My feelings exactly

My proof. In Austin population is 6% Asian and there have been no new cases of Asians getting covid for a few weeks. They all wear masks, even when they are walking outside.

Good article. More emphasis should be put on how simple (and hence comfortable) a mask can be that still prevent peoples from spreading the virus to other people. Also, nationwide we are almost there with this thing. The number of new cases has been flat for an entire month meaning that every person that gets it is only giving it to one other person. We need to figure out way to half that number. More aggressive contact tracing and quarantining stategies have to be discussed and implemented.

They are just going to make the economic impact of this worse by not wearing masks and practicing social distancing. If republicans would just follow their greedy instincts they would embrace the policies tha the CDC is laying out. They are going to destroy our economy pandering to stupid rednecks.

I disagree. I think as this becomes less virulent we will open up the economy and develop herd immunity before the virus falls dormant in late June (if it goes completely dormant at all). Like I said in earlier posts, the next two weeks will clearly demonstrate how this will play out this summer.

Like I said I am seeing the ratio of new cases to deaths go up in texas and florida but I still can't be sure if it is due to distancing or seasonal effects. Since the trend is going on during the social isolation phase I am pretty sure it is a seasonal effect. What is so comical about this is is if you are going to argue it is not seasonal you have to explain why the other viruses ARE seasonal. They don't have a good explanation for that. Sure temperature plays a role but its as cold in late May after flu season is over in Minnesota as it is here in Austin in the height of flu season, so the amount of daylight and UV light is playing an important role in all of this. I hate Trump and think he is an idiot but I swear a lot of these clowns are saying it is not seasonal because Trump said it was.

All coronaviruses as well as all other respiratory viruses are seasonal. Thy are seasonal for 3 reasons. High temperature makes it more difficult for people to develop lower respiratory infections (the outer layer of the virus becomes sticky and does not migrate as easily to ones lower respiratory tract) , the high dew point in the summer as well as well as the large amounts of additional UV light create hydroxy radicals and peroxides which act to provide protection form viruses in our lungs and third because of the additional daylight in spring and summer our immune system develops more resistance to infection. Now I am not saying the disease is going to go away or still not have some significant virulence in June but if you compare it to all other viruses its virulence will bottom out in June. If you examine hospital admissions relative to the number of new cases and the number of deaths today relative to the number of cases between 10 and 20 days ago in states like texas and florida you will see these numbers are changing by a factor of 2 about every two weeks during the last month.

Now the drop could be explained solely by social distancing except the drop in cases is occurring well in to the social distancing phase. We'll know for sure if it is seasonal in the next two weeks. By the way Fauci thinks its seasonal too.