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New York is making the U.S.' coronavirus trends look better than they are
Sam Baker at Axios
https://www.axios.com/us-coronavirus-new-cases-second-wave-new-york-b6eda2dc-ef39-4b61-9385-d02a2fd3c494.html
"SNIP.....
Coronavirus cases in the U.S. are going down but thats mainly because coronavirus cases in the New York area are going down.
Why it matters: The countrys hardest-hit region is getting better, and while thats obviously a good thing, it shouldnt provide a false sense of security for other regions, many of which are seeing new cases rise sharply.
The big picture: Take New York and New Jersey out of the picture, and the U.S. coronavirus cases arent going down. Theyre holding steady, or slightly increasing.
The large number of cases in the New York region drove up the national number of cases in the early going, and so its no surprise that big decreases in and around New York would also drive nationwide decreases.
......SNIP"
elleng
(130,974 posts)U.S. coronavirus cases arent going down.'
Think it's possible, for most people to recognize FACTS?
Squinch
(50,955 posts)are rising significantly.
still_one
(92,219 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,140 posts)there were 27,000+ new cases yesterday and over 24,000 today so far. It will take a few days to know for sure, but it certainly looks like we are headed back to 30,000 plus new cases per day or more and they are occurring in places that have opened back up substantially like Texas and Florida.