Cancel Thanksgiving

The USA just reached 10 million reported COVID infections earlier this month. Now it’s beyond 12.5 million and is on track to hit 14 million by the end of the month. It’s been estimated that at least 3 million people are probably infectious right now, and many don’t know it because they’re asymptomatic. The real number could be a lot higher. A few days ago we hit another new high: 204K new cases in one day. This is after just recently breaking 100K for the first time. Deaths are still ticking up as well, now around 2K per day. I imagine that’s going to be a lot higher in December. In some U.S. states, the infection rate is so high that even with a modest-sized family gathering, it’s likely that at least one attendee is infected. Some places that were previously doing contact tracing have abandoned the practice because they can’t keep up with all of the cases. In my state of Nevada, the Governor just tightened up some restrictions because the infection rate is surging here too. A couple of months ago, we were seeing 250-500 new cases per day. Now it’s around 2000 per day with a recent high of 2416. And the infection rate here is modest compared to what some places are currently seeing. Even so, a major hospital still had to convert a parking garage into overflow space for COVID patients, and it’s already being actively used. This Thanksgiving will be the last one for many people who aren’t intelligen...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Lifestyle Relationships Source Type: blogs