High-risk states are seeing fewer new coronavirus cases

Axios ^ | 5-13-2020 | Sam Baker

[rhett october]

The first stages of reopening haven’t produced a surge in coronavirus cases in most states — at least, not yet.

Yes, but: The reopening process is still in its early stages, so a second wave of infections still remains distinctly possible.

Between the lines: Our chart compares each state's seven-day average of new cases from Monday, and the seven-day average from a week prior, May 4.

Comparing the averages of two weeks helps smooth out a lot of the noise in how states sometimes inconsistently conduct and report tests. The latest average captures the first full week in which some states began to ease some of their lockdown measures. Some of the states that skeptics were most worried about, including Florida and Georgia, haven’t seen the rise in total cases that some experts feared.

[ConservativeDude]

the story in your red county is pretty much the same where I am, and the same for me personally......

[shanover]

Jethro Tull reference is spot on!

[mewzilla]

Per the CDC, so with a big FWIW...

“The incubation period for COVID-19 is thought to extend to 14 days, with a median time of 4-5 days from exposure to symptoms onset.1-3 One study reported that 97.5% of persons with COVID-19 who develop symptoms will do so within 11.5 days of SARS-CoV-2 infection.”

[Autonomous User]

Much appreciated!

[norwaypinesavage]

What we said would happen, didn't happen, but it still might!. so you better worry!!!

[SoCalCynic]

I’m also reading things that seem to point at something else interesting. The shorter the time before onset, the more serious the case tends to become. The longer until onset, the less serious the case becomes.

I would speculate that there may be a relationship between this and viral load. That is one thing I can see on the positive side for mask use.