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Posted on 07/28/2021 9:22:14 AM PDT by lightman
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that counties showing substantial or high rates of COVID-19 transmission return to masking indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
In Pennsylvania, most of the state is considered to be in either low or moderate transmission status as of July 25, with two counties showing high rates of transmission and five counties with substantial transmission. The high-rate counties are Crawford and Cameron counties, and the substantial-rate counties are Adams, Lawrence, Wyoming, Monroe and Northampton.
The CDC determines the transmission rate by studying new cases per 100,000 people and the positivity rate of new tests, both over the past seven days. Counties with substantial transmission have between 50-99 new cases per week, those with high transmission have more than 100.
As for positivity rates, counties with substantial transmission have between an 8% to 9.99% positivity rate, while those with high transmission have a positivity rate higher than 10%.
Should the two metrics fall into different categories, the higher is taken, as shown with Crawford County below.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the CDC, the case breakdown for these counties between July 19 and 24 are as follows:
ADAMS COUNTY: 50 new cases, or 49 new cases per 100,000 people and a 3.5% positivity rate. As of Tuesday, 46.3% percent of the population above age 10 has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
CAMERON COUNTY: 4 new cases, or 90 new cases per 100,000 people and a 13% positivity rate. As of Tuesday, 54% percent of the population above age 10 has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
CRAWFORD COUNTY: 29 new cases, or 34 new cases per 100,000 people and a 10.3% positivity rate. As of Tuesday, 45.7% percent of the population above age 10 has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
LAWRENCE COUNTY: 48 new cases, or 56 new cases per 100,000 people and an 8.3% positivity rate. As of Tuesday, 47.9% percent of the population above age 10 has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
MONROE COUNTY: 85 new cases, or 50 new cases per 100,000 people and a 5% positivity rate. As of Tuesday, 51.9% percent of the population above age 10 has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY: 169 new cases, or 55 new cases per 100,000 people and a 4.9% positivity rate. As of Tuesday, 64% percent of the population above age 10 has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
WYOMING COUNTY: 18 new cases, or 67 new cases per 100,000 people and an 8% positivity rate. As of Tuesday, 56% percent of the population above age 10 has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
The CDC also recommended that everyone in K-12 schools wear masks regardless of vaccination status as well, a guidance that Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration already said they would not require of Pennsylvania students.
Outside of those counties, don't let ANYONE bully you into donning a diaper!
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Inside of those counties, don’t let ANYONE bully you into donning a diaper!
Better yet, do not wear a muzzle.
Must be the PA counties where Uncle Joe is stashing the illegals.
Someone please help me with the math. “Substantial transmission” seem to be reached if a fraction of 1% of the overall population tests positive.
someone should connect these dots.
because I bet you are correct.
bullseye! check them all for scabies and head lice, too.
Just don’t listen to government anymore. We are the boss. We pay them. Get in their faces and tell them to shut the fuch up.
“NORTHAMPTON COUNTY: 169 new cases, or 55 new cases per 100,000 people and a 4.9% positivity rate. As of Tuesday, 64% percent of the population above age 10 has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.”
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We live in Northampton County. I’m not wearing a mask. If people are dying from Covid here, I haven’t heard about it.
Adams County is home to Gettysburg which has over 500,000 visitors to the battlefield during the summer months.
No, no, no! Every Pennsylvanian —-INCLUDING those in the blacklisted counties—-should refuse to be bullied into wearing a totally useless mask..
So much for back to school shopping!
One of the two high rate counties mentioned...
Cameron County, Pennsylvania (PA) County population in 2019: 4,614
(from: http://www.city-data.com/county/Cameron_County-PA.html)
Is the smallest county in PA by population. The reporting of cases includes anyone with an established residency in the county including those in nursing homes outside of the area.
How are they to know if the transmission is taking place in the county? They don’t! Reporting only accounts for county of residence on record and the actual persons location is a secret. Yet they want everyone to mask up!
With a population of under 5000 residents, a simple one or two point change makes a lot of difference.
4 reported cases of unknown location and someone, somewhere decides that you are in the hot zone. Sheesh!
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