# Current Coronavirus US upsurge **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [July 15, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-coronavirus-us-upsurge/915358 "2020-07-15T01:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 102
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-coronavirus-us-upsurge/915358/102 "2020-07-27T21:55:38Z")
From the CV Breaking News thread. Replying here 'cause we’re not supposed to be snarky over there. > [@Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3958): > > All the sports trying to have their cake and eat it too is mostly somewhere between abject stupidity and dangerously misplaced priorities, IMO. > > > [@](#): > > > > Every single problem we’re dealing with now stems from the fact that we never actually suppressed the virus and then put the infrastructure in place to keep it suppressed. It’s like we’re trying to figure out a way to live in a burning building. It doesn’t work. > > Andy Slavitt gets it: > > ### [Top Obama Health Official: U.S. Can ‘Virtually Eliminate’ COVID-19 When 'We…](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-slavitt-obama-healthcare-coronavirus_n_5f1eea6cc5b69fd4730fa50f) > > In a now-viral tweet thread, the former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services broke down how the country could beat the … Andy Slavitt is correct. We could kick butt on this virus but the country would have to act in a unified way, stick together, and make some sacrifices for the good of everyone. There’s not one chance in hell that that can happen. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-coronavirus-us-upsurge/915358)._