COVID19 Update - Day 264

US Tests: 165,829,155*

US Cases: 13,188,777*

US Deaths: 257,920*

Worldwide Cases: 62,670,153*

Worldwide Deaths: 1,458,360*

* - Numbers are a lower bound.  True numbers are being suppressed by the Trump administration

Nothing much, just every member of the White House #TrumpVirus task force warning that the situation is about to get much, much worse, thanks to the general refusal of people to behave responsibly over Thanksgiving.  A sample:

During an interview on CBS, Birx warned that the country is “entering this post-Thanksgiving surge with three, four and 10 times as much disease across the country” compared to the “second wave” heading into Memorial Day weekend.

Birx recalled that there were less than 25,000 COVID-19 cases a day before Memorial Day weekend.

“We saw what happened post-Memorial Day. Now we are deeply worried about what could happen post-Thanksgiving because the number of cases, 25,000 versus 180,000 a day, that’s where — that’s why we are deeply concerned,” Birx said, before adding that there was some improvement in the Northern Plains states prior to the holiday. “And now with Thanksgiving, we’re worried that all of that will be reversed.”