*'Very reasonable' for local officials to reimplement mask mandates amid delta surge: Dr. Vivek Murthy (Surgeon General)
-ABC
Yep. Time for me to put the mask on agayne. Oh well. Okay.
Case numbers are climbing across most of the country as the Delta variant spreads among unvaccinated people. Arkansas, Missouri, Florida and Nevada are experiencing full-fledged outbreaks.
The vaccination campaign has largely stalled. About 550,000 shots are being administered each day, down from more than 3.3 million at the peak.
Nationwide
Cases +135% (two week change)Hospitalizations +32%
Deaths +27%
Cases per 100k pop last seven days
Nationwide 9
States highest down to nationwide
Arkansas 34
Missouri 32
Florida 30
Louisiana 26
Nevada 23
Utah 19
Kansas, Alabama, Alaska, Oklahoma, Wyoming 14
Arizona, Mississippi 13
Texas 10
Kentucky, California 9
Thirteen of sixteen Grand Old Phascist. The Phascists say they're passing laws to make it harder for dead people to vote. Gonna come back to bite 'em, that will.
States lowest up to nationwide
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maryland, New Hampshire, Vermont, South Dakota 2
Ohio, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Virginia, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, North Dakota 3
New York, New Jersey, Iowa, West Virginia 4
Illinois, Delaware, Nebraska 5
Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico, Montana 6
Indiana, Colorado 7
Georgia, Washington, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Idaho 8
Twenty-two Party of God states, twelve GOP.
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