The Governor needs to shut it down. I am writing him today and encourage all responsible citizens to do the same

Jerry Deming, mayor of Orlando, said that contact tracing showed their spike was coming from bars and night clubs.

I looked back at Memorial day weekend. Where those countries don’t practice social distancing. The beaches were packed which in turn the restaurant and stores were. People had big parties at their homes with no regards to safety.

The CVS website advertises that they offer "no cost" testing. Don't know if a doc's referral is needed. Check it out if you feel a need for testing.

A few dozen out of the several hundred COVID 19 cases from the past week point directly back to bars and nightclubs

Bar Owner: Social Distancing in a Bar a Recipe for Disaster

The Next Spike
 

I would agree that the spike we're seeing now is from Memorial Day Weekend AND the start of the re-opening. It takes about a week for exposed people to get symptoms. Another few days before they go to get tested. Another week to get results. Another week for the state to actually report them. So approximately 3 total weeks from exposure to seeing the published data. We may just be seeing the beginning.

Testing is very available in the villages I just got tested at CVS1 day notice took 10 minutes tops negative results in to the half days. There are lots of places.

Forget your political proclivities and see Dr. Siegel's explanation in the left-hand (videos) column here

Yes once again blame the family, I’m sure there more interested in sellers by house then saving lives, you want to get tested go ahead I have because of a possible exposure it turned out to be nothing

Saw this from Mike Pence posted yesterday: "As the White House Coronavirus Task Force told America’s Governors today, despite hyperventilating by some in the media, only 11 counties out of over 3,100 are seeing a true acceleration in new Coronavirus cases & less than 2% of counties show any significant increase in cases." Wonder if the task force is including the seven you mention as part of the 11. Also wonder how much of the spike can be attributed to more testing. Not asking, just wondering. Usually I'd look into it, but not gonna waste time on it anymore. Time to move on.

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.

From incubation to death takes about eight days. Two of my friends in Ohio just did it. Little family birthday party. No one in a million years thought both grandparents would pass. 80 and 81.

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.

You don’t even need a doctors approval to get tested! Call Quest and get an appointment. Or you can have your doctor give you an order so insurance will cover. This is being done at CVS also. The tests are out there. Go get one if you’re worried.

Ha! Proves the theory that STDs come from places of inebriation. :MOJE_whot:

The difference is they can't control the protests of milllions chanting and screaming while shoulder to shoulder without doing something wrong and appear on every news media across the country. Not having fans at private events can be controlled and when covered it's seen as a positive and prudent move by the owners and organizers. Same with churches although some are now optionally inside with spacing. Apples and oranges but I guess lumping everything together makes it easier huh? Our facts and perspective is only learded through hindsight with this sucker....everything looking forward is mostly speculation. The only thing we do know is that the only cure today is our immunce system and I'm not so sure I want mine to be the only line of defense.

Not according to the FL Department of Health. Percent positive went steadily down the first week of June, and then went up again.
Home | Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Outbreak

True, change in hospitalization and death rates are the best metric. Next best is percent positive and that is published daily here in the following link. Percent positive was going down, then went up again. Home | Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Outbreak

The spikes in percent positive started occurring, at least in Florida, on June 6.
Home | Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Outbreak

Where is this info coming from? Unless they live in a cave, people know the symptoms and get tested as soon as possible. Back in April it might have taken a week to get test results, now it takes one day in most urban locations. They have new mobile labs that give results in 45 minutes. The state doesn't take a week to post results, they put them up as soon as they get them.

So you're saying that they can't control protests of millions because they would be "doing something wrong" but they can control fans at golf, churches etc because that is seen as "positive and wise"

That sums it up perfectly.

Good post. Call for more PPEs and testing by cranking up the Defense Protection Act.

The answer to your question is M O N E Y. Who is going to pay for all the tests. It's the same reason employees of hospitals no longer get tested unless they become symptomatic. Even if they have been directly exposed. No one wants the burden of paying for the test. And more importantly, we need way more antibody tests.

Not to mention several memorials and a funeral

That's just crazy talk. The shut down's sole purpose was to FLATTEN THE CURVE to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. NOT TO ERADICATE THE VIRUS.

