I think early on COVID seemed to be hitting the coasts and big cities

[captain queeg]

So a lot of rural and small town people figured it wasn’t their problem and carried on as usual. Not all of course but I’ve been seeing more super spreader events in the Midwest and rural areas. A lot of people are planning on having their usual thanksgiving celebrations. If we don’t hit 200k (daily new) this week, we will very soon.

[Skittles]

1. the main reason rural / small town follk carried on

is because that is what TRUMP did

that's why they are STILL not taking it seriously

[Phoenix61]

2. I know people who are doing Thanksgiving as usual.

I think they have lost their minds. I can’t imagine hanging out inside for that long with anyone.

[yellowdogintexas]

3. we sure aren't. We started planning our Thanksgiving Dinner for two (+ 5 cats)

We can't go to any family events because we are the only ones who are practicing social distancing. We missed a wedding already.

So we are having a turkey breast, squash casserole, rolls, cherry pie, maybe some green beans or asparagus (if it isn't $5 a pound) probably mashed potatoes.

Plus we can have it at 6 pm if we want to. (at our family gatherings, we eat at noon and rush through everything to be done in time for the damn Cowboys game) We don't like football so we will probably watch holiday movies.

[liberal_mama]

9. Wow, noon! I'm lucky if I have my Thanksgiving Dinner cooked by 7 or 8pm

It sounds like your Thanksgiving dinner will be very enjoyable this year!

[Efilroft Sul]

13. I read your Subject line too quickly and thought you were eating five cats for Thanksgiving dinner.

I really need to get some sleep.

[helpisontheway]

11. Wow...I debated for days if we would have our 26 yr old over with his fiance

We finally agreed to it because we have not seen them in months. We plan to eat together in our backyard if the weather holds up. Right now it is supposed to be 62 degrees.

We might end up meeting them halfway to drop food off if the weather is bad.

Another option is to open all of the windows on the backside of our house(we have a lot along the back and side sunroom) along with the French doors (there is a screen). We would also use two air purifiers. Even with all of that we are still not keen on having indoor guests.

So we are praying for good weather.

[PJMcK]

4. There's a very simple reason for that transmission course

The Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coasts plus the big cities are where foreign travelers enter the United States.

It's not hard to understand since those are the places where we have shipping ports and airports.

[Blue_true]

5. Deaths seem to trail infections by 3-5 weeks.

The death numbers that are approaching 2,000 per day likely are from people that got infected when the infection rate was in the 70,000-80,000 range, we are now over 160,000 infections per day.

[Turin_C3PO]

12. I'm worried that by

Christmas we’ll be looking at 3,000+ deaths daily. Very frightening.

[Blue_true]

15. That is my concern also, we may exceed 4,000 on some days. nt

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. I live in a big midwestern city.

I think I had the virus in January. I talked to a guy from my town last Saturday, who told me he went to a work meeting of 15 people last January, and they all got sick, and all are now presuming COVID.

It just took longer to get to the rural areas. But, the virus seems to have found a place to feast there. They’re gonna have to get smarter.

[byronius]

7. "How could we have know there would be hidden long-term neurological damage?"

Information is the coin of the realm. And Darwin stalks the poor in information quite ruthlessly.

[hvn_nbr_2]

8. "How dense the population is"

The first phase spread rapidly in cities because of how dense the population is.

The ongoing phases spread through the lower population areas because of how "dense" the population is.

[maxsolomon]

10. I observed this with my own eyes.

It hit Seattle first, and Eastern Washington denied, scoffed or blamed our libertine ways.

After the 1st wave broke, and were going stir-crazy we took a socially-distanced trip to our yearly weekend in Coulee Country after Memorial Day.

We wore masks any time we were near others, but we felt like we had horns growing out of our heads. The resort staff were the only others with masks. Huge families crammed together in units designed for 4.

Now they are shipping their sick to us because they no longer have capacity.

[Johnny2X2X]

14. Small Town Covid outbreaks become the city's hospital's problems too

In MI, we are seeing a ton of small towns with major outbreaks, they don't have hospitals equipped to deal with this though, so their patients get shipped to the cities who have major hospitals. Here in Grand Rapids we have record hospitalizations for Covid, but a large portion of the sick people are from up North small towns.

And people can stop pretending, this spread right now has a large component that was caused by Trump rallies where no one wore masks. The swing states are getting hammered because of Trump rallies.

[phylny]

16. I watched Governor Cuomo's press conference yesterday and he said, which I believe,

"It's not real until it's real for you."

Everyone saw what New York, New Jersey, Washington, California, went through and they didn't care because it wasn't happening to THEM.

[captain queeg]

17. Exactly. I guess it's gonna start getting real for a lot of people

I saw a headline in a local paper theorizing Halloween parties are at least partially responsible. I thought about it, and the timing is about right. And I know a lot of adults go all in for Halloween.