Florida with 10k covid cases in one day

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richaveli83 said:
Florida lost
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But ain't you from Texas?
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Uptown WaYo87 said:
Breh i had plans for vegas, florida, and DR (second yr str8)...i had it all planned out...i guess i gotta wait until janaury :unimpressed:
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My friends and I were discussing all kinds of possible vacations in the Summer at the beginning of the year. A cruise, a trip to Miami, NYC, Jamaica, etc. That’s all dead now. :francis::martin:

Selfish, ignorant a$$holes fukked the entire Summer up for everybody. :snoop:
 
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Nationally, based on 40 percent prevalence of COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, we estimate that 98,876,254 individuals will be infected, 20,598,725 individuals will likely require hospitalization and 4,430,245 individuals will need ICU-level care. We found that inpatient and ICU bed capacity to handle expected patient volumes varied significantly by Hospital Referral Region.

If the infection curve is not flattened and the pandemic is concentrated in a 6-month period, that would leave a capacity gap of 1,373,248 inpatient beds (274 percent potentially available capacity) and 295,350 ICU beds (508 percent potentially available capacity). If the curve of transmission is flattened to 12 months, then the needed inpatient and ICU beds would be reduced to 137 percent and 254 percent of current capacity. However, if hospitals can indeed reduce current bed occupancy by 50 percent and flatten the transmission curve to 18 months, then the capacity needed would be reduced to 89 percent of inpatient and 166 percent of ICU beds. If the infection rate is only 20 percent (low end of current estimates), we would largely be able to meet the needs for inpatient care if we flatten the curve to 12 months.

Finally, we observed large variations in availability of both regular and ICU beds across communities (see exhibits 1 and 2). Some rural communities have adequate numbers of regular beds but often large shortfalls of ICU beds, whereas many more-populous communities have inadequate number of total beds but smaller shortfalls of ICU beds. Our findings clearly illustrate the public health imperative to both flatten the curve of transmission and recruit additional capacity of both regular and ICU beds.
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Do you not personally have people in your life that are at an increased risk of dying from this? :dahell:
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I do but I've gone out of my way not to see them during this time. I live alone so I'm not bringing it home to anybody, and I work from home so I'm not bringing it into work. :yeshrug:
 
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Amestafuu (Emeritus) said:
export ignorance brehs

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Canadians don't even want the border open. Americans are still arguing about if this shyt real :beli:
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tensions are rising

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-u-s-border-harassment-u-s-license-plates-banff-1.5634534

Canadian drivers with U.S. licence plates harassed by fellow Canadians
One woman said someone keyed husband's car, another said driver flipped her the finger

Sophia Harris · CBC News · Posted: Jul 03, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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Lisa Watt, a Canadian who lives in Houston, said she has been harassed in Calgary while visiting her mother due to the Texas licence plate on her car. (Submitted by Lisa Watt)
Some Canadians driving cars with U.S. licence plates say they've endured vandalism, harassment and even a minor assault from fellow Canadians convinced that they're Americans illegally in Canada.

Lisa Watt said she was harassed twice in Calgary last month — she believes because of her Texas licence plates.

In one incident, she said a driver stopped right behind her car in a parking lot and glared at her, and in another situation, a driver tailgated her car for several kilometres before pulling up beside her and flipping her the finger.

"It made me angry," said Watt, a Canadian citizen who moved to Houston in 2000 for work. She drove to Calgary in June to visit her 84-year-old mother, who was feeling isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I'm here to help my mother. I have every right to be here."

To help stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Canada-U.S. land border remains closed to non-essential traffic. As a result, some Canadians are alarmed when they spot cars with U.S. licence plates, especially as COVID-19 cases south of the border escalate.

There is reason for concern. Alberta RCMP said that since mid-June, they have fined 10 Americans $1,200 each after they sneaked in to Banff National Park.

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RCMP have issued 10 tickets to Americans since mid-June at Banff National Park. There are legitimate reasons for a U.S.-plated vehicle in Canada during the pandemic but stopping to see the sights is not one of them. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
Americans are allowed to drive straight through Canada to Alaska for work or to return home, but they can't stop in Banff — or anywhere else — to see the sights.

However, not all drivers of cars with U.S. plates in Canada are breaking the rules. They could be Americans who are essential workers or have immediate family in Canada, or Canadian citizens — all of whom can enter the country legally.

Watt wants Albertans to know she's a patriotic Canadian who's taking every precaution while in Canada. She self-quarantined for 14 days when arriving in Calgary and wears a face mask in stores.

She said both incidents of harassment happened on June 21, the day she finished her quarantine and headed to town to run errands.

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Watt, right, and her mother, Maureen, pictured in Calgary. (Submitted by Maureen Watt)
'You can't judge a book by its cover'
As a result of her experiences, Watt started driving her mother's car — which has Alberta plates.

"I'm a little afraid to leave my car parked anywhere for fear somebody does something to it," she said. "I'd like people to understand that people with U.S. licence plates have legitimate reasons for being here."

Mayor Phil Harding of the Township of Muskoka Lakes also wants to spread that message.

"You can't judge a book by its cover," said Harding, whose township is part of the Muskoka region, a vacation hot spot in Ontario.

The mayor said he recently heard from several Canadians with U.S.-plated cars in the region, who claimed they were accused of being Americans unlawfully in Canada.

"'You shouldn't be here. Americans aren't allowed. How did you get across the border?'" said Harding, about the types of accusations the drivers have fielded from local residents.

Car keyed at marina
In one case, a woman reported that her husband's car — which has Michigan plates — was scratched with a key, said the mayor.

CBC News confirmed the incident with the woman who said the approximately metre-long scratch appeared after the car had been parked at a marina on June 6.

The woman said she and her husband are Canadian but that her husband works for an American company and drives a company car with U.S. plates. The woman asked that their names be kept confidential because her husband doesn't want his workplace associated with this story.

"We think it's terrible and are really aware that we are a target with our U.S.-plated company vehicle," said the woman about the incident in an email. "This makes you aware that the cross-border tension is building."




Infection control epidemiologist Colin Furness predicts the Canada-U.S. border will only open if a COVID-19 vaccine is created or if enough people have been infected with the virus and build herd immunity. 9:17
Snowbird accosted
In another incident in Huntsville, also in the Muskoka region, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said a Canadian filed a police report after he was allegedly accosted by two men upset over the Florida plates on his car.

OPP spokesperson Jason Folz said the incident happened on June 12 at a car wash.

"They harassed him, and the assault was they poked him in the chest, demanding to know why he was in Canada."

Folz said the man is a snowbird who spends winters in Florida and owns a car with Florida plates.

"People are stressed [about COVID-19], and it comes out in strange ways. This is perhaps one of those ways," said Folz about the incident.

Lawyer avoids crossing border
U.S. immigration lawyer Len Saunders said several of his clients — who are dual Canadian-U.S. citizens or essential workers — have complained of mean looks when driving their U.S.-plated car in Canada.

As a result, Saunders said he avoids crossing the border, even though he can as an essential worker and a dual citizen.

"I'm concerned about being socially shamed up there in B.C., driving a U.S.-plated car because I've heard from multiple clients, stories of dirty looks," said Saunders, whose office sits close to the British Columbia border in Blaine, Wash.


He said he can understand why some Canadians get upset when spotting U.S. licence plates in the country, considering COVID-19 cases are spiking in some U.S. states.

But they must remember that many people driving U.S.-plated cars in Canada are there for a valid reason, Saunders said.

"They really have to look at the big picture before they pass judgment."
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