Agreed.

2 days after the US crossed the 60k new cases mark were ar 71k new cases today...

Deadly cases tend to infect for 3 to 8 weeks. About 3 weeks ago it was 20,000 infections per day in the US, 8 weeks ago it was 18,000 infections. The damage being done right now won't be fully realized until August and September.

The week ends with a bang, again. 237K new cases today, over 12.6 million total and 562K reported deaths.

Daily reported cases are growing steadily, about 111% compared to last week, deaths are starting to go up again as well.

The USA is going up at 116% week over week change, +65K daily avg. Reported deaths are now also going back up, 900 daily avg atm.
The last 7 days had 4575 reported deaths, the same amount as 3 weeks ago, up from 3886 for last week and 4186 for the week before last.

Europe lost its downward momentum, first time since June 18 that Europe sees a week over week change above 100%.


Comparing the continents

North America stays ahead of South America, closely followed by Asia.
Africa keeps increasing the most week over week and passed the half million last week (563K currently, +17K daily)
Oceania is firmly back on the graph :/ Australia, or rather Melbourne is the sole reason.


A few in detail

The USA is well ahead of Brazil again. Brazil is actually slowing down a bit, level for the week.
India keeps steadily increasing at about 125% of last weeks numbers.
Iran is suddenly changing direction after staying level for weeks. Progress or temporary miscount.
Canada, all 4 big provinces slightly increasing again, keeping an eye out for that.
Japan and Australia are both struggling with new outbreak(s). South Korea still fighting it.


Current situation in the USA:


Pretty bad week again, and another local case popped up as well.


So good time to ask to re-open the border right?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canadians-push-back-as-u-s-congress-pressures-canada-to-reopen-shared-border-1.5019295

In an open letter addressed to Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, 29 bipartisan members of Congress called on the Canadian government to plan a phased reopening of the Canada-U.S. border and to consider easing existing measures.

"We are asking that the United States and Canada immediately craft a comprehensive framework for phased reopening of the border based on objective metrics and accounting for the varied circumstances across border regions," read the letter, which was published on Western New York Congressman Brian Higgins' website on July 3.

"We understand the importance of prioritizing the safety of our communities as we all navigate the complex calculation of minimizing public health risks and resuming economic activity. However, the social and economic partnership between our two nations necessitates a clear pathway forward," the letter read.

The current restrictions are set to expire on the 21st.

Despite the United States' plea, a spokesperson for Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland told CTVNews.ca in a Friday statement that the health and safety of Canadians is "absolutely priority." 

"Since the beginning of this global pandemic, we have been having friendly ongoing conversations with our American partners about our shared border. Both sides agree that the current measures in place, which are set to expire on July 21st, have worked well in restricting non-essential travel while allowing essential crossings to continue unimpeded."



That's the polite answer. The answers from Twitter

Higgins posted the open letter in full on his Twitter page and he was swiftly met with backlash on the social media platform.

"No thank you...clean up your backyard before you attempt to enter ours..sincerely Canada,"
"most of our earliest cases came from the U.S. So...... that's a firm 'no'. Sorry, eh."

Other users called the request "disastrous" and multiple accounts said they’d only be comfortable easing restrictions after seeing improvement in the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.

Wouldn't be too sure with a country that is so bad at counting. At this point I'm expecting an executive order to stop counting altogether, that makes it a federal offense to use a test on a person.

One of the most alarming symptoms of the virus is its propensity to mentally regress senior citizens into toddlers.

https://youtu.be/vAUeIBQoQCU

Almost 72,000 cases yesterday and theres still americans that refuse to wear a mask, even when given one for free, and explained that you only need to wear it, while your shopping amoung a crowd of people, so you dont infect others....

"One of the most alarming symptoms of the virus is its propensity to mentally regress senior citizens into toddlers."

Hahahaha.... that line, with the video.
Still something tells me, she was the same way back when she was 30, as she is now as a 77 year old.
Its a childish temper tantrum, is what it is.

Baskets of deplorables... endless fields of them..

There can only be one winner and he's the President. Take comfort in that though because it also makes him the biggest loser, so they say..

I guess I'm not the only one then..

If they don't make the new year because of delayed treatment due to making the right moves for everyone I'll be sure to let you know..

Who am I kidding? I won't care anyway. I'm selfish..

And when the power goes out to a hospital, and the back up generators unfortunately don't fire up, who get's up in the middle of the night and does what's necessary to get the power back up asap for those needy people? Or maybe an old folks home in the middle of the freezing winter or dead heat of summer. Gotta fix the pole line in this case? Mother nature doesn't care. The storm ain't going anywhere, so save yourself, them, or try to do both as safely as possible. Sometimes all don't get saved, and sometimes the help goes along with them.

Luckily for Earth there's more than just one superhero..

Though I, respect that you do what you do.

the other side of the coronavirus:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/07/09/about-14-million-children-in-the-us-are-not-getting-enough-to-eat/

"Since the first week in June, the US Census Bureau has asked households that reported having insufficient food whether it was often, sometimes, or never true that in the last 7 days the children (under 18 years old) living in your household “were not eating enough because we just couldn’t afford enough food.” 16.5 percent of households with children reported that it was sometimes or often the case that the children were not eating enough due to a lack of resources during the week of June 18-23 2020, 5.5 times the 2018 rate of 3 percent (the most recent annual data from the Current Population Survey)."

"These high rates of child food insecurity should not be confused with the even higher share of food insecure households with children (27,5%) ; these households may but do not necessarily have food insecure children because parents buffer children from deprivation if able. This means that last month, in about two-thirds of food insecure households with children, there was evidence of child food insecurity."

Theres basically parents that starve themselves to fed their children....

"17.4 percent of mothers with children 12 and under reported that since the pandemic began, “the children in my household were not eating enough because we just couldn’t afford enough food.”

"Household Pulse Survey (CHHPS) to address this knowledge gap. Beginning the week of June 4, households that reported having insufficient food were asked whether it was often, sometimes, or never true that in the last 7 days the children (under 18 years old) living in your household “were not eating enough because we just couldn’t afford enough food.” This is a substantively similar question to the one posed in the Survey of Mothers with Young Children and in the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (FSS)."

"In June 2020, around 16 percent of households with children reported that their children were not eating enough over the last week due to a lack of resources. While the overall rate is the highest on record, Black and Hispanic children are experiencing food insecurity at even higher and extremely alarming rates. About three in ten Black households with children and one in four Hispanic households with children did not have sufficient food due to a lack of resources in June 2020."

"Conclusion: In this piece, I present new evidence that almost 18 percent of children in the US did not have sufficient food as recently as the third week in June. The level of needs merits a substantial and immediate public investment."

Thats more drastic than I thought it would be.
Real world consequences of a shut down economy... hopefully goverment steps in and helps struggeling familes.

Is there much mask-use in Denmark?