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In reply to the discussion: All K-12 schools in Pennsylvania shut down for 2 weeks amid coronavirus outbreak [View all]BumRushDaShow
(129,054 posts)with 20+ states that opened early initially with little or no early community spread, that are now seeing major spikes (and not just due to "more testing" but reflected in their hospitalization rates), then the guidance that states like PA and others provided at the outset (and attempted to enforce), have borne fruit with PA's R0 (Rate of infection) now down well below the "1 person infects 1 person" threshold (1/1 and higher starts the exponential rise) - https://rt.live/
And if something as simple as wearing a mask, notably in more crowded situations, helps reduce community spread significantly in this virus' case, then why try to politicize it just to be "opposite" based on some party affiliation?
We are looking at 5 Phillies players (and 3 staff) having now tested positive since they have been down in Clearwater at their practice facility. Much of what that sport does is "outdoors". Other sports that have resumed practices down in Florida have had similar start happening.
So as Fauci and others have said - there are some areas of the country that have yet to experience their "first wave".