I had heard that "contact tracing" numbers were being added as "confirmed" cases and that would certainly explain the higher numbers and hair on fire reporting of "surges". I guess the big point is that we are, once again, being mis-led by people that we should be able to trust to a very high degree. The media just revels in the chaos and the general public, either poorly or totally uninformed, think it is Armageddon or the zombie apocalypse.
They’re not counting that way here in Floriduh and our numbers are exploding, we’re trying hard to be #1
Agree hospitalizations and deaths are what counts. And we’re over what 130,000+ dead in 4 months?
I pay zero attention to politics on this - either side. I get the Dims want to hang the whole thing on Trump, which is blatantly stupid and false, and I get the Conservatives want to frame it as the flu. Equally dumb.
Yes we have to figure out how to make the economy go regardless. Open air events? Beaches? Free to take your chances, should not be mandated closed. Wearing masks in confined Public spaces like stores, all for it.
I choose to have Publix deliver my groceries. I don’t currently go to confined places with lots of other folks if I can avoid it. If I can’t, I wear a mask and am careful not to touch my face and have plenty of disinfectant wipes in the vehicle for when I exit.
I stand outside and chat and drink a beer with my neighbors, but we don’t group hug after cutting the yard.
Hugging Grandma? Not smart.