Positive Covid-19 test rates top 25% in some U.S. Midwest states
Source: CNBC
The number of tests coming back positive for Covid-19 is topping 25% in several states in the U.S. Midwest as cases and hospitalizations also surge in the region, according to a Reuters analysis.
North Dakotas positive test rate has averaged 30% over the past seven days compared with 6% the prior week. The positivity rate has risen to 26% in South Dakota, up from 17% the previous week, according to the analysis using testing data from The COVID Tracking Project.
Minnesota and Montana are averaging 7% of tests coming back positive, but Montanas positivity rate rose on Sunday to 20%, according to the analysis.
The World Health Organization considers rates above 5% concerning because it suggests there are more cases in the community that have not yet been uncovered.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/28/positive-covid-19-test-rates-top-25percent-in-some-us-midwest-states.html
Well, I guess we are seeing the impact of Trump's most influential health adviser who has given Trump the talking point that a Stanford doctor supports his latest misinformation and efforts to rapidly reopen.
Botany
(70,567 posts)FrodosNewPet
(495 posts)A lot of people, especially in that area, will die because of Sturgis.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)with no background in infectious diseases or public health.
If I wanted to write a children's book, I wouldn't go to Stephen King for specific advice on kid's books.
If I wanted information on Shakespeare, I wouldn't go to a math professor.
CrispyQ
(36,502 posts)Maybe longer. ???
Too bad it doesn't just infect the stupid.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)...as the best to fight the disease. Super.spreader events are the best way to infect the herd.
torius
(1,652 posts)Yet it's fine if we do.