These 13 states need to lock down now, according to Harvard coronavirus experts

[Stuart G]

Source: Yahoo News

"Right now, that would mean 13 of the Trump task force's 21 red-zone states returning to lockdown: Florida (with a staggering 48.1 new daily cases per 100,000 people), Louisiana (46.2), Mississippi (43.5), Alabama (39.1), Arizona (36.6), Tennessee (34.1), Georgia (33.8), Nevada (33.0), South Carolina (30.1), Texas (27.9), Idaho (27.5), Arkansas (26.4) and Oklahoma (25.6). "



Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/these-are-the-13-states-that-need-to-lock-down-now-according-to-harvard-coronavirus-experts-162201179.html

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Mention of these 13 states is way down in article

...Yes, way down...many paragraphs..I posted it, because that is what is most important in the article, and locking down, could save lives. Florida governor would have to admit he made a mistake by opening too soon. But I do not think he will, we all know why, he is a total asshole, but closing down again would probably save lots of lives.

[soothsayer]

1. The 13 corona colonies

[Thekaspervote]

24. Great injection of humor...added to the truth of it!!

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. We're never going to get this under control.

With this haphazard approach. There should have been a full, mandatory national lockdown. Attacking it piecemeal was incredibly stupid.

[LovingA2andMI]

37. This...

Period!

[Glorfindel]

3. Fat chance that Georgia will lock down.

Not as long as Kemp, that foaming, raging, fool is in office. I never thought I'd see a worse Georgia politician than Saxby Chambliss, but now there are two: Gov. Kemp and Rep. Collins.

[japple]

4. Also Kelly Leffler and the q-anon idiot running for the 14 congressional district, Marjorie

Green. She is certifiable.

[BamaRefugee]

17. You should have been around in the Lester Maddox days!

[Glorfindel]

22. Oh, I was! I was attending business college in Atlanta

in 1964 when Maddox closed down his PicRic restaurant. Some of us gathered in a car and drove by and happened to catch him as he was leaving and locking the restaurant. We thought he might motion us over and give us ax handles, but he didn't.

By 1966, when he lost the election for governor of Georgia, I was in the Army, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Even though he lost, the Georgia house of rep. elected him governor, much to the glee of my fellow soldiers (I was the only one from Georgia, and, inideed, the south). As is well-known, everything went downhill from there.

But I didn't loathe and detest ol' Lester the way I despise Kemp & Collins. At least Maddox was entertaining, riding his bicycle backwards.

[Bayard]

5. Idaho?

First I've seen them mentioned for anything.

[2naSalit]

8. They had the first

tourist town overload in Ketchum/Sun Valley back in March/April. I'm not surprised. Montana isn't too far behind with all these tourists passing through. I'm staying isolated more now than I was in March/April.

Idaho has lots of rumpers and church people.

[Cosmocat]

13. That is absolutely a thing with Idaho

that is the super haughty conservative Alamo.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

10. I'm not too surprised...

... after seeing their Governor's debate in 2014. This is a tiny sampling of it:

I'm often disappointed in Ohio, but I crossed Idaho off my places to visit after seeing that debate.

Cases should be very low in Idaho given their low population density, but I'm starting to think there could be worse right-wingers there than even WV.

[2naSalit]

15. I lived there for too long...

Glad I got out.

[torius]

6. Coronastan.

Or as the late, doomed Herman Cain would have said, Corona-rona-rona-stan-stan.

[Warpy]

7. Coincidentally, they're among the states least likely to take it seriously at all

Cases in NM are starting to increase and it's tempting to blame happy vacationers from AZ and TX. Although we have some pretty strict mask and quarantine laws, they're difficult to enforce with the tourists coming in to vacation rentals.

[Stuart G]

11. And that is very sad indeed.. Very short story...Yesterday,...

..I had to go to the local food store, (Jewel in Chicago area) to get a prescription filled. Almost everyone had a mask on... And, most people had gloves on. People filling shelves had a mask on & most if not all of the cashiers had on masks. Sign as you walked in said..."All people must wear protection if coming in" or words similar.

[tinrobot]

9. Happy that California is not on the list, but the graphics in the article are misleading

The map that accompanies this article shows California as bright red, because the map counts total cases. Totally misleading.

Harvard is issuing this warning not on the basis of total cases, but per capita. Our reporting needs to be adjusted so that the maps read per capita as well.

[BigmanPigman]

28. That is a big factor and it is constantly overlooked.

When I read the Worlometer charts I always look at the "cases per 1 million pop.".

[RobinA]

41. I've Been Saying This

since...March. Total cases is useless information if you just want to look at the numbers and see what states aren't doing great and which are doing pretty well. California is far down the list per capita. On Worldometer, thankfully you can reshuffle the list based on any of the columns. Reshuffle according to per capita, cases and deaths, and you see a whole different story. Looking at you, Louisiana!

