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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else getting the feeling COViD-19 is on the verge of defeat or at least becoming more minor? [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,065 posts)124. We're not done with the first wave yet.
We're holding relatively steady just below the peak cases from the first wave.
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Anyone else getting the feeling COViD-19 is on the verge of defeat or at least becoming more minor? [View all]
NewsCenter28
Jun 2020
OP
Here in Texas, we are breaking new case records and hospitalization records daily...
Lisa0825
Jun 2020
#4
Dexamethasone is only being used on critically ill patients on ventilators or oxygen.
Fla Dem
Jun 2020
#72
Neither of those meds will stop the infection from spreading & are effective on the most sick
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#127
Per my doctor last Wednesday, we ain't seen nothing yet. He said "If it mutates, it's a whole new
BamaRefugee
Jun 2020
#6
Can't really tell with all the politics and the trump mob involved. Check back in a month or two.
PSPS
Jun 2020
#7
"...perhaps the severity and duration of most infections will now be dramatically less..."
Mariana
Jun 2020
#12
"just another pump 'n dump veiled ad piece to make money in the stock market." 👈🏽THIS !!!
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#129
No. I fear that the mutations will keep us guessing on a cure or vaccine.
Frustratedlady
Jun 2020
#13
In VA they are legally required everywhere. And we are doing much better than most states.
lagomorph777
Jun 2020
#111
Those who won't wear a mask are saying "fuck you. I might be a carrier and I don't care if I get you
stopbush
Jun 2020
#51
let's save the medical projections and analysis for the doctors and scientists.
TeamPooka
Jun 2020
#35
Nope. I look at the covid map of the United States in The Guardian every day. And I think the
fierywoman
Jun 2020
#45
Nope. More important, the virus doesn't have any feelings. It just keeps on doing what it does.
stopbush
Jun 2020
#47
2nd wave is NOW. 3rd wave (if we survive 2nd wave) will be at election time.
lagomorph777
Jun 2020
#113
The health professionals I've heard on TV say we are still in the first wave,
stopbush
Jun 2020
#134
It doesn't look like separate waves at all any more. Just a rising or flat curve.
lagomorph777
Jun 2020
#141
No, Remdesmivir's results are almost nothing and Methylprdnisone which seems better just
Quixote1818
Jun 2020
#54
Nope. It just keeps getting worse with more deaths here in Orange County, CA.
SunSeeker
Jun 2020
#62
Why are people here still scared of the coronavirus while supporting protesters?
ansible
Jun 2020
#64
People here are supporting destroying statues while wanting mandatory face masks worn
ansible
Jun 2020
#74
No, not at all, & the reason is because the USA is stupid beyond belief. USA! USA! Oooo-rah! FUBAR
Hekate
Jun 2020
#76
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA. No evidence for this whatsoever. Buy a few more puzzles cause it aint over (nt)
FreepFryer
Jun 2020
#83
Deaths are rising again and will spike shortly - there is about a 3 week lag time.
lagomorph777
Jun 2020
#117
+1, rising cases and falling CFR suggest younger people are getting the plague & some other
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#132
NO! This is nuts. Please for gawd's sakes do some reading from reliable sources.
hlthe2b
Jun 2020
#91
If we got it on the ropes - it must be a sad attempt at the Rope a Dope strategy!
jmg257
Jun 2020
#96
I had to check to really see if this was posted today and not a zombie thread from weeks ago
Blue_Adept
Jun 2020
#101
Uhhh, no? And this kind of misleading message is making the situation drastically worse.
lagomorph777
Jun 2020
#103
Just the opposite. I feel like we are about to be deluged by cases and deaths
SoonerPride
Jun 2020
#106
+1, can you imagine what Ro will look like at end of July if NPI doesn't increase in Fl, CA & TX ?
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#133