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The COVID blues Let’s all crowd together and sneeze New case-fatality rate in U.S.: 5.9%

The bars are open, and boy is the SARS-CoV-2 virus (a redundancy, I know) happy. The Chinese virus loves to hang out in bars. “Rack those balls and let’s play some 8-ball while I circulate among the players and bar patrons.” Do you think that COVID-19 is going to go away this summer? How much you want to bet? Three weeks ago, for example, in Hidalgo County, there were 341 reported cases of COVID-19. Monday morning (May 26), there were 504 reported cases in the county, which represents an increase of 147 percent. So, almost a 150-percent increase in three weeks and ...

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