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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4536778" data-attributes="member: 18222">There is positive news in that the <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/the-emerging-face-of-covid-younger-patients-more-cases-but-fewer-deaths-155243892.html" target="_blank">death rate is declining</a>, possibly reflecting the fact that many of the new patients are younger. But deaths lag new cases by several weeks to months, and there is a worrisome sign in the rise in cases requiring hospitalization. OK, that is concerning. Cases have been up for the last two months (due to testing) but hospitalizations have not.Another silver lining is intubations and long term lung damage is still trending down or steady.A city councilman, Guy Phillips, removed his mask, saying, “I can’t breathe”.OK ... that&#039;s funny but not appropriate.Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that the White House planned to close 13 federally funded testing sites at the end of the month. This news comes amid reports that testing capacity in some states is “overwhelmed.” Not the case in Georgia ... the State is begging people to get tested and it&#039;s free.I&#039;ve been tested twice ... COVID free both times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4536778, member: 18222"] [I][COLOR=rgb(71, 85, 119)]There is positive news in that the [URL='https://news.yahoo.com/the-emerging-face-of-covid-younger-patients-more-cases-but-fewer-deaths-155243892.html']death rate is declining[/URL], possibly reflecting the fact that many of the new patients are younger. But deaths lag new cases by several weeks to months, and there is a worrisome sign in the rise in cases requiring hospitalization. [/COLOR][/I] OK, that is concerning. Cases have been up for the last two months (due to testing) but hospitalizations have not. Another silver lining is intubations and long term lung damage is still trending down or steady. [I][COLOR=rgb(40, 50, 78)]A city councilman, Guy Phillips, removed his mask, saying, “I can’t breathe”.[/COLOR][/I] OK ... that's funny but not appropriate. [COLOR=rgb(71, 85, 119)]Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that the White House planned to close 13 federally funded testing sites at the end of the month. This news comes amid reports that testing capacity in some states is “overwhelmed.” [/COLOR] Not the case in Georgia ... the State is begging people to get tested and it's free. I've been tested twice ... COVID free both times. [/QUOTE]

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