Thursday's report:
92,485 new cases; about 27.5k more than last week.
Top 5:
Fuck Florida (over 17.5k according to worldometers).
Texas: 11,893 new cases; 39 deaths
California: 9,314 new cases; 43 deaths
Georgia: 4,612 new cases; 11 deaths
Louisiana: 4,414 new cases; 20 deaths
First off, I got the wrong total for deaths for comparison yesterday; the actual total difference was only about 80, not 250. Thanks to @PhaelixWW for the correction.
Second, holy shit DeathSantis is still trying to claim that his state is handling the pandemic wonderfully as cases there continue climbing closer to 20k. Fortunately for some of the residents of Florida a couple mayors are defying his death-dealing dumbfuckery and implementing mask/vaccine mandates. Texas is also up there on the "Fuck you" list. You might have seen my preview yesterday, but if not Abbott is claiming that "Texans have mastered the safe practices that help to prevent and avoid the spread of COVID-19" and threatening to fine businesses that enforce mask/vaccine mandates. Look at their numbers. "Mastered" is not the word I'd use. California's cases are also going up, primarily in LA, but mask mandates are now in place and the rate of increase might be slowing which is incredibly important to keep the healthcare system from being overwhelmed again. Speaking of overwhelmed healthcare systems, there are only 13 ICU beds available in the Austin region. Good thing Texans have "mastered" this whole COVID thing, eh? 25 states reported over 1k new cases. I expect we'll definitely be in the 100k range by Tuesday--if not tomorrow.
398 deaths is (double checks) about the same as last Thursday and brings the total to 628,492. The 7-day average is back above 300, but it has, until now, been a slow creep rather than a steep incline. Nationally, at least. Florida may be painting a different picture. With its own feces. California and Texas rounded out the top 3 as is expected.
Related news:
American workers are facing increasing pressure to get vaccinated against Covid-19--Fucking good. Important to note, however, is that those still refusing to get the vaccine have alternatives such as strict masking and testing. I think those are reasonable compromises.
Florida front-line workers say COVID-19 surge 'feels like it's an impending storm'
Former Trump official says 'just a matter of time' before unvaccinated get delta variant--No comment.The difference in getting vaccinated, or not getting vaccinated is ultimately akin to "the difference between having a cold and dying," said Wein. "If a vaccinated patient gets this, they're most likely going to be just fine, and not going to end up in the hospital. Unfortunately, the unvaccinated person has a really high likelihood that he will end up hospitalized on a ventilator."
GOP lawmaker challenges McCarthy over 'bulls---' mask mandate enforcement--Cool. Let them protest in a cell then. While votes are going through.
Stay safe, folks.