Florida sets new daily case record - 15,300

57stratdawg

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Previous highs were around 11,600. 11% positive case rate too.

I don’t see any way Greg Sankey and decision makers at the SEC Office can feel comfortable with the current trends in Florida, Texas, etc.
 

mstateglfr

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I havent paid attention rwcently- is DeSantis still saying all is well? Earlier, it seemed like he thought Florida was somehow exceptional in all this?
 
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Just got back from Florida's east coast and they don't care. Haha. I will say the day we went to Universal's Islands of Adventure was awesome. Zero lines at all the rides except the new Harry Potter motorcycle one (which was only 15 minutes). It was one of the best times I ever had a theme park.
 

Duke Humphrey

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Their positive case rate actually went down today with this reporting. Not ideal by any means, but have to look beyond raw case number.
 
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They also reported 143,000 test in one day...

Yeah, that little bit of information will be ignored. A high number of positives, true. But they test more on that day than on any other day ever. The % of tests that were positive was actually lower than it has been in two weeks.

But continue with the freak out everyone. Meanwhile, medical researchers are coming to the realization that herd immunity is actually only about 10-20% instead of 50%, thanks to T cell immunity that we have built up via exposure to over coronavirus strains.
 

57stratdawg

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I guess so. I know they’re planning on reopening all the schools full time in a few weeks. I’m sure that’ll help things.
 
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Their positive case rate actually went down today with this reporting. Not ideal by any means, but have to look beyond raw case number.

Crazy. Who would expect positive case numbers to rise when our testing rises? Meanwhile, % of tests being positive are flat and deaths are still down for about the 10th week in a row.
 

mstateglfr

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But continue with the freak out everyone. Meanwhile, medical researchers are coming to the realization that herd immunity is actually only about 10-20% instead of 50%, thanks to T cell immunity that we have built up via exposure to over coronavirus strains.

10-20%? Huh, interesting. Ive seen 80%, 70%, and even guesses of 60%.
But I admittedly haven't looked extensively for reports of the lowest % needed for herd immunity.
 

thatsbaseball

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I'm reading that anti-bodies are not lasting long in those who have had the virus. If that's the case how will we ever have "herd immunity" ?
 

MrKotter

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I guess so. I know they’re planning on reopening all the schools full time in a few weeks. I’m sure that’ll help things.

Pediatricians say schools should open but what do they know? They aren't as educated in the human body as journalists**
 
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Was talking to a friend who said a couple he knows made an appointment to get tested and when they went there the lines were so long they decided not to fool with it then. Sometime later they received confirmation that they both tested positive. They didn’t even get tested!! My wife has heard similar stories from others.
 

mcdawg22

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Was talking to a friend who said a couple he knows made an appointment to get tested and when they went there the lines were so long they decided not to fool with it then. Sometime later they received confirmation that they both tested positive. They didn’t even get tested!! My wife has heard similar stories from others.
I’m not believing you until Madisondawg tells me whether or not the friend of your friend is his nephew or not.
 

Len2003

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10-20%? Huh, interesting. Ive seen 80%, 70%, and even guesses of 60%.
But I admittedly haven't looked extensively for reports of the lowest % needed for herd immunity.

Clay Travis tweeted out some opinion piece written by a "Stanford doctor" that makes the 10-20% claim by misrepresenting a study. I read the article. It's in some off-Guardian magazine- whatever that is.
 

Len2003

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Schools across Europe have been reopened for a while now. It has had absolutely zero negative impact.

European countries got their numbers down to the point that they could adequately contact trace. Now, maybe opening schools will work here, but we haven't followed Europe's model. Germany had 137 cases in the entire country today.
 
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10-20%? Huh, interesting. Ive seen 80%, 70%, and even guesses of 60%.
But I admittedly haven't looked extensively for reports of the lowest % needed for herd immunity.

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-35331/v1

Cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 T-cell epitopes revealed preexisting T-cell responses in 81% of unexposed individuals, and validation of similarity to common cold human coronaviruses provided a functional basis for postulated heterologous immunity[9] in SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Translation: About 80% of subjects were revealed to already have built in immunity due to exposure to other strains of coronavirus throughout their lives. This is known as T cell immunity. It is different than having antibody immunity to this one particular strain of the coronavirus.

