THIS: It's a little late, but here is the final White House Coronavirus Task Force report from the Trump administration. It features some lessons learned from the federal officials on the panel, many that speak directly to the situation in
- Georgia is back to 6th in the country for new cases in the week leading up to 1.17 (not long ago we were doing better than nearly every other state)
- 5th in the country for test positivity
- 97 percent of all counties in the state in the "red zone"
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It's the recommendations that are the most interesting (we know things are bad here).
"Mask mandates work," it reads. "Any indoor space where masks cannot be worn ... must be substantially curtailed or closed."
This rec has been here before, but not so bluntly.
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"This virus can be mitigated and community spread can be curtailed, but action needs to be taken before an increase in hospitalizations is seen," it continues. " it needs to be more comprehensive and longer than the summer mitigation actions."
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Then, finally: "Georgia is still experiencing widespread community spread and needs to accelerate mitigation to prevent ongoing fatalities."
This final one is a message that we've seen before, too, though again, not in so direct terms.
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