Here comes the second wave

[ZNP]

Yes, the second wave is becoming more apparent, now.

The shutdown was worse. Wrecked economies can't support healthcare, among other things. While we may do better at surviving, we fare a lot worse at living.

You can lift the lockdown but is anyone going to go to the movie theater? How about NBA, MLB, or NFL? What about shopping malls? How about universities and schools? I suspect that lifting the lockdown is not going to keep unemployment from being at great depression levels, nor do I think we aren't going to see bankruptcies like dominoes.

 

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Iran reports highest virus deaths since April

Asia Today: 4th-worst-hit India sees rural virus cases soar

Germany reports largest COVID-19 outbreak since early May

Virus numbers surge globally as many nations ease lockdowns

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The number of global coronavirus cases continued to surge Tuesday in many large countries that have been lifting lockdowns, including the U.S., even as new infections stabilized or dropped in parts of Western Europe.

India has been recording about 15,000 new infections each day, and some states Tuesday were considering fresh lockdown measures to try to halt the spread of the virus in the nation of more than 1.3 billion. The government earlier lifted a nationwide lockdown in a bid to restart the ailing economy, which has shed millions of jobs.

Hospitals in Pakistan are turning away patients, but with the economy there teetering, the government remains determined to reopen the country.

New cases have also been rising steeply in Mexico, Colombia and Indonesia.

Brazil, with more than 1.1 million cases and 51,000 deaths, has been affected more than anywhere but the U.S., which has reported more than 2.3 million cases and 120,000 deaths, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

In the U.S., surges in cases across the South and West are raising fears that progress against the virus is slipping away, as states reopen and many Americans resist wearing masks and keeping their distance from others.

 

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Latin America's death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 100,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with few signs of the outbreak easing in a region marked by crowded cities and high poverty levels.

Latin America has seen an alarming spike in cases and deaths even as the tide of infection recedes in Europe and parts of Asia. The number of infections, at 2.2 million, has doubled in less than a month.

Brazil - Latin America's largest and most populous nation - this week became only the second country to reach the 50,000 deaths milestone, after the United States. Mexico on Tuesday registered a fresh one-day record for confirmed infections.

The true scale of the coronavirus damage to Latin America is likely to be much deeper, experts say, as countries across the region have failed to implement rigorous testing programmes. Many officials concede the death toll is likely far higher.

Coronavirus surges in Latin America as deaths surpass 100,000

 

[Michie]

Lord have mercy!