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Old 06-16-2020, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by allsport View Post
Actually those counties went to the beaches on memorial day and that is the spike you are seeing. The outdoor protests are about 3 or 4 weeks away. It takes time to get the virus and then spread it and then more time, about 7 days, before you get sick enough to get admitted and then you have contaminated more and spread it farther. It is Memorial Day that you see.
It doesn't take time to get the virus, you breath in a cloud of virus and you've got it unless you are immune in some way. Symptoms start on average 5-6 days later. People can start spreading virus 2 days before symptoms start. Most people get tested as soon as they get symptoms. I did not look at hospitalizations in OP, just new positive test results. Memorial Day may be part of this, but if that's true then it makes sense that protests are also part of this.