Wed May 6, 2020, 06:27 PM

If this thing boomerangs': Second wave of infections feared

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/05/06/struggles-india-brazil-us-show-coronavirus-fight-far-won/

By ERIC TUCKER and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press | May 6, 2020 at 4:16 AM CDT - Updated May 6 at 4:13 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Europe and the U.S. loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are expressing growing dread over what they say is an all-but-certain second wave of deaths and infections that could force governments to clamp back down.

“We’re risking a backslide that will be intolerable,” said Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University’s Center for Infection and Immunity.

Around the world, German authorities began drawing up plans in case of a resurgence of the virus. Experts in Italy urged intensified efforts to identify new victims and trace their contacts. And France, which hasn’t yet eased its lockdown, has already worked up a “reconfinement plan” in the event of a new wave.

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If this thing boomerangs': Second wave of infections feared (Original post)	SheltieLover	May 2020	OP
I'm pretty sure that here	mindem	May 2020	#1
Absolutely!	SheltieLover	May 2020	#2
Yeah, at this point...	Alacritous Crier	May 2020	#3
When	JCMach1	May 2020	#4
Yes.	Tipperary	May 2020	#9
I don't think that the Federal government	Chainfire	May 2020	#5
I have what may be a dumb question, but is there ANY action being taken at the Federal level	smirkymonkey	May 2020	#6
No.	CanonRay	May 2020	#7
That is just really fucked up.	smirkymonkey	May 2020	#11
The .. *FIRST* ... wave never left, there has been no reduction of relative Ro Sans New York	uponit7771	May 2020	#8
Wondering about Ohio, too.	Alliepoo	May 2020	#10
Second wave?	Calculating	May 2020	#12
It's not even a boomerang. It hasn't stopped climbing.	cwydro	May 2020	#13

Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 06:45 PM

mindem (1,580 posts)

1. I'm pretty sure that here

the repukes will just force everyone to keep working until they die. We can't allow anything to hurt profits, you know.

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Response to mindem (Reply #1)

Wed May 6, 2020, 06:47 PM

SheltieLover (42,152 posts)

2. Absolutely!

They are so in our faces with the death for dollars campaign.

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Response to mindem (Reply #1)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:08 PM

Alacritous Crier (2,897 posts)

3. Yeah, at this point...

it's pretty clear they have no intention of shutting back down.

We're all on our own. Good luck!

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Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:12 PM

JCMach1 (26,747 posts)

4. When

...

We wasted the chance to beat down the brushfire with 90 days

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Response to JCMach1 (Reply #4)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:53 PM

Tipperary (6,930 posts)

9. Yes.

This.

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Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:25 PM

Chainfire (9,536 posts)

5. I don't think that the Federal government

will support another shutdown if 5,000 people a day are dying. In a contest between short term profits and human life, the profits will win every time, because the people making the big money also make the rules and therefore control the game.

The Republicans have openly admitted that they know that their actions are going to cost many lives; it just doesn't matter to them. The next move will be to bury the numbers of the people that we are burying. We are already hearing from the top the whispers that the number of deaths is over counted.

The dying is just getting warmed up.

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Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:38 PM

smirkymonkey (63,221 posts)

6. I have what may be a dumb question, but is there ANY action being taken at the Federal level

to formulate some kind of long term plan to contain this virus and mitigate the damage? I mean besides hoarding PPE to make a profit off of, is any Federal Agency on top of this at all?

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Response to smirkymonkey (Reply #6)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:47 PM

CanonRay (12,475 posts)

7. No.

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Response to CanonRay (Reply #7)

Wed May 6, 2020, 08:43 PM

smirkymonkey (63,221 posts)

11. That is just really fucked up.

The Federal Government absolutely has the responsibility of managing a crisis of this magnitude. It should not be left to the states alone, especially when the president is playing partisan games with them.

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Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:47 PM

uponit7771 (86,055 posts)

8. The .. FIRST ... wave never left, there has been no reduction of relative Ro Sans New York

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Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 08:22 PM

Alliepoo (1,886 posts)

10. Wondering about Ohio, too.

The idiot repukes passed an amendment today to strip power from Dr Amy Acton, the wonderful doc that has helped guide the state thru this mess. Mike DeWine, as bad as he is, was smart enough to listen to her, take her advice. The repukes are furious-they think the legislature should make those decisions. I’ll tell you that if there is a second wave of covid it’s going to get very ugly in this god forsaken state.

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Wed May 6, 2020, 09:37 PM

Calculating (2,381 posts)