Covid is "expanding" in this state, leak from the white house warns
The working group on the coronavirus of the White House says that the state does not make enough coronavirus.
In the midst of the long-standing Covid overvide across the country, there were several signs of encouraging improvement. While thecoronavirus pandemic is far from over, many states seem to move in the right direction andcontaining their outbreaks. But a particular state still has health experts and researchers concerned - and the federal government agrees:According to a leakage document of the White House Coronavirus Working Group, the Covid Epidemic in Georgia is uncontrollable.
Georgia knows "Generalized establishment and expansion of the viral community, "said 9 August, obtained byThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution and published on August 13th. The Coronavirus working group "strongly recommends that the state adopt stricter policies, such as the mandatory use ofFacial masks, because "the current mitigation efforts of Georgia do not have sufficient impact".
The report suggested other measures that Georgia could take forslow the propagation of the virus: Limit the indoor dining room, descending the number of people authorized at social gatherings, closure bars and clubs, as well as more and more testing and contact tracing.
August 15th,GOV. Brian Kemp emitted aNew Executive Order of Covid This continued the prohibition of large gatherings and prolonged orders instead of shelters for high-risk people. However, the order is much less strict than the recommendations of the White House. In fact, KEMP stated that KEMP stated that it "protects the companies from Georgia exceeding the government by limiting the demand and implementation of local masking requirements to public property. Although I support control. local, it must be properly balanced with property rights and personal freedoms. "
Last week, KEMPWithdrawn his pursuit against the city of Atlanta on their mask mandate and their COVID restrictions. But his recent executive order maintains thatMask mask mandates can not be fine violators More than $ 50 and those who do not wear masks should not be warned about health risks before being issued a quote. Beyond this, the order indicates that mask mandates can not be imposed on companies, voting places or private property.
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According to the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI), Georgia currently has theHighest rate of new daily cases In the country: 29.9 Covidian cases per 100,000 people. With Florida, it's the only state that now meets the threshold forStates that should consider closing. As of August 17,The New York Times Reports 220.165Coronavirus cords in Georgia, resulting in 4,600 deaths.
Carlos del Rio, MD, Executive Associate Dean at Emory University Medicine School in Grady Health System,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution This KEMP would be wise to consider implementing the guidelines set out by the working group on the Coronavirus of the White House. "We do not do anything and we hope that magically numbers were going down," he said. "Hope is not a strategy." And for another state that may need to take more drastic measures,This state is about to return to the lock, the governor warns.
