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We have states about the size of Switzerland that are about to experience the same thing.
We have states about the size of Switzerland that are about to experience the same thing.
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*"The progression in new cases in November has slowed. The seven-day average of new positive cases last week is down slightly to 5,602 - 24% less than the previous week."
*"“We are seeing an initial stabilisation… but we need more patience,” declared Virginie Masserey, who heads infectious diseases at the Federal Office of Public Health, on November 17. The situation is still worrying, she added. The number of reported new infections and hospitalisations remains high, and the mortality rate is very high."
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_coronavirus--the-situation-in-switzerland/45592192
*"The progression in new cases in November has slowed. The seven-day average of new positive cases last week is down slightly to 5,602 - 24% less than the previous week."
*"“We are seeing an initial stabilisation… but we need more patience,” declared Virginie Masserey, who heads infectious diseases at the Federal Office of Public Health, on November 17. The situation is still worrying, she added. The number of reported new infections and hospitalisations remains high, and the mortality rate is very high."
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_coronavirus--the-situation-in-switzerland/45592192
Coronavirus: the situation in Switzerland
The number of new Covid-19 cases topped 10,000 at the beginning of November. The spread of the virus has since slowed but hospitals remain stretched.
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What it doesn't say in the NY Times tweet -
"The country’s test-positivity rate stands at a whopping 27.9 percent, compared with 8.5 percent in Sweden and 8.3 percent in the United States. According to the World Health Organization, a test-positivity rate above 5 percent signals the virus is out of control."
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/10/coronavirus-switzerland-is-choosing-austerity-over-life/
"The country’s test-positivity rate stands at a whopping 27.9 percent, compared with 8.5 percent in Sweden and 8.3 percent in the United States. According to the World Health Organization, a test-positivity rate above 5 percent signals the virus is out of control."
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/10/coronavirus-switzerland-is-choosing-austerity-over-life/
Switzerland Is Choosing Austerity Over Life
Why Switzerland became one of the world's worst coronavirus hotspots.
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SSG Robert Webster
Another excerpt.
"In normal times, the world’s celebrities and politicians, such as former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, travel to Switzerland to get treated in the country’s first-class hospitals. Now, France is offering to take on Swiss COVID-19 patients to give the country’s hospitals some breathing space."
"In normal times, the world’s celebrities and politicians, such as former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, travel to Switzerland to get treated in the country’s first-class hospitals. Now, France is offering to take on Swiss COVID-19 patients to give the country’s hospitals some breathing space."
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
But we have states with positivity rates like Switzerland, Wisconsin for instance is at 27% and they're only #5 on the list. Comparing the entire US rate to any single European country really isn't realistic.
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SSG Robert Webster
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - You are correct that it is not realistic. BUT and a big one at that - a lot of the news organizations do make that comparison, good or bad that it is. And like a number of us have stated they are comparing apples to oranges. We can play that game as well in busting their misleading information.
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