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ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 04:47 PM Jul 2020

Well, On A Hopeful Note

Illinois reported 1 COVID death yesterday.
That's welcome news given we lost 0.06% of the state to COVID. (About 1 in every 1,650 folks here)
Averaged around 70 a day, so 1 is a pleasant outcome.
I noticed several states at zero, too. Including a couple high population states. (Ohio was one of them)
Good for those states, too!
Some states may be a roaring blaze right now (no Donnie-boy, they're not embers), but others are doing quite well.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

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unblock

(52,243 posts)
1. I'll take good news where I can't get it, but zero states are doing "quite well"
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:18 PM
Jul 2020
https://www.covidactnow.org/?s=775136

No state is green.

But yeah, a lot of states are doing very sensible things and coping as best they can under the circumstances. Hopefully Donnie wearing a mask cuts down in the anti-mask terrorism soon...
 

HotTeaBag

(1,206 posts)
2. Speaking of Trump and the mask thing.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:25 PM
Jul 2020

I am honestly kinda shocked that the Trump family - the grifters that they are - haven't leapt like starving hyenas onto selling branded masks.

I can only assume they will, but it's amazing to me that it hasn't happened yet.

ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
3. I Can't Take That Absolutist A Position
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:26 PM
Jul 2020

I'm always in favor of incremental improvement.
To say that "well" requires total control/management is too unrealistic a demand.
I can't go there.

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
4. And as a resident of Franklin County, Ohio..
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:44 PM
Jul 2020

the hottest of Ohio’s hot spots, I am very suspicious of today’s data. Especially suspicious because Dr. Scarf met with the governor and state health officials yesterday. It is rampant here, especially among people in the restaurant industry.

mucifer

(23,547 posts)
5. Our cases in Illinois are increasing and our positivity is going up slowly. But, it's going up:
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:49 PM
Jul 2020
https://www.dph.illinois.gov/restore

yeah I'm proud my state believes in science and statistics.

ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
6. Why Picking A Fight?
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:55 PM
Jul 2020

We had one death in a whole day.
Positivity is still under 4. CDC & WHO consider <5 to be under control.
We were over 15% not that long ago.
I really don't grasp the notion that if it isn't perfect, it sucks.

mucifer

(23,547 posts)
7. I'm not picking a fight numbers are lower on Sundays and I'm a bit sensitive probably because
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:05 PM
Jul 2020

I'm a Chicago nurse.

I apologize my intent was not to fight, just to add to the converstation.

ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
8. I Apologize Back
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:39 PM
Jul 2020

I saw a map here yesterday that had counties color coded.
I was surprised to see all the dark pink and red in east central.
Aside from Champaign & Decatur, there's not much but corn & soybeans.
Same thing with southwest, St Louis suburbs & south.
The county I live in (collar county) was tan.
Those counties have 10-30% of where I live and they're hotspots.
Must have been too many fools not taking things seriously.

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