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Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now 21:22 - Aug 9 with 1557 views

67,000 people in hospital with Covid

Here's Covid-19 perspective from @CNN: Hospitalizations & death rates have nearly doubled in the past 2 weeks, with about 67,000 people in hospital and an average of 514 deaths per day. Case averages are the worst theyâ€™ve been in 6 months, with more than 108,000 cases per day.
— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) August 9, 2021

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 21:37 - Aug 9 with 1481 views

Illinoisblue

Look for a spike in S Dakota numbers the next few weeks. Hundreds of thousands of motorbikes in Sturgis for their annual rally. Judging from the Trump flags they fly, probably not a lot of masks being worn.

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Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 21:42 - Aug 9 with 1431 views

Nthsuffolkblue

Continue to be careful everyone!

Remember double jabbing does not give 100% protection. It is not that big a difficulty to observe social distancing and mask wearing in the vast majority if settings.

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Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 21:50 - Aug 9 with 1396 views

ArnoldMoorhen

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 21:37 - Aug 9 by Illinoisblue
Look for a spike in S Dakota numbers the next few weeks. Hundreds of thousands of motorbikes in Sturgis for their annual rally. Judging from the Trump flags they fly, probably not a lot of masks being worn.

People come from all over the USA for that rally, so it won't just be South Dakota that sees a spike.

I mean, even Rick and Chumlee cruised up from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 22:19 - Aug 9 with 1304 views

ElderGrizzly

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 21:50 - Aug 9 by ArnoldMoorhen
People come from all over the USA for that rally, so it won't just be South Dakota that sees a spike. I mean, even Rick and Chumlee cruised up from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Same story coming put of many states already, and the peak is 4 weeks away

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Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 22:39 - Aug 9 with 1259 views

Illinoisblue

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 21:50 - Aug 9 by ArnoldMoorhen
People come from all over the USA for that rally, so it won't just be South Dakota that sees a spike. I mean, even Rick and Chumlee cruised up from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Indeed. I was just there. For the few weeks before and after the rally the population of the state is estimated to increase by a million, from 800k to 1.8m such is the draw. Quite crazy really.

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Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 22:45 - Aug 9 with 1234 views

ArnoldMoorhen

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 22:39 - Aug 9 by Illinoisblue
Indeed. I was just there. For the few weeks before and after the rally the population of the state is estimated to increase by a million, from 800k to 1.8m such is the draw. Quite crazy really.

And as you've said, likely to be many (possibly the majority) who will refuse to wear masks, and a high likelihood that there will be many Anti Vaxxers amongst them. There's a lot of middle aged and younger retireds in attendance, too, as they have the cash for the showy bikes.

Genuinely very worrying, and with serious implications for others, too, once they return home.

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 22:54 - Aug 9 with 1202 views

Pinewoodblue

With a population five times that of the UK but only testing twice as many as we do suspect the true level of new cases is significantly higher.

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Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 23:32 - Aug 9 with 1109 views

Illinoisblue

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 22:45 - Aug 9 by ArnoldMoorhen
And as you've said, likely to be many (possibly the majority) who will refuse to wear masks, and a high likelihood that there will be many Anti Vaxxers amongst them. There's a lot of middle aged and younger retireds in attendance, too, as they have the cash for the showy bikes. Genuinely very worrying, and with serious implications for others, too, once they return home.

It’s very clear Covid is not going away or being contained anytime soon.

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Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 07:08 - Aug 10 with 974 views

solomon

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 23:32 - Aug 9 by Illinoisblue
It’s very clear Covid is not going away or being contained anytime soon.

What’s the general feeling about this over there? Is the government doing enough? Is it down to disinformation?

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 07:24 - Aug 10 with 932 views

WeWereZombies

Did this news item get posted on the forum in the last few days?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/5/seven-states-make-up-half-of-covid-19-ca

Yes, those states that make up half of the Covid-19 cases are also the ones with the lowest vaccination rates.

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Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 16:24 - Aug 10 with 795 views

HARRY10

Thankfully, we are only seeing 'spikes'* and not any increase or rise in numbers.

* hooray for vacuous newspeak, keep that cool, hip jive going Daddio.

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 16:51 - Aug 10 with 736 views

Cheltenham_Blue

Delta variant really taking hold in the USA now on 21:42 - Aug 9 by Nthsuffolkblue
Continue to be careful everyone! Remember double jabbing does not give 100% protection. It is not that big a difficulty to observe social distancing and mask wearing in the vast majority if settings.

Not that big a difficulty, unless you're in a stadium with 21 thousand other people.

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