Rapid covid increase in the rural Texas county where Big Bend National Park is located. They think tourists are bringing the virus with them. The closet ICU bed is 100 miles away. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/As-Texans-try-to-escape-COVID-19-in-Big-Bend-the-15369655.php
Stop thinking road trips and RV travel are safe. You're getting people sick in areas that don't have the hospital capacity for it.
Cases are up 50% from two weeks ago in Gallatin County Montana, where West Yellowstone and Big Sky are. Montana lifted its 14 day quarantine requirement for out-of-state visitors June 1. https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/covid-19-cases-spike-in-gallatin-county-including-msu-big-sky-west-yellowstone
Cases up 358% in the last two weeks in the Tennessee county that's home to the Great Smoky Mountains and Dollywood. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/tennessee/2020/06/20/sevier-county-sees-jump-covid-19-cases-local-officials-dark/3228928001/
Coconino County Arizona, where you access the south rim of the Grand Canyon, has seen cases more than double in a week. https://www.google.com/amp/s/azdailysun.com/news/local/coconino-county-covid-19-cases-increase-as-hospital-monitors-capacity/article_bd113ef5-471a-5b1e-9036-59826bfbaa75.amp.html
Anyway, this is just stuff surfaced by me quickly on a Saturday morning. It's not hard to find. Stay home.
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