Travel Alert: 6 Midwest States At 'Tipping Point,' Per Harvard-Brown Covid-19 Tracker

[UpInArms]

With the country’s coronavirus epicenter now hovering over the Midwest, the number of states “at a tipping point” for COVID-19 infections has jumped from one to six in the past week.

Americans who live in 33 states — two-thirds of the country — should not be traveling right now, according to the risk-assessment map run by the Harvard Global Health Institute and Brown School of Public Health. The color-coded map provides a simple way for Americans to assess that risk. Each state has a rating of green, yellow, orange or red, based upon the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people over a seven-day rolling average. States colored red or orange are over the threshold for allowing non-essential travel, according to the scientists.

Based on the tracker’s latest data, six states — North Dakota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma — are now colored red, which means they have 25 or more new positive Covid-19 cases every day per 100,000 people. Those states are “at a tipping point” and should be under stay-at-home orders, according to the Harvard and Brown researchers.

A week ago, only North Dakota was in the red zone. Over the past seven days, the Roughrider State’s average tally of new cases climbed a whopping 49%, from 32.1 to 47.7 new daily cases per 100,000 people.

But the week’s biggest mover was Wisconsin, whose caseload jumped an astonishing 146% — from 16.9 to 41.5 new daily cases per 100,000 people — enough to vault it into second position in the A week ago, only North Dakota was in the red zone. Over the past seven days, the Roughrider State’s average tally of new cases climbed a whopping 49%, from 32.1 to 47.7 new daily cases per 100,000 people.

But the week’s biggest mover was Wisconsin, whose caseload jumped an astonishing 146% — from 16.9 to 41.5 new daily cases per 100,000 people — enough to vault it into second position in the country.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2020/09/20/travel-alert-6-midwest-states-at-tipping-point-per-harvard-brown-covid-19-tracker/#54f826d8c9fa

[marmar]

1. Arkansas and Oklahoma? That's a pretty expansive definition of midwest.

[Wednesdays]

2. The definition of "west" has been evolving over decades

Until about 80 years ago, St. Louis was considered the furthest west city of importance, and that anything beyond that was no-man's-land. No professional sports teams were established west of St. Louis until the 1950s.

The University of Michigan's fight song, "Victors," written just 120 years ago, proclaimed Michigan as "the champions of the west."

[Chiyo-chichi]

3. I agree.

I wouldn't consider the Dakotas part of the Midwest either, for that matter.
That said, this was the OU student section for their September 12 football game. You can almost count the masks on your fingers.

[Jimbo S]

4. Interesting exercise

I counted 32. What does everyone else see?

[Chiyo-chichi]

5. Doesn't count if its under their chin, hanging off an ear, or a nose is poking out.

And if your 32 is right, that's out of what, 150+ students in that particular photo, which is just a small sampling of students in attendance? Many of them weren't 6 inches apart, much less 6 feet.

[Jimbo S]

6. 32 is more than I initially guessed

I agree with you. Very disappointed in the social irresponsibility displayed.

[riversedge]

7. Our Dem Gov Evers wanted virus precautions but Republicans took him to the Scoot Walker

SC in WI.

Now we ALL suffer and are scared.



...............But the week’s biggest mover was Wisconsin, whose caseload jumped an astonishing 146% — from 16.9 to 41.5 new daily cases per 100,000 people — enough to vault it into second position in the country.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2020/09/20/travel-alert-6-midwest-states-at-tipping-point-per-harvard-brown-covid-19-tracker/#54f826d8c9fa