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COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Updated: August 07, 2020, 01:55 GMT

USA
5,032,179 Confirmed cases of COVID-19
162,804 American Deaths


"KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, is one of several cities across the country that has the attention of the White House coronavirus task force. Kansas City is joined on the list by Portland, Oregon, Omaha, Nebraska, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Baltimore, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and California’s Central Valley.

In an interview Thursday morning on CNN, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease director Dr. Anthony Fauci said the cities have the potential to become hot spots due to an increase in the rate of positive COVID-19 test results.

'It’s a clear indication that you are getting an uptick in cases, which inevitably… leads to surges and then you get hospitalizations and then you get deaths,' Fauci said on CNN. 'It’s a pretty good predictor, usually before people become aware of it.'

Director of the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department Dr. Rex Archer said the city is seeing a significant increase in deaths." KMBC News

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As for the image above, it started out as a photo of a zinnia that I shot today.
Once out of the camera, I manipulated it to fit my mood.

Thanks to the lack of any National plan and to self centered, Covid deniers, it took only 14 days for the US tally to rise from 4 million reported cases to over 5 million infections today. Deaths follow cases.

Frankly, I don't appreciate the current US President saying "It is what it is". These are American lives. No other country in the World is as "bad off" as the USA. Our country needs to come together to get this out of control pandemic under somewhat manageable control. Two Million new coronavirus cases in just 4 weeks is a disgusting reflection of the Nation. No other country (big or little) has horrible stats like these. It's almost like human life is meaningless...