3. 5,000 times REPORTED cases

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:41 PM

Mar 2020

We don't know how many cases are out there, thanks to Donny Dimwit's foot dragging and general ass-holery.

SiliconValley_Dem

(1,656 posts)

6. Yep. We need more tests

Reply to vlyons (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:45 PM

Mar 2020

Right now, people are carrying and showing symptoms but not counted because tests are rationed

evertonfc

(1,713 posts)

4. Washington State, NYC and Cali

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:41 PM

Mar 2020

are almost 80% of those.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)

5. NY state went from 900+ to 1300+. In ONE day.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:43 PM

Mar 2020

bdamomma

(63,836 posts)

7. Now he is

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:47 PM

Mar 2020

Killing Americans, can he fucking resign.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)

8. It will multiply 10X if they ever start testing sensibly. nt

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:49 PM

Mar 2020

Dem2

(8,168 posts)

9. I'm listening to meditative music to relax

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:49 PM

Mar 2020

And the 1st post I see when I decide to click back in is this. :/

gibraltar72

(7,502 posts)

10. Constantly amazed how many willing to participate in hoax

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:59 PM

Mar 2020

even willing to die!

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

11. Yes,the math is coming home to bite us in

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 01:04 PM

Mar 2020

ass. The reason Dipshit Donnie pivoted was,the Brits showed him how the Math on the number of new infections is going to play out,and he had to change his diaper.

Now today he is the only expert on COVID-19,don't believe me,just ask him.

RandySF

(58,745 posts)

12. Testing is beginning to ramp up.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 01:33 PM

Mar 2020

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)

13. Partly an artifact of increased testing.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 01:36 PM

Mar 2020

I'm betting the real numbers are an order of magnitude higher.

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