[MissMillie]

12. Opened too soon...

...not enough testing. No coordinated efforts. Misinformation campaigns.

Bungled from the get-go.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. What a coincidence.

Red states.

[former9thward]

30. Nevada is not a red state.

[Stuart G]

16. I ask 1 Question..Why aren't people taking this seriously? We are not talking about a few deaths.

Over 120,000 deaths!!
..............What is wrong with people?? This is very serious and life threatening. And this is not a "stupid game" as some people think. This wearing a mask and gloves is life & death prevention. The same people who will not wear a mask, put on a seat belt when they get into a car and sit down.

[MiniMe]

20. It's over 150K now

154k now

[MFGsunny]

18. Because those 13 states ran with willful, wanton and reckless ignorance ...

... not to mention complete disregard of scientific data, they have reaped the whirlwind.

Lockdown.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. Pretty much the Confederacy,

plus a couple of others.

The Confederates should be very proud of themselves. Especially since the Corona Virus will probably last much longer than their fake country did.

[EarthFirst]

21. Bet your ass Trump suddenly turns his opinion on lockdowns around...

You know; Republicans & elections and all...

[localroger]

23. The first lockdown in LA was very successful

Thank God for LaToya Cantrell and John Bel Edwards. The problem is under some control in NOLA, the problem is the redder areas of the state where nobody ever liked the lockdown, many ignored it, but the virus also wasn't introduced as early (most likely by a Mardi Gras visitor). Now that it's bad in those areas nobody wants to admit they were wrong about its seriousness or "go backward" and explaining math to these yahoos is like trying to teach a parrot Calculus.

[Roy Rolling]

27. *Was* successful...

The hardcore Republicans are grandstanding about the tyranny of PPE and their Constitutional right to dye, haircuts, and manicures every two weeks.

And so, here we are—fighting with the hardcore right to save their own worthless lives.

[cloudythescribbler]

25. How many lives so far has the GOP theft of elections in FL and GA in '18 cost?

And how many more will be lost -- there and elsewhere -- in the future, from those specific election thefts

[no need to get started on the theft of the '16 election, as Greg Palast has cogently analyzed (spoiler alert -- it wasn't Russia) and the utter failure of national Democratic Party OR the mainstream media to even gesture in the direction of doing squat about it]

[LiberalArkie]

26. Here is the important map. The county Map.

https://globalepidemics.org/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression/


I remember as a kid in the 50's and 60's my family was taking the long drive to Little Rock and was stopped at the Calhoun county line by a deputy and told to turn around. Calhoun county was under quarantine.

[cry baby]

29. Sitting here in Nashville, I thank you for listing the states.

Our gov Lee won’t shut down and he told Dr Birx just that as she visited the state last week to advise shut down.

He hasn’t prohibited shut down of metro areas...yet.

[warmfeet]

31. republican states,

let them do what they want. They deserve it.

Democratic states, I hope they follow the recommendations of health care experts and, of course, science.

This is the second civil war in our country. It is a war of stupidity vs. knowledge.

I know there are many Democrats in red states - please be safe.

[SouthernIrish]

34. Wow

I live in a red state. No empathy for Democrats in red states? You really need to think about that. Please stop treating red state residents like we are all the enemy. It is actually a hell of a lot harder to fight for our party and beliefs in a red state.

[warmfeet]

35. You did not read my post.

Please read it again!

[Wednesdays]

36. I'm from a red state

And I simply don't understand the pearl clutching from those who take comments as personal swipes at them.

[ProfessorGAC]

32. By Comparison...

...Illinois, which had a rough day, is at 13.5 per 100k today. The 7 day average is at close to 8/100k.
New York is averaging around 700 new cases per day. That only a bit over 3 per 100k.
That suggest Florida is 6x Illinois, and 16 times NY.

[TygrBright]

33. I hate living between AZ and TX...

Our governor has been doing her damnedest to protect us, to deal with our hot spots, to channel resources into helping people survive, to keeping the economy on life support...

and it was working! We had hot spots and problems but in general we had one of the highest testing rates and things were generally staying within the grasp of control.

And then the Texasses and Zonies started swarming in, unmasked and doucherriffic... and our hospitals began to fill with cases from neighboring states who fucked up their own response and were exceeding their capacity.

Our numbers are inching back up and our capacity to deal with our own people is even less than it was back in April and May, thanks to the asshole neighbors.

disgustedly,
Bright

[roamer65]

38. These states should be quarantined.

Their borders should be sealed if they will not lockdown.

[madeup64]

39. Was damn near 120 in Phx today

I drive around the city for work and traffic was worse than its been in awhile. Considering the heat its a bit discouraging. But mask mandate has been working thankfully because Gov #2 isn't shutting down anything but GOP election prospects.

[Maxheader]

40. So are they talking redistricting yet..?

What defines a voting district? Total population? Registered voters?...