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[quote=Anonymous]The unfolding crisis in Western Maryland shows why you need leadership at the state level and should not just leave it to locals to manage the pandemic.

The hospitals in Western Maryland are filling up and patients are having to be transferred elsewhere. Until recently, there were no state run testing sites. No one should be looking at rising numbers and saying that we are doing great, even if the numbers are still low.  Allegheny County went from 2.1 cases per 100,000 on September 2 to 6.3 cases per 100,000 on October 3. Numbers are great, still under 10, even though they tripled. Let's dine indoors, go to movies. By October 20 there are 12 cases per 100,000. One month later, they are looking at more than 130 cases per 100,000!

What is also interesting is that the positivity rate in the county has increased almost every day since the end of September (I'm using COVIDactnow numbers). 1.1% positivity at the end of September.  3.2% by October 14. 5.1% on October 28.  This week it is over 10%. This idea that you should look at positivity as the primary indicator, and Maryland officials seem to have done, and that everything is ok as long as you are under 5% has proven to be an ineffective public health strategy. 
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