health_tweets: 63717

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rowid id user created_at full_text retweet_count favorite_count State Abbreviation State Health Department Website
63717 63716 1286732986646323200 151175266 2020-07-24T18:40:25+00:00 "But, there is a pessimistic scenario in which transmission increases by 10 percentage points from July 17 and continues at that rate: This would result in 3,900 new infections per day by August 13." 3 0 Oregon OR Oregon Health Authority https://www.oregon.gov/oha/pages/index.aspx