U.S. Curve Is Not Bending

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/07/u-s-curve-is-not-bending/

U.S. Curve Is Not Bending
May 7, 2020 at 7:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Axios: “America’s daily rate climbed faster and higher (due in part to its larger population), but appears to have peaked at around 30,000 new cases per day in the first week of April.”

“But rather than falling, the rate stagnated. Outside of New York (which has bent its curve) the rate is actually continuing to climb.”

“The U.S. continues to record several times as many new cases each day as any other country has at any time during the pandemic.”

[Celerity]

1. Morona virus running riot

[roamer65]

5. THIS.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

2. Because its a big country

The virus is taking its time to work into the far reaches, but its getting there. I have friends living in rural areas of the south and midwest where they don't know anyone infected. That's where the notion that this isn't really a problem comes from. They don't take precautions and consequently the virus will continue to spread. When I tell them about how many people I know who have gotten sick and that I have friends and family members who have died its like I just asked my cat for an answer to a calculus problem. Cases are going to rise as covid worms its way into the nooks and crannys of America.

[JI7]

3. Republicans are saying it's a hoax and other BS

[Wounded Bear]

6. Rural areas are kind of naturally socially distanced...

It will spread slower, maybe, but it will spread.

[lunatica]

10. Exactly

We have a very large country. There may even be some very small isolated places that will never have it, but I wouldn’t count on that.

And the spread is exponential and invisible. Then the virus will back off only to come back just as bad, over and over.

It will change everything in our lives by the time a vaccine is available.

[Freethinker65]

4. Look at hospitalization or death rates, not infection rates that can be skewed by testing

There will also be a problem now with getting data for COVID-19 deaths. I read many states are classifying deaths differently.

Many Americans have a false sense of security until COVID-19 deaths hit their community hard or begin to affect their extended families.

[dalton99a]

7. Unlike the hard lockdowns in Italy and China, Americans are free to enter and leave any city.

It will hit rural areas.

[crickets]

8. K&R for visibility.

[Quixote1818]

9. People haven't been staying home or wearing masks because they get mixed messages

because our federal leadership is a joke.