# Following the second wave (or not) in the US as the States open up

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-the-second-wave-or-not-in-the-us-as-the-states-open-up/854191 "2020-05-20T16:12:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![RealityCheck71](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitycheck71/32/3493_2.png) [@RealityCheck71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityCheck71)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-the-second-wave-or-not-in-the-us-as-the-states-open-up/854191/485 "2020-07-30T19:15:25Z")

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Why do I have explain this? The day isn’t over. Unless you’re taking the 3:15 EST numbers from 7 days ago, you aren’t doing a 7 day average.

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