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2020-08-03 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Covid-19: US in 'new phase' of 'extraordinarily widespread' outbreak, say White House experts
[France24] The United States is in a new phase of the novel coronavirus outbreak with infections "extraordinarily widespread" in rural areas as well as cities, White House coronavirus experts said on Sunday.

Coronavirus cases continue to surge in some parts of the country and public health officials are trying to work with governors to tailor responses for each state.

"We are in a new phase," said Dr. Deborah Birx. "What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread" in rural as well as urban areas.

"To everybody who lives in a rural area: You are not immune or protected from this virus," Birx said on CNN's "State of the Union."

Birx, the White House task force coordinator, said people living in multigenerational households in an area that is experiencing an outbreak should wear masks inside the home to protect the elderly or those with underlying conditions.

Admiral Brett Giroir, an assistant Health and Human Services secretary, continued to stress the importance of wearing masks.

"If we don't do that, and if we don't limit the indoor crowded spaces, the virus will continue to run," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"We are very concerned and this is a very serious point."

The coronavirus, which first appeared in China, has infected 4.6 million people in the United States and killed more than 155,000 Americans, according to a Reuters tally.

Birx said federal officials have been working on individual reports for each state examining community trends and hospital records. "Each of these responses have to be dramatically tailored," she said.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-03 04:39|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Since I know that it's just a part of Democrat/MSM/Federal Bureaucracy psychological warfare to steal the elections, I'm not worried.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-08-03 05:40||   2020-08-03 05:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, test more people, get more positive results (cause that is what you are paying for, not negative results).
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-08-03 07:57||   2020-08-03 07:57|| Front Page Top

#3 What a duo, Scarf Lady & Fauxi. Shakespeare wrote about lawyers in Henry VI. Perhaps Bill should have said "doctors".
Posted by Clem 2020-08-03 07:59||   2020-08-03 07:59|| Front Page Top

#4 I can see the chinavirus "experts" running a monte scam on 42nd Street. "Which shell is the good news under?"
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-03 09:25||   2020-08-03 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Japan Acted Like the Virus Had Gone. Now It’s Spread Everywhere.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-08-03 09:39||   2020-08-03 09:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reiterated Friday that another state of emergency isn’t required. The death rate in Japan remains low by almost any standards, and the medical system isn’t over-burdened -- a key factor public health officials use to judge success of virus containment. The country has fewer than 100 people in critical care due to Covid-19

But it'll get worse. Unless it gets better. We'll know, in 2022.
Posted by Bobby 2020-08-03 10:27||   2020-08-03 10:27|| Front Page Top

#7 San Diego County is trending down (5.3% tested were positive) with Zero, NADA, deaths over the weekend
Posted by Frank G 2020-08-03 11:11||   2020-08-03 11:11|| Front Page Top

#8 I refuse to wear a mask in my own home. If Mrs. Uluque gets too uptight from watching the damn TV I'll pitch a tent in the back yard.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-08-03 14:08||   2020-08-03 14:08|| Front Page Top

#9 The tent will be for Mrs. Uluque. Maybe if she stays away from the TV long enough she'll calm down. This is getting ridiculous.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-08-03 14:10||   2020-08-03 14:10|| Front Page Top

#10 We are living Platos Allegory of the Cave
Posted by Regular joe 2020-08-03 22:17||   2020-08-03 22:17|| Front Page Top

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