India now exceeds Wuhan in Number of Cases after Lifting Lockdown

Em in Ohio

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I'm glad that I don't live in India, but there are lessons to be learned from there. The country came up in a discussion here about air pollution a couple days ago. In that discussion, it was mentioned that India prioritized monetary concerns over public health. This new information seems to confirm that.

(From AccuWeather: June 10, 2020) "Mumbai's COVID-19 cases have surpassed the total recorded in the original epicenter for the disease, Wuhan. Mumbai has reported 51,000 cases of the new coronavirus, which eclipsed the outbreak in Wuhan, China, where the virus first emerged, according to BBC News. A surge of infections brought confirmed cases to 266,598 in India after restrictions were loosened. Experts told BBC News that there was no other option but to lift the lockdown, which created economic hardship in the country. Millions lost their jobs and livelihoods and businesses have shut down. Experts are now concerned that hospitals in major cities are being overwhelmed, even though states were supposed to use the lockdown period to ramp up health facilities. BBC News reported that there are allegations that many patients with Covid-like symptoms are being turned away from medical centers."
 

Mexico, too. Political leaders in Brazil and Mexico arrogantly proclaimed that their populations would have some sort of magical inherent immunity to this virus. Both countries are widely believed to be vastly under-reporting cases and deaths. Intentionally and unintentionally.

Some US states are also reportedly being less than transparent about cases and deaths.
 

There was a brief "lull" in this virus, a couple of weeks ago, but the numbers seem to be rising again, as businesses reopen, and "social distancing" is being adhered to by fewer people. There was speculation that this virus would lessen as warmer weather arrived, and flare up again in the Fall. But, that doesn't seem to be happening...in fact, several States are reporting a substantial increase in cases in just the past few days.

I haven't seen any analysis of what, if any, demographics are facing the greatest risks, recently. Earlier, it seems that residents of nursing homes, and employees at food processing plants were seeing the biggest increases, but that seems to have settled down. I wonder if this present rise has any relationship to all the "protests" in the past couple of weeks.

People have short memories and attention spans....and it won't take much to drive the nation back into another "lockdown" if everyone starts to get complacent.
 
CarolfromTX said:
Dave has traveled to India on business several times. Given how he has described living conditions there, it's not surprising that the disease would spread like wildfire.
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I flew just inside India 14 years ago on Flag Day, June 14, 2006 by accident thanks to a failed GPS onboard. Within minutes, I had two bogeys chasing me and one had locked on with their guided laser. I did some quick maneuvering and was communicating with them at the same time. I allowed them to come up alongside of me to check me out and then I was escorted back into Pakistan. Scared the hell out of me and I think my WSO, who was sitting behind me might have pissed his pants. I thought we bought the farm that day.
 
Don M. said:
There was a brief "lull" in this virus, a couple of weeks ago, but the numbers seem to be rising again, as businesses reopen, and "social distancing" is being adhered to by fewer people...
People have short memories and attention spans....and it won't take much to drive the nation back into another "lockdown" if everyone starts to get complacent.
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I've had to leave home three times now in the past couple weeks and I agree... unmasked crowds and no social distancing - It was hard for me to avoid people. I held my breath when people neared me. It felt like I was forced to play dodgeball, with the potential ball-shaped virus that might be lurking in any of those folks.
 
Em in Ohio said:
I've had to leave home three times now in the past couple weeks and I agree... unmasked crowds and no social distancing - It was hard for me to avoid people. I held my breath when people neared me. It felt like I was forced to play dodgeball, with the potential ball-shaped virus that might be lurking in any of those folks.
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I'm so sorry to read this, Em. People in Los Angeles are still wearing masks in public, as per local ordinances.
 

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