COVID-19 what is important?

Posted On May 8, 2020

Daily new cases by state

• Daily new cases over the past 14 days
  • States: number of new cases still rising everyday:
    • South Carolina, South Dakota
  • Most states are about the same or start dropping
• Infected per 1 million population by state

In the next few months

• The virus is not going away any time soon.
• Keep doing what you are doing:
  • Wear mask and seat belt and drive safe.
  • Wash your hands.
  • Avoid close space with a lot of people.
• Vaccine will not be available this year.
• There is no medication that will kill the virus.
• Extra precautions for those over 60 years old, their mortality rate is much higher than the young if they catch the virus.
• Relax and enjoy life.
• Business needs to reopen, we all need to work and get paid.

Get information from reliable source

• This is a free country, everybody has an opinion.
• Ignore the opinion from the ignorant.
• Beware of sensationalist who just want your attention, including news media.
• If you want more accurate info on COVID-19, try the following.
  • Harvard: As coronavirus spreads, many questions and some answers
  • CDC – How to protect yourself

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