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U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million In A Week:
U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million In A Week
More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the United States, according to a COVID-19 tracker by Johns Hopkins University. The country reported 166,555 new cases on Sunday, with 1,266 new deaths.
The staggering milestone was reached only six days after the U.S. hit 10 million cases. Positive test rates and hospitalization rates are on the rise across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[...] Hospitalizations continue to climb. More than 69,000 people were hospitalized as of Sunday, more than ever before.
The pandemic also continues to disproportionately affect Black and brown communities in the U.S. According to data from the CDC as of Nov. 7, hospitalization rates for Hispanic or Latino people are 4.2 times higher than that of white people. American Indian or Alaska Native people have been hospitalized at 4.1 times the rate of white people, with Black people being hospitalized at 3.9 times the rate of white people.
[...] The Trump administration has blocked the current coronavirus task force from communicating with President-elect Biden's team.
(Score: 2, Troll) by VLM on Monday November 16 2020, @10:33PM (7 children)
Amazing looking graph, the "Daily cases" graph looks like the inverse of the percentage of people wearing masks graph.
That's the reason why masks are bad. False sense of security, everybody go out and shop and spend money and open the schools and mingle and visit wearing a mask, then because the mask stuff is all a lie, the number of cases goes exponential.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @12:08AM
It is a lie that the mask stuff is all a lie, you lying liar, VLM! Although you may be right about the false sense of security, you have ruined it with your rightwing Nutjob talking points from the stupidest Americans. Liar!!
(Score: 4, Informative) by MostCynical on Tuesday November 17 2020, @01:27AM
Masks explained [reddit.com]
alternate link [truthorfiction.com]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @03:19AM (1 child)
I think it is horrible that for over 100 years we've been infringing upon the rights of hospital doctors and nurses by making them wear masks in operating rooms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @03:41PM
I think it is indeed horrible that in 2020 you believe no one may know a difference between bacteria and viruses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @05:56AM
Yet again, I'd like to remind you that this is a straw man argument.
Nobody is saying that masks alone are sufficient to prevent the spread of COVID-19. They are, however, a useful tool to limit its spread. But they should be used in conjunction with physical distancing, avoiding crowds, and frequently washing your hands and/or using hand sanitizer. Masks are useful because COVID-19 can be spread by respiratory droplets, which tend to be expelled farther by coughing or sneezing, but are slowed or captured by wearing a mask. Coughing and sneezing can rapidly spread droplets well beyond the six foot distance that has been recommended. Masks help to prevent this.
Nobody is claiming that wearing a mask allows you resume all activities normally. But wearing a mask is useful when combined with other measures.
If you go to a grocery store or are in a classroom, all else equal, you are safer if everyone wears masks.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @02:15PM (1 child)
What is telling, is that the same people religiously believe in masks despite no evidence, and religiously disbelieve efficiency of vitamins (D and C) despite any evidence.
Those people do not form an opinion themselves, they parrot whatever they are told from the up high. Arguing with them is as pointless as arguing with a dog.
In the meantime:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900720302318 [sciencedirect.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @05:20AM
Oh look, another whiny git. Every time I've seen the vitamin D, C stuff people have been quite open. They didn't just accept it as fact and happened to voice their questions and concerns.
What horrible behavior! Something is wtong with you wackos, you have a strange need for acceptance of whatever comes out of you.