(1) United States #COVID19 Morning Report:

The @nytimes Hot Spot Map: "Am I Blue?"
(2) Tennessee and Georgia still reopening. Many other Southern states just paused.

Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Arizona partially reversing.

The question: "Waiting for what?"
(3) The @nytimes Detailed Map Reopening Status Map shows that even in reversing states, current public health restrictions are only a series of half steps.
(4) There are two primary impacts of delaying public health action during the rising phase of an outbreak.

1. The apex of the outbreak gets higher.

2. The recovery time from the outbreak gets longer.

NYC took 10w to recover from its outbreak.
(5) Deaths lag Cases by roughly 21 days, so we have three more weeks of rising deaths on the books already.

We will likely see 13 more weeks of deaths (91d) with an average value above yesterday's 1,000 per day.
(6) Not sure why this is hard to understand, but let me repeat:

USA v. Italy, Spain, UK, Germany

The Difference was people who thought they knew better and did not obey public health advisories.

Yes, the minimizers, anti-maskers & confident incompetents.

Are they you?
(7) New Cases Soaring; Daily Deaths at 1,000 per day and rising.

Governors taking half steps.

Best Case: Another 100,000+ deaths likely over the next 13 weeks, if we act now!

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