Fears of second wave as infection rates in America

It comes after some states in America continue plans to ease the lockdown.

Reports reveal Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas recorded sharp increases in new cases following all-time highs in the same states last week.

https://worldabcnews.com/coronavirus-latest-fears-of-second-wave-as-infection-rates-in-america-rise-world-news/

Reuters: Requiring masks 'political hazard' as COVID-19 surges in California breadbasket.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stockton/requiring-masks-political-hazard-as-covid-19-surges-in-california-breadbasket-idUSKBN23O32V?feedType=mktg&feedName=topNews&WT.mc_id=Partner-Google

My personal take on the use of "second wave" is that it is part of a campaign to play down the effects of corvid19.   People heard earlier on talk about a "second wave" so if the press could call any surge what we might see "THE second wave" people can feel happy that this is soon to be over and life can get back to where it was. 

The difficult question is whether it is better to lull people into a false sense of security now, or to tell them the truth and face the possiblitiy of a panic situation or a situation of despair that causes order to break down.

A sense of security now will help to keep people calm and less likely to riot etc, but it prevents them from preparing for what we here think will be the "second wave".  However, it seems that only a few people would seriously work on positioning themselves for a second wave (or even the economic hardships this first wave is causing).  

WitchMisspelled wrote: How can it be a second wave when we haven't even gotten off the plateau yet?

Agreed — as far as I can tell, the nation as a whole never successfully recovered from the first wave. 

It's all about not being  dickheads and listening to the scientists not the politicians....

Who are only looking to get a second term.......

Wonders who that could be ?.....

M.A.M.S.

make american more sick........

Maybe deaths are lower because the demographic of infected has changed

Younger age groups ,be interesting to watch what happens next......

I understand that rates of death are a lagging indicator.  Give it three or four weeks and I'm sure those numbers will rise as dramatically as the infection rate is now.

The Independent: Coronavirus: Texas public health expert warns that ‘horrifying’ coronavirus surge should put state on ‘red alert’.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-texas-record-cases-warning-red-alert-a9584811.html

WitchMisspelled wrote: I understand that rates of death are a lagging indicator.  Give it three or four weeks and I'm sure those numbers will rise as dramatically as the infection rate is now.

Absolutely correct, WM!!  Good job, you should be an epidemiologist. 

Regarding "second wave" etc. - these are very artificial terms used to try to fit complex disease dynamics into simpler concepts.  We are, in fact, in a long first-wave like a tsunami - when we went into lockdown in the USA, vulnerable people were taken out of circulation, but only temporarily.  

Now that it is warm, folks have had enough of being cooped up and they are succumbing to their tendencies to go out and party, hang out in parks, beaches etc.  This is Arizona:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/crowds-pack-arizona-river-as-u-s-posts-record-covid-cases-for-three-days-running-idUSKBN23Z0IW