Our coronavirus denier president said last week that the virus is “getting under control.” “Some (places) were doing very well, and we thought they (the virus) may be gone and they flare up, and we’re putting out the fires.” “I think we are going to be very good with the coronavirus. I think that, at some point, … Read more
H/T Graphic: Buzzflash.com On the very day that “52,000 new cases were reported in the United States, the highest total since the start of the pandemic” and “record-shattering numbers of new cases were reported Wednesday in six states — California, Georgia, Texas, Alaska, North Carolina and Arizona” — in 45 states, seven-day averages of new … Read more
The state of Texas is on the precipice of a pandemic catastrophe. On Friday, Governor Greg Abbott began backtracking from reopening the Texas economy by closing bars, dialing back restaurants to half-capacity. In Houston, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo issued a Level 1, or “Code Red.” Harris County raises COVID-19 threat to most critical level, … Read more
Elected officials were all warned by economists — serious economists, not those asshats in the White House Council of Economic Advisors — that opening up the economy too soon would result in a resurgence of the coronavirus spread, inevitably leading to the necessity of shutting down the economy again, a far worse result with more … Read more
H/T Graphic: Buzzflash.com. Fox 10 in Phoenix reports, Harvard epidemiologist says Arizona is currently the worst off amongst U.S. states in terms of COVID-19: Harvard University epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding says Arizona holds new records for cases, positivity percentages, hospitalizations and ICU beds in use. “Arizona is the currently the worst off,” Feigl-Ding said, adding, “In terms of … Read more