Sorry for using all caps, but getting facts thru to all the "Karens" out there is extremely frustrating.

You are spot on.

Even if tests were being done at no charge 12 hours a day at every postal station, I still wouldn't bother unless I had symptoms.

It's a constant game of whack-a-mole. Guidelines for restarting TV and film productions call for performers/actors to be tested a minimum of three times a week and other office/BTS staff once a week.

...And the protests were an “essential activity!” Right?

You would be a racist if you thought otherwise. lol

Let me think for a minute...

So each time I test negative I will have suffered an unnecessary injury to the same mucous membranes deep within my nasal cavity which defend against viral invasions for absolutely no reason and I will have gained the knowledge that at that one moment in time I was A-ok but I will have also wasted about half of a day of my life getting each test.

But if I happen to test positive, I win the Grand Prize of being ordered into a 14-day home isolation while I feel fine but also gain some really nosey Government Contact Tracer Bloodhounds (who were probably unemployed waiters previously) to gather & record all of my private & sensitive personal information so they will contact each of my friends, loved ones, fellow shoppers, and dance partners (JK LOL). My private contact records will become indelible, permanent CyberSpace government records. They may not even bother to distinguish between those I may have incidentally crossed paths with from those I had more intentionally encountered—from when until when? And I’m sure my private contact records will forever receive Top Secret security status with NO UNMASKING, right? ;)
And being positive but asymptomatic, I would have not incurred the invasion of my nasal cavity nor the invasion of my privacy if only I spent my lovely day in paradise on happier pursuits.

Of course, if I am positive and symptomatic I get the invasions plus I will be sent home to suffer in isolation unless and until I get sick enough to require help.

But if I get sick, stay home and don’t get tested unless and until I require hospitalization then I will have no choice but to suffer the full impact of the burdens.

Sounds like a whole lot of fun.

How many times do you think I will want to repeat this? And how many kooky paranoid folks will want to repeatedly join me?

It’s no wonder there aren’t hoards of people who are lining up for repeat testing, right? What’s the sage saying? Fool me once...

(BTW I sadly suspect that Saturday Night Live may be missing a wealth of material here! We can either laugh or we can cry.)

PENN, there hasn’t been more testing in TV because there wasn’t a lot of interest (see above ^) and there hasn’t been a lot of need.

I have the antibodies and cannot spread the disease. Yet I still get yelled at in public and on this message board for not wearing a mask. All the message board self appointed doctors told me that my doctors are wrong. Not sure what medical school they went to, but they should probably inform the poor victims who are receiving my antibodies. They should also get in touch with the doctors who are giving these antibodies!

And he based that on what? Oh, because bars & nightclubs are where locals go not where the tourists go. His slant is toward the one who spends more $

Thank you for donating your immunity to help others.

A 20ish yo said she yelled back in retaliation at a busy-body senior while shopping without a mask (* = omitted Expletives) “I don’t have to wear a * mask because my * age group is not the one causing * problems. We * young people need to get out and work to pay for your * Medicare & Social Security. We already gave up weeks of our lives to keep you safe. You * old folks should stay at * home.” The senior retreated in silence.Yikes. Although it’s not fully accurate, I understand the frustration, don’t you? People should be very careful so their nose doesn’t get bit off if they stick it where it doesn’t belong.

A big ol’ Texas funeral is great as long as it attracts the well-heeled.

Unlike some other states like NY, NJ, IL who count fingers & toes as individuals.

People minding their own business will never happen in TV. Just reading this message board or spending a day listening to the calls to community watch will make you shudder. There are literally tens of thousands of Gladys Kravitz here and they will never mind their own business. I just look at them and laugh.

Who is Gladys Kravitz? And who is John Galt?

Look at S. Korea or Germany for your answer. They tested quickly and their DPA was put into place to produce all the needed medical equipment. The US fiddled while CV burned. The result they quickly got back their economy and people went to work. We the US of A now leads the world in all the Bad CV stats. We have 15 to 29% unemployment(depending if you count people not trying). And out GNP is toast. Bottom line----better to spend money on tests early. You could say "the early bird avoids the CV".

Who is John Galt?

That's a lot of "ifs and buts". By the way, who is John Galt?