US Update

US

41 states with rising cases

Weeks delay for testing

People sicker, outbreaks bigger

Contact tracers cannot do their job

Athletes tested no problem

NBA player tested 20 times in Florida

Arizona University, saliva test, 2,000 up to 16,000

Florida

Cases, + 15,300 (Sunday) + 12,624 (Monday)

Open for business

Carlos Gimenez, the reason is us, OK

Change behaviour

Younger people after COVID parties

7 hospitals at capacity now

California

Cases, + 63,714 past week

Bars, indoor dining, churches,

Businesses will close, good people unemployed, because people would not wear a mask

Arizona

19% testing positive

Phoenix, over 100% capacity

Dr. Fauci

We haven’t even begun to see the end of it yet

36 years as director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say we have a serious ongoing problem, right now, as we speak

What worries me is the slope of the curve

It still looks like it’s exponential

Many states started opening up before their cases got down to a baseline level where new cases could easily be tracked

I think we have to realise that some states jumped ahead of themselves. Other states did it correctly

But the citizenry didn’t listen to the guidelines and they decided they were going to stay in bars and go to congregations of crowds and celebrations

The US has always valued individual rights

This could make it hard to tackle the pandemic

A movement against science and authority

That is very, very problematic right now

Extreme confusion

I have never seen a virus or any pathogen that has such a broad range of manifestations

Even if it doesn’t kill you, even if it doesn’t put you in the hospital, it can make you seriously ill

I have a reputation, as you probably have figured out, of speaking the truth at all times and not sugar-coating things

And that may be one of the reasons why I haven’t been on television very much lately