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BigmanPigman

(55,524 posts) Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:33 PM Jul 2020

New high in daily new cases in US, 61,000+

Last edited Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:14 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us
Day is not over yet, will increase. Deaths also increased.

How can we reopen schools? If restaurants, bars, beaches opening too early caused spikes, what will opening schools do?

MSNBC:
7 hours ago · Dr. Aileen Marty says her hospitals have treated patients for COVID-19 who are " asymptomatic as far as they can tell, but when we do chest x-rays on these people, 67% show lung damage. They may feel great, but they are not great".

https://m.facebook.com/msnbc/posts/3917726844990205

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New high in daily new cases in US, 61,000+ (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2020 OP

Oh, that's not good at all! /eom Backseat Driver Jul 2020 #1

Shall we start a betting pool for when we'll PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #2

And why are they in hospitals with no symptoms soothsayer Jul 2020 #5

Yeah. There is just something missing there. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #7

100k by Tuesday? I'd say Monday but the weekend numbers lag soothsayer Jul 2020 #6

t-rump needs to STFU . . Iliyah Jul 2020 #3

May even hit 62k today, and be close to 70k Friday soothsayer Jul 2020 #4

Backseat Driver

(4,671 posts)

1. Oh, that's not good at all! /eom

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:35 PM

Jul 2020

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

2. Shall we start a betting pool for when we'll

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:38 PM

Jul 2020

hit 100,000 cases a day?

On a more serious note, why are hospitals doing chest x-rays on people asymptomatic? It just seems odd.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

5. And why are they in hospitals with no symptoms

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:20 PM

Jul 2020

Do they just mean no cough or fever?

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

7. Yeah. There is just something missing there.

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:30 PM

Jul 2020

Even in normal times, I can't imagine hospitals just doing chest x-rays willy-nilly. Perhaps they're doing them on those testing positive precisely because of the nasty lung involvement. But still.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

6. 100k by Tuesday? I'd say Monday but the weekend numbers lag

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:21 PM

Jul 2020

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

3. t-rump needs to STFU . .

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:39 PM

Jul 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

4. May even hit 62k today, and be close to 70k Friday

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:19 PM

Jul 2020

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