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Collected Item: “Florida surges to top global hotspot”

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Florida surges to top global hotspot

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Screenshot of tweet

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Florida cases have been surging, and have just passed 200,00. The trajectory of the state is currently on track to be the worst of all US states. Canada, with over 10 million more people, has around half the cases. The state remains mostly open.

It seems that a handful of US states have taken over the headlines for worst hotspots. Florida leads these states as the worst of the worst in terms of new cases surging. When comparing Florida to countries with similar or even notably larger populations, the difference is striking. I included this tweet to highlight the reopening vs continued lockdown approaches of Florida and Canada.

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#hst, #485, #florida, #canada

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https://twitter.com/AdamCC75/status/1280098698014359554?s=20

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@adamcc75

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2020-07-05
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