San Francisco flattened the curve early. Now, coronavirus cases are surging.

[brooklynite]

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Source: Washington Post

SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area was supposed to be exceptional.

It was one of the first metro areas in the United States to fully shut down to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Nearly everyone wears masks, in stores and on streets. Its progressive residents generally have been inclined to follow the rules, and there’s a high level of trust in public health officials, local governments and the fast-changing science.

But now, more than four months after the region put some of the nation’s first shelter-in-place orders in effect, the Bay Area is experiencing a surge in cases and counties are rolling back reopening plans.

The Bay Area, which consists of nine counties and nearly 8 million people, is a cautionary tale for government and health officials. Even though leaders here tried to do everything cautiously and by the book, cases still eventually spiked over a month and a half, to an average of 877 cases a day at the end of July from 217 a day in mid-June.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/02/san-francisco-coronavirus-surge/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_virussf-620pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

[luvtheGWN]

1. I'm guessing it's the 20-39 yr-olds.

Same thing happened here in my south Ontario region. Last 2 weeks of July we started having cases when before that we were down to 0-4 cases per day. Then boom! Up to 20 cases/day, and all in that age group. Fortunately, the wait for testing is approx. 24 hours and tracing is within 2 days.

[IronLionZion]

2. Plenty of young people are dying from it

so YOLO is getting literal for some folks.

[former9thward]

5. Where is your link that "Plenty of young people are dying from it"?

The statistics do not show that.

[LisaL]

4. After a while, people got tired of lockdown and adhering to

all the rules. And yes, younger people are likely driving the spread because they are being more social.

[Withywindle]

3. This is what I thought back in spring

Shutting down for a month or two was never, ever going to be enough. Not when the lockdown isn't uniform, and there is still free travel between areas with strict lockdown and areas without. Not when lockdown orders aren't enforced.

[LiberalArkie]

6. Everyone wearing masks but the young children

[Omaha Steve]

7. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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