Was wondering too. Do they take 108,059 deaths a joke and one George more serious? Give me a break, we even support the protests against the racist incident here in Kenya n forgeting that we call some people "these people""those people" and prohibit inter-tribal marriages without protests. hypocricy!!

I would request that you appraise yourself with basic Covid facts FIRST

1) So far very few of the people who have caught it get it again. So in populations like New York that have 20%+ people already infected - expect about 80% of the people who show up for protest to be susceptible.
2) Not all susceptible persons will get the disease even if they are at the protest (read about how the disease spreads). They just increase their chances of getting the disease.
3) Not ALL people who are INFECTED get SICK and HOSPITALIZED and DIE... This has been stated to many times its tiring to repeat. because 80% of those that catch it have MILD and Moderate symptoms. So assuming that ALL of those ones you see on screen actually get the disease... expect 20% of them max to be visiting the ER over the next 2 weeks.
4) the factors that determine whether an infected person becomes severe or critical are many (older people, co-morbidities, lack of vitamin d, underlaying issues etc.)

Do you expect to see a bump in the numbers next few weeks - Yes... will ALL these people "FALL SICK AND GET HOSPITALIZED"? Hell No... unless they are all very unfortunate.

Back again to basics - The reason medical experts are urging social distancing measures be put in place is TO SLOW DOWN THE DISEASE. As I stated earlier the "flatten the curve" gospel was designed to be one that ensured that the 20% that eventually gets sick does not get sick at the same time and flood the hospitals. That's what was experienced in New York and Italy... people staying at home who are infected don't get opportunities to spread it (or reduce the number of people they pass the virus to). Healthy people who stay home do not increase their chances of contracting it by rubbing shoulders with people who are potentially infected. The people who get infected during this protest may themselves not get "sick" enough to be hospitalized but may later infect people at home (older people who never went to the protests)

It seems to have doubled over the last 14 days. but half of these people have recovered.
Maybe they are executing Mpobiz's strategy - no contact tracing.
Anyway - lets wait.

Hospitals are full of Asymptomatic cases...

In other news... Brazil wamefika hapa

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Brazil is easing restrictions despite logging record numbers of daily coronavirus fatalities, with President Jair Bolsonaro saying death is "everyone's destiny."

On Wednesday, Brazil recorded the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus in a single day. The 1,349 new fatalities beat the previous record of 1,262 deaths, which was set the day before, according to data from the country's health ministry .