Experts try to understand rural spike in positive COVID-19 tests

[Guno צְבִי]

Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday raised questions about some alarming new COVID-19 test results coming out of a handful of rural counties.

The statewide average for people who test positive for the coronavirus is 7.5 percent, but the governor pointed to several other counties with large positive rates, including:

Skagit County, where 21 percent of tests came back positive;
Adams County at 19 percent;
Island County at 17 percent;
Benton County at 16 percent;
Franklin County at 15 percent.

https://komonews.com/news/coronavir...rstand-rural-spike-in-positive-covid-19-tests

 

[Guno צְבִי]

Rural county on Minnesota's southern border a coronavirus 'hot spot'

Martin County on the state's southern border has more than its share of coronavirus cases.

At just 20,000 residents, the agricultural region has 24 confirmed cases of the virus and two deaths, according to Martin County Sheriff Jeffrey Markquart. (The Minnesota Department of Health website posts 23 cases.)

That's more than the 22 cases in Anoka County, which, at 350,000 residents, is 17 times more populated.

It's twice the dozen cases in 10-times-more-populated St. Louis County, home of Duluth.

It dwarfs the single cases in neighboring Jackson, Faribault and Watonwan counties.

Why?

"If I knew, believe me, I'd be beating the drum a lot louder," said Markquart, who has been beating the drum quite loudly as it is, via regular Facebook videos updating the residents on each new case and sprinkling in community mitigation strategies.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/li...esotas-southern-border-a-coronavirus-hot-spot

 

[Guno צְבִי]

Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus ‘Hit Like a Bomb’

A mourner came to Albany, Ga., to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. After a pause while the infections incubated, the virus swept through the community.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/us/coronavirus-funeral-albany-georgia.html

 

[Guno צְבִי]

‘All Around Us Is Chaos’: Inside a Rural Town Upended by the Virus
The call that upended Cynthiana, Ky., came around 5 p.m. on March 6. Officials had been bracing for the inevitable, and it had just arrived. A resident was sick. Five others would soon be, too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/us/kentucky-coronavirus.html

 

[Guno צְבִי]

The coronavirus is starting to hit rural America hard—here’s a map of the counties most affected


https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/29/cor...counties-in-us-most-affected-by-pandemic.html

 

[Bill]

Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday raised questions about some alarming new COVID-19 test results coming out of a handful of rural counties.

The statewide average for people who test positive for the coronavirus is 7.5 percent, but the governor pointed to several other counties with large positive rates, including:

Skagit County, where 21 percent of tests came back positive;
Adams County at 19 percent;
Island County at 17 percent;
Benton County at 16 percent;
Franklin County at 15 percent.

https://komonews.com/news/coronavir...rstand-rural-spike-in-positive-covid-19-tests

I hope anonymoose knows this before he packs his bags...

 

[Guno צְבִי]

Other than the daily public relations show performed on national television by Trump, there is no coordinated national response. There is no national stay-at-home order, despite the fact that the United States is now the hardest-hit nation on the planet.

The lack of a coordinated national response has resulted in a complicated patchwork of responses on the state, city, town, and county levels all across the country—and many of those are inadequate....

 

[jimmymccready]

Experts try to understand rural spike in positive COVID-19 tests

The answer is lack of social distancing and stay at home.

 

[Bill]

Other than the daily public relations show performed on national television by Trump, there is no coordinated national response. There is no national stay-at-home order, despite the fact that the United States is now the hardest-hit nation on the planet.

The lack of a coordinated national response has resulted in a complicated patchwork of responses on the state, city, town, and county levels all across the country—and many of those are inadequate....

It is looking more & more like the second coming of Herbert Hoover....

 

[Bourbon]