The hospitalization rate is the problem.
Someone tell him that its NBD.
The hospitalization rate is the problem.
Selection bias does not work both ways my dude. We don't have fewer tests than have been confirmed. We have more. Thats the only direction that number moves. Sure, in some places we have a closer idea than in others, but that doesn't change that these numbers are already very very bad.
And even if we don't have another NYC, if we have 15 more not quite NYCs that's pretty ing bad. With each new area our ability to respond will be diminished.
o.k. where was this copy and pasted from?
This is too grammatically correct to be a ducks post
You'll get no argument from me that there's many vulnerable regions out there. I've never stated otherwise.
that's the guns argument he's just reusing it for covid
You guys are ok in SA bc the hospitals are good. It’s large cities in crappy areas (New Orleans maybe) that will be in a world of hurt due to their ill prepared medical infrastructures
oh so it's' just a copypasta he was reusing. I was wondering since when did ducks actually capitalize the first word in each sentence much less start using em dashes?
When you can't bend the curve enough #raisethebar. This has already been happening in other countries apparently.
Most of the damage by COVID is not done by COVID, as they indicate towards the bottom. It certainly makes sense to gather more information to make informed decisions, and that, if anything, has been the biggest failure so far. Hopefully that's corrected shortly. Until then, playing it safe is the right thing to do.
Sometimes it's all hands on deck time
I totally agree with the article TSA posted. I think the fatality rate is nowhere close to the stated numbers, and is probably around the flu. But as we've discussed before, we can't handle two flus, as the New York rush illustrates. That's really the issue here. I don't think Covid is that dangerous in a vacuum. But we also can't understate how nasty the flu really is. People brush it off as the sniffles. It can be a killer. So again, two flus running at the same time is a massive problem.
Mardi gras in new orleans was the perfect storm for spreading the out of this virus
austin lucky- relatively speaking- that it canceled so by sw
Even if we were to argue that it's less severe than the flu, we have inoculants for the flu, out bodies already fought different strains over time, it's a different situation.
And really, the death rate is always calculated based on the number of actual cases. The reason to argue the death rate is orders of magnitude smaller is by advancing that the number of cases is order of magnitude higher, which nobody can ascertain without proper testing. The article isn't junk, but starts off an unverifiable premise.
So, let's get the tests going. Even better if they're anti-body tests.
You gonna be in a packed church this Easter, Qhris?
CARSON CITY — Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed an emergency measure to safeguard the threatened supply of two drugs being hoarded for possible use in the treatment of COVID-19.
The governor signed the emergency regulation Tuesday on the recommendation of the state Board of Pharmacy.
The drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are used to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and are being studied by the FDA for possible use in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.
In a letter to the governor, the Pharmacy Board noted that the safety and the efficacy of the drugs “have not been established” in the treatment of COVID-19 and that “an emergency exists due to the hoarding and stockpiling” of the drugs.
The governor’s order prohibits the prescribing and dispensing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for a COVID-19 diagnosis, requires the appropriate prescription coding for their “legitimate medical purposes,” and limits prescriptions to a 30-day supply.
“At this point in time, there is no known cure for COVID-19 and we must not withhold these drugs from those who need them,” the governor said in a statement. “The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to stay home for Nevada, not to stockpile these drugs.”
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/...drugs-1990149/
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Wonder when Qhrisbot is going to stop lying, tbh...
My intuition is that this is the case. And yes, I appreciate the fact we don't have a vaccine for it. My point is that considering the virus about as dangerous as the flu will calm people down a bit, so I hope that further testing reveals just that.
That EducatingLiberals guy is a in' clown.
I would think it is too, but how big or not is it, can only be answered by testing. Projecting for 6 million cases, as they argue, or 2 million cases are completely different ballparks and needs.
Next 2-3 weeks will tell on all the amateur prognosticators -- presuming the US policy of undertesting comes to an end.
Off topic, but I never got your source showing Joshua Kushner was a co-founder of Gilead?
CDC is also woefully behind in stats. Thankfully there's other sources reaching out to states directly and the media has been doing a good job of keeping numbers up to date.
Crossed the 800 number on deaths now. Yikes
Sure, go ahead and get back to business Trump..
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