That’s why you are seeing hard hit places like Italy already reach herd immunity and mostly back to normal.
 

Irondawg

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What rationale is there for the southern states hitting this spike now when we didn’t earlier and why is it mostly just the southern states?

I would think we aren’t behaving that differently than say a Missouri or Ill. Maybe I’m wrong there.
 

Rezdog

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What rationale is there for the southern states hitting this spike now when we didn’t earlier and why is it mostly just the southern states?

I would think we aren’t behaving that differently than say a Missouri or Ill. Maybe I’m wrong there.

Because coronabro's say we're just a bunch of dumb rednecks that ain't wearing no damn mask.
 

thatsbaseball

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The article said they were shortest lived were in cases that were or almost were asymptomatic. I.E. the mildest cases which is a bunch of people.
 

RocketDawg

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I guess so. I know they’re planning on reopening all the schools full time in a few weeks. I’m sure that’ll help things.

DisneyWorld just reopened too. Saw an article about a MLB player who was in Florida, and he said people gave him strange looks because he was wearing a mask.
 

RocketDawg

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What rationale is there for the southern states hitting this spike now when we didn’t earlier and why is it mostly just the southern states?

I would think we aren’t behaving that differently than say a Missouri or Ill. Maybe I’m wrong there.

There seems to be a direct correlation between Covid infections and a Southern accent.
 

Jeffreauxdawg

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What rationale is there for the southern states hitting this spike now when we didn’t earlier and why is it mostly just the southern states?

I would think we aren’t behaving that differently than say a Missouri or Ill. Maybe I’m wrong there.

Read. It seems silly, but if you use common sense it jives.

1. Big outbreaks in summer in hot climates. Not so much in cooler climates.

2. Every study on human coronaviruses show they prefer cool dry air to spread.

3. Texas contact tracing has shown that the vast majority of cases are tracked to indoor venues specifically bars and restaurants.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200708/air-conditioning-may-be-spreading-covid
 

GhostOfJackie

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They also reported 143,000 test in one day...


Right, but the reason so many people are rushing to get tested is because so many people are getting it, or around those who do. They were either around these people or they are having symptoms. It's cyclical, but either way its going up.

I know a good many of these are younger people (18-35) not showing symptoms but the more younger people who have it increases the likelihood of older people getting it.

Disclaimer: Do no take medical advice from me. I do not know what I'm talking about and neither do most on this board.
 
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Irondawg

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Read. It seems silly, but if you use common sense it jives.

1. Big outbreaks in summer in hot climates. Not so much in cooler climates.

2. Every study on human coronaviruses show they prefer cool dry air to spread.

3. Texas contact tracing has shown that the vast majority of cases are tracked to indoor venues specifically bars and restaurants.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200708/air-conditioning-may-be-spreading-covid

Yeah but isn’t that the same for standard cold and flus and it pretty much goes away in the south in the summer.
 

RocketDawg

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Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota cases are increasing.

Every state east of the Rockies gets hot in the summer, except New England. It almost seems like hot weather increases the spread rather than hindering it.
 

Jeffreauxdawg

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Yeah but isn’t that the same for standard cold and flus and it pretty much goes away in the south in the summer.

Does it? Or is there a lot more immunity, stronger immune systems (meaning we may have it and beat it without symptoms), and no testing?
 
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Read. It seems silly, but if you use common sense it jives.

1. Big outbreaks in summer in hot climates. Not so much in cooler climates.

2. Every study on human coronaviruses show they prefer cool dry air to spread.

3. Texas contact tracing has shown that the vast majority of cases are tracked to indoor venues specifically bars and restaurants.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200708/air-conditioning-may-be-spreading-covid

All this is true. The virus is spread almost exclusively indoors. Specifically, as you said, in crowded bars, family gatherings, etc.

People who say “well so much for the heat killing the virus” aren’t seeing the forest through the trees. The hot weather may not obliterated the virus, but it does not spread very well outside according to every contact trace data available.

Our issue right now is people are still having big indoor gatherings. Adults (NOT children) are bringing it to parties/events and spreading it amongst themselves.

This is why sending kids back to school is a no brainer yes. And college kids playing football in limited capacity outdoor venues would not be a major negative contributor to the spread- if common sense can ever prevail. I’d still think fans should wear masks entering the stadium and whenever they go to the concourse though.