Election Day Surge

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To date the United States has seen 235,000 deaths from COVID-19. That is 235,000 people who did not vote in the November 3 Election. That is why it is particularly galling to hear Rudy Giuliani claiming that the dead have been voting in the presidential election.  The Borat 2 star said he’d been sent to find out how many dead people had voted in Pennsylvania. It seems that calling the election process into doubt is the only hope for these demented souls.

North Dakota has seen a huge spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths.   David Andahl, a candidate for the “Be Legendary” State Legislature died in October, 2020 from COVID-19 but his name was still on the printed ballot. Andahl, 55, had been hospitalized and died after being sick for about four days. He won the election despite his death. There is now a dispute over what to do with his empty seat.

In Missouri an election judge supervisor was diagnosed positive for COVID-19 on October 30, 2020. No details about the worker, including age or gender, were released. He/she was told to quarantine for 14 days but did not follow that advice and worked at at the Blanchette Park Memorial Hall polling site in St. Charles on Election day, November3, 2020. There were nine other election workers at the polling place and they are being advised to get tested. Since He/she was a supervisor, it is believed that she did not work closely the 1,800 voters who entered the poling place on Election Day. Election workers were required to wear face coverings, such as shields or masks, and dividers separated voters in an effort to curb the virus’ spread. After the election this election judge died. Anyone who was in the precinct on election day is a risk and should monitor themselves closely for symptoms. This case is stark reminder that a positive COVID-19 test result requires that person to be responsible to others in the community.

On November 5, 2020   the US set a staggering new Covid-19 daily case record with more than 120,000 infections. The situation continues to get worse as the nation focuses on Election results.

Third Wave

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The number of COVID-19 cases is surging across the country.The Midwest is being hit particularly hard, notably South Dakota which was the site of the Sturgis motorcycle rally which may have seeded outbreaks all across the Midwest. In South Dakota there is no mandatory mask mandate, governor Kristi Noem saying that people have the right to decide for themselves. One candidate for the North Dakota the house of representatives, David Andahl a “Trump Republican”, passed away from COVID-19 but is still on the ballot.

In all 45 states are seeing increases of cases of COVID-19. The U.S. has confirmed an average of 54,000 new cases per day, a 25 percent increase compared to two weeks ago. Florida is also seeing increases. Wisconsin is building a field hospital on the state park fairground.

The first surge hit New York and the northeast in the spring, and the second hit the south including Florida, over the summer, peaking at about 73,000 cases per day in July — the highest levels so far recorded in the pandemic in the U.S. Experts have warned for months of a surge in cases in the colder months that would likely rival the battering by COVID-19 the U.S. already endured.

Twenty-seven states, mostly in the South, Midwest and Mountain states, have “uncontrolled spread” of COVID-19, according to the COVID Exit Strategy, a nonprofit public health group that tracks metrics of the pandemic, including case numbers and test positivity rates. Another 18 states are “trending poorly,” including states on the East and West coasts, and Texas and Louisiana. Only two states — Maine and Vermont — are “trending better,” with declining cases and a smaller proportion of tests coming back positive.

The U.S. is nearing 8 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 220,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ensemble forecast projects an additional 9,000 to 20,000 deaths by Nov. 7, 2020. All the while Trump is downplaying the virus spreading lies and misinformation. Listen to experts not politicians, your life depends on it.