Covid cases rise by 948% in Florida as Omicron drives huge wave across US

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Source: The Guardian

Covid-19 cases in Florida have risen by 948% in just two weeks, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant drives a huge wave of infections and hospitalizations across the US.

Even as Dr Anthony Fauci – Joe Biden’s top medical adviser – cautioned the public to look at hospitalizations and not infections in order to gauge Omicron’s severity, the seven-day average for US patients hospitalized with Covid-19 increased by more than 40% during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

Cases have risen by more than 100% nationally, despite tests being in short supply in many areas, and infections have doubled in the last seven days to an average of 418,000 a day, according to a Reuters tally.

In Florida, local and state officials warned that residents were waiting hours in sometimes miles-long lines just to get a test. Some accused the state health department and the governor, Ron DeSantis, of being missing in action.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/covid-cases-rise-by-948percent-in-florida-as-omicron-drives-huge-wave-across-us/ar-AASoijp

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1. Snowbirds and the holidays. nt

[groundloop]

3. you left out anti vax/mask GOPer governors.

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15. And dipshit supporters [cough, cough -- in-laws] nt

[Walleye]

2. Well my friend and her husband, triple Vaxxed,areat their condo in Fort Lauderdale. Fingers crossed

[Evolve Dammit]

4. So why aren't we taking more pre-cautions; extending winter break, mask mandates, vaccine mandates?

It seems we have entered the "we're not going back" to any restrictions and you're all free to get infected. Good Luck. I feared this would happen.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. True! It is a mystery. And sorry to say but as a human

before a partisan things feel really effed up right now. It's sad.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. It was too hard for moden day "Americans". We could never do what was done in WWII sharing sacrafice

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. And at the core - there is no single source for information and

Leadership that most all people believe. Frankly don't see how this can be repaired.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. Due to electronic media, the propoganda is extensive and targeted. Putin must be beaming.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Yes. But how do you fix. Making fun of these people is getting very old

I have two intelligent & typically kind family members who are eaten up with the idea that vaccines are an evil plot.

[Evolve Dammit]

21. I don't know. The tribal camps are dug in and getting more entrenched.

[Botany]

5. TFG needs to be charged with manslaughter

May 2018 The Trump Administration disbands the White House pandemic response team.

Feb. 27, 2020 “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

March 5, 2020 “The United States… has, as of now, only 129 cases… and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!”

March 10, 2020 “Just stay calm. It will go away.”

https://doggett.house.gov/media-center/blog-posts/timeline-trumps-coronavirus-responses

[Initech]

7. So does Ron DeSantis. He's an absolute monster.

[Rebl2]

8. Along

with the TX Governor as well and every Republican Governor, Senator and Congress person who haven’t Covid-19 seriously enough.

[monkeyman1]

12. don't forget about asking fed's to bail texass out !

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6. That put's FL in 4th place in highest new cases per capita, 7 day moving average

and rapidly moving up the rankings

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html
New Cases per 100,000 population (7 day moving average), 14-day change
#1 New York # 318 # +283%
#2 New Jersey # 288 # +324%
#3 Delaware # 208 # +192%
#4 Florida # 201 # +765%
#5 Rhode Isl. # 187 # +85%
#6 Massachusetts # 176 # +137%
#7 Maryland # 174 # +687%
#8 Hawaii # 163 # +370%
#9 Ohio # 149 # +90%
#10 Illinois # 145 # +116%

EDIT: The above are states, I left out non-states like Washington D.C. and territories, but for New cases per capita, Washington D.C. is just below #1 New York, Puerto Rico is just below #2 New Jersey, and the U.S. Virgin Islands is just below #8 Hawaii.

EDIT continued: As for fastest rising cases, 14 day change, (see table below which is states only), U.S. Virgin Islands (+2,385%) and Puerto Rico (+947%) are worse than #1 Florida in this metric. And Washington D.C. (+485%) is just below #5 Maryland

As for fastest rising in percentage increase, 14 day change
#1 Florida +765%
#2 Alabama: +759%
#3 Louisiana: +710%
#4 Georgia: +704%
#5 Maryland: +687%
#6 California: +395%
#7 Mississippi: +378%
#8 Hawaii: +370%
#9 Arkansas: +329%
#10 New Jersey: +324%

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9. And D.C. is literally a boiling hotbed of infection and right under NY in terms of per capita

@298, to the point where the Eagles just played an away game against the WFT yesterday and today they announced 12 Eagles are now in COVID protocol (most of them having been starters yesterday).

They are hoping to be cleared by the weekend for their last game of the season against the Cowboys.

I am surprised that PA isn't higher up on the list considering we have shot up to the 18,000 - 20,000 cases per day range the past week (NYT showing 134%).

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10. I did a little edit to mention Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands which

have, as you indicated, very high new case rates, and some startling 14 day percentage increases. Thanks

You've probably heard that anti-vaxxer Vikings QB Kirk Cousins got Covid and missed the January 2 game against the Packers. That was our last slim hope of remaining in the playoffs (we needed to win that game and the last game of the regular season, plus some other team or teams had to lose, so it was a very slim chance, but now it is gone). Packers 37, Vikings 10.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. That Vikings loss had to happen along with the Eagles win

(and one other game's outcome required - I think the Seahawks? ) for the Eagles to clinch a wildcard slot, which they did.

As it is, our previous game against D.C. a couple weeks ago had been delayed a couple days from a Sunday to that Tuesday due to their team having too many players in COVID protocol.

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14. DeSantis held a presser today.

with obviously planted questions. A real sanctimonious prick

[riversedge]

16. It is a mystery why MAGA folks will forgo vaccination. A mystery!!

[Evolve Dammit]

22. Lied to by their savior in 2020 and now refusing to listen based on additonal lies. Dug in.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. Yup... Even after Dipshit said he got the booster nt