I guess that person (he/she) was assuming you are. ;) lol
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May have our differences but thank you for aspiring to be part of the solution here instead of the problem. If everyone would listen to Tater Tot's speech the other day I feel like we could get the spread down to a manageable spot in a month to look at having college sports be able to start mid September.
Wear the Damn Mask
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Then just click on individual states
Thanks. Looks like our 7 day average had dropped 31.5% from its high on July 26th. Obviously the testing lag makes that not the greatest thing to look at, but assuming our testing hasn't had any disruptions or that our backlog of tests hasn't grown, that looks good.
Here's this about our testing...
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/...es/mississippi
I can assure you that in the Jackson Metro area, and especially Ridgeland/Madison/Flowood that 95% or more are wearing them in the typical locations---grocery and convenience stores, post offices, Academy Sports, department stores, pharmacies etc. that I have frequented the last several weeks. Obviously eating establishments are different. But the typical places everyone needs to visit for short periods of time daily.
MS's 476 cases today is the lowest reported since July 13th.
Hattiesburg is the same. And most businesses are telling everyone they have to put on masks to come in. But travel just outside of the city limits headed towards Collins/Seminary, and you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone in a store wearing them. Just left Covington County Supply on 49. There were 3 people wearing them including myself. Probably 10 customers and 3 or 4 workers not wearing them.
It’s the same at all gas stations and places like Dollar General.
I'd love to see the numbers in hattiesburg proper because they've been reasonably hardcore about masks for a while. If they haven't had very low rates, then that would make me pessimistic about the use of masks. Be hard to figure that out though since they numbers are reported by county and not sure what other areas of Lamar and Forrest are like.
I haven't looked at the three Metro Jackson counties recently but Hinds, Madison and Rankin have been under mandatory mask orders for at least three weeks I believe. EVERY business has very visible signs that you MUST have a mask to enter. And people are very much adhering to the requirement.