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John Hopkins website data on new COV19 infections has the USA back to where it was 10 weeks ago - ie. over 30000 daily infections.
The difference then was that the USA had got the message about infection rates and States were taking COV19 seriously.
Not so now.
Anyone watching Trump's Tulsa rally which concluded in the past hour will have realised that his actual message to supporters for months (ie. do as I do) was that wearing a face mask was not such a good idea. Prior to the rally infectious disease modellers worked out that the likely COV19 spread number would be around 500-1000 depending on how many took reasonable precautions. They would then add to subsequent community transmissions. It will be interesting to see the outcome of his Tulsa rally - modelling and reality have been poles apart to date.
An aspect of modelling that is about right is that "lockdowns" are an essential strategy for beating the virus, and this is evidenced in all countries where rates have substantially declined. However, unless there is a medical marvel intervention, the USA is now on track for 250000 COV19 deaths.
It is the pinnacle of hypocrisy that any president could continue to claim "great success" so regularly, yet be shown up by the data to be achieving the very opposite.
The longer Trump remains in power the quicker its status declines as a democracy that other nations would choose to emulate.
The difference then was that the USA had got the message about infection rates and States were taking COV19 seriously.
Not so now.
Anyone watching Trump's Tulsa rally which concluded in the past hour will have realised that his actual message to supporters for months (ie. do as I do) was that wearing a face mask was not such a good idea. Prior to the rally infectious disease modellers worked out that the likely COV19 spread number would be around 500-1000 depending on how many took reasonable precautions. They would then add to subsequent community transmissions. It will be interesting to see the outcome of his Tulsa rally - modelling and reality have been poles apart to date.
An aspect of modelling that is about right is that "lockdowns" are an essential strategy for beating the virus, and this is evidenced in all countries where rates have substantially declined. However, unless there is a medical marvel intervention, the USA is now on track for 250000 COV19 deaths.
It is the pinnacle of hypocrisy that any president could continue to claim "great success" so regularly, yet be shown up by the data to be achieving the very opposite.
The longer Trump remains in power the quicker its status declines as a democracy that other nations would choose to emulate.