COVID-19 and the States

[Azastan]

It's not like other states are having surplus staff this time around. Health care workers can work "at home", no need to relocate. Last year the east coast could pull resources from other parts of the country that were not yet battling the pandemic.

And if they DO go somewhere, they'd probably rather go to a place like WA State where they can get paid well to travel, and not have *quite* so many yahoos flooding the hospitals.

[raison de arizona]

Maricopa county, AZ. Case changes are increasing dramatically, so BAD. They are talking about a possible peak here though, so that would be good, dunno what they are basing that on.
https://twitter.com/Garrett_Archer/stat ... 37186?s=20

[Kendra]

New Mexico.

[Volkonski]

[Volkonski]

[raison de arizona]

Florida.

Yes, this photo of severely ill COVID-19 patients lying on the floor in Jacksonville is real

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COVID patients began lining up Tuesday at the Jacksonville Main Library Conference Center to receive monoclonal therapy. Thanks to a recent order from Gov. Ron DeSantis, people infected with COVID-19 are now able to receive the antibody treatment without a prescription or medical referral.

"Everyone please be careful - whether you are vaccinated or not. My husband (vaccinated, but positive) has been waiting 2+ hours for monoclonal therapy and he says he has never seen people so sick. Moaning, crying, unable to move."

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news ... 199840002/

[Volkonski]

Oregon

[Volkonski]

[AndyinPA]

[Notaperson]

From the google machine...

According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Texas was:

White: 73.97%
Black or African American: 12.13%

[Kendra]

Texas

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blames unvaccinated Black people for Covid spread in his state

[Suranis]

Florida.

Yes, this photo of severely ill COVID-19 patients lying on the floor in Jacksonville is real

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COVID patients began lining up Tuesday at the Jacksonville Main Library Conference Center to receive monoclonal therapy. Thanks to a recent order from Gov. Ron DeSantis, people infected with COVID-19 are now able to receive the antibody treatment without a prescription or medical referral.

"Everyone please be careful - whether you are vaccinated or not. My husband (vaccinated, but positive) has been waiting 2+ hours for monoclonal therapy and he says he has never seen people so sick. Moaning, crying, unable to move."

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news ... 199840002/

The reddit thread

[bill_g]

[Volkonski]

Florida

[tek]

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we'll see if this hits the 5pm news here in PBC

[Suranis]

If they are not gonna wear a mask, they sure as fuck are not gonna take shorter showers and boil water. What do you think they are, socialists?

[FiveAcres]

Emergency tariff on water of 10x. Full rebate to households who cut their usage 50%.

[bill_g]

[Flatpoint High]

this is quite interesting:
https://dangoodspeed.com/covid/90-day-rolling-impact

[raison de arizona]

this is quite interesting:
https://dangoodspeed.com/covid/90-day-rolling-impact

Very cool, thx!

[Volkonski]

Mississippi?

[bill_g]

this is quite interesting:
https://dangoodspeed.com/covid/90-day-rolling-impact

What I found amazing, and something I don't recall at the time, was how much NoDak and SoDak were affected in Q4 2020. Astounding numbers that were nearly triple what New York ever faced.

[AndyinPA]

https://apnews.com/article/europe-busin ... 9d3b04e984

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky governor’s efforts to combat COVID-19 have suffered a landmark legal defeat.

The state’s high court on Saturday cleared the way for laws reining in his emergency powers to take effect. The state Supreme Court ordered a lower court to dissolve an injunction blocking the new Republican-backed laws limiting Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency powers.

The ruling revolves around a dispute between Beshear and the GOP-led legislature over the scope of the governor’s executive authority in times of emergencies. It comes as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging in Kentucky.

The governor lifted most of his pandemic restrictions in June. But with COVID-19 cases spiking due to the delta variant, he signed a recent executive order imposing an indoor mask mandate in K-12 schools, child care and pre-kindergarten programs across Kentucky.

One of the contested laws limits the governor’s executive orders in times of emergency to 30 days unless extended by lawmakers.

[raison de arizona]

Sounds like TX is in trouble, no ICU beds in Houston?

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[ZinWhit]

The National Guard is setting up a field hospital in an empty former KMART parking lot across from the hospital in Roseburg, Oregon. It's in a great location, one of the busiest shopping areas in town. People get to drive by and remind themselves covid isn't real.