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The Virus Strikes Back (Too Complacent)
Foreboding headlines around COVID-related travel restrictions put a dent in risk appetite Friday, as the UK said arrivals from France, the Netherlands, and Malta would be required to quarantine for two weeks. They join Spain, the Bahamas, and Belgium on the UK's quarantine list.
"The biggest priority has to be to protect our hard-won gains in getting the virus under control and not re-importing it as people return home", UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps remarked. Apparently, there are more
Will be interesting to see how US back-to-school impacts the new case counts, in those locales where in-person classes are occurring.
I think you can bet the farm on new higher spikes where the case loads are high and testing is still erratic.
At least the Europeans are dealing with Covid-19 more effectively than we are…Based on WHO statistics as of 08/15/20, European region experienced 27.72 deaths per 100,000 population. In the US the Covid-19 death rate is 51.52 deaths/100K population.
This means that, had we followed European procedures for dealing with the virus, we would have had 89,304 deaths, instead of the 165,995 deaths we currently have. The difference (76,691) is blood on the hands of President Trump (deaths we needn’t have experienced).