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This week in coronavirus: Trump said the U.S. is 'rounding a corner.' Tennessee is not.

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Nashville Tennessean During the, President Donald Trump said the United States is "rounding a corner" on coronavirus.Tennessee is not.In reality, the state is accelerating toward a dangerous curve.&nbsp;The coronavirus continued to escalate statewide last week, as Tennessee marches toward a third major spike of the virus. The average number of new infections per day is now 50% higher than it was at the start of the month. The state’s daily test positivity rate crept above 10% — which the White House considers the threshold for a “red zone” state — three days in a row.Tennessee recorded its 3,000th death from the virus on Wednesday, and two days later it set new&nbsp;records&nbsp;for both&nbsp;infections, 3,606, and deaths, 65, in one day.Hospitalizations also&nbsp;increased to heights never seen before. The situation is so alarming in Nashville the city’s hospitals, normally competitors, issued a joint statement warning about their dwindling capacity for new patients.But maybe the most telling sign of a worsening outbreak was a shift in tone.Over the last eight months, Dr. William Schaffner, a renown Vanderbilt expert, has been is widely quoted on coronavirus, always providing guidance in a calm, polite and patient voice. Last week, at a press conference urging Tennesseans to wear masks, .“We’ve talked about this being a war against this virus. Well, let’s think back together to a real war – World War II. It went on for four years. The war against COVID is not a short-term matter,” Schaffner said. “Back then, there were real sacrifices. Young men went off to war and weren’t home for years … Wearing a mask is not a sacrifice. It’s an inconvenience.”“Wear a mask. Stop whining. Get with the program.”The Tennessee state government on Wednesday, although officials confirmed they still did not know when a vaccine would be available. Trump said at debate that. When pressed, Trump did not identify a specific vaccine and said he could not guarantee his timeline.Looking ahead, if the virus continues to worse, expect pressure to build on Gov. Bill Lee to enact a statewide mask mandate. Despite the urgings of numerous medical experts, Lee has refused to do so.But the governor recently lost his biggest ally in this stance. Although &nbsp;the White House now says Will the governor do it? . But stranger things have happened in 2020.Brett Kelman is the health care reporter for The Tennessean. He can be reached at 615-259-8287 or at brett.kelman@tennessean.com. Follow him on Twitter at @brettkelman.

Nashville Tennessean During the, President Donald Trump said the United States is "rounding a corner" on coronavirus.Tennessee is not.In reality, the state is accelerating toward a dangerous curve.&nbsp;The coronavirus continued to escalate statewide last week, as Tennessee marches toward a third major spike of the virus. The average number of new infections per day is now 50% higher than it was at the start of the month. The state’s daily test positivity rate crept above 10% — which the White House considers the threshold for a “red zone” state — three days in a row.Tennessee recorded its...

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