Shocking New Stats Show Covid-19 Exploding Infections in Small Cities
Outside large cities, infections are strongly up.
newly releasedcoronavirus Reports suggest an alarming tendency for America small towns: while all new casesCOVID-19 [Feminine are the main hotspots in urban appeasement such as New York, the per capita infection rate is actuallyincreasing Strongly between the rural areas of America.
New reports coincide with some new screen claims of the siteHEALTHDATA (Exploited by the University of Washington and funded by the Gates Foundation), which revised its total deaths related to 19 Covid projected by more than 72,000 in early August to more than 134,000.
"Rural cities that a month ago were unscathed are suddenly hot spots," reportsThe New York Times. "It is released in nursing homes, meatpacking plants and prisons, killing the medically vulnerable homes and the poor, and the news keep emerging in grocery stores, supermarkets or factories, a disturbing front-runner sign. of what the complete reopening of the economy could bring. »
In addition to the number of potential deaths, this development is particularly worrying with regard to food supply.
Currently, nearly 20 meat processing plants and at least five food processing plants that havetemporarily closed shutters Following an epidemic of coronavirus. The vast majority of these exist in small towns in the midst of the American states of Texas all the way from north to South Dakota. According toFood and Environment Information Network"The spread of the virus affects some of the largest agro-industrial companies in the country, including Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill, Conagra, Hormel and Kraft Heinz."
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Unfortunately, the data suggest that the Wave of Covid-19 cases in rural America will only intensify. TheKaiser Family Foundation Recently published a report stressing that if rural communities have less COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants that urban areas, the rates of two cases of coronavirus death and have jumped at a much faster pace in more rural counties in The last two weeks.
"The average number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants increased by 125 percent in the counties or non-metropolitans those largely rural, according to the analysis and 68 per cent in the metro counties between April 13 and 27, according to the analysis, "saysUS NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. "Death has increased by 169 per cent in addition to rural areas and 113 per cent in more urban counties, to achieve respective rates of 4.4 and 17 per 100,000 inhabitants. »
Of course, the news arrives right when many states already reopen their savings and the lifting of the recommendations that remain at home, and millions of Americans are ready to get back to work and return to their normal life.
Is it too early to do it? Well, we do not know certainly.
While some state capitals see vocal manifestations requiring the opening of state governments, this Stark new data suggest that rural America could soon need to implement the same directives on the spot and social-distancing which effectively decreased epidemics in large cities. And if rural Americans can not return to work, there is one thing we know: it will not be a good thing for the country as a whole. And for some advice supported by expert to navigate the pandemic, see these100 things you should never do during the coronaviruses.
