I think all things considered Gov Beshear and President Trump are doing a heck of a job.
Let’s Chill With the Politics, and Look at Numbers and THINK!
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You don’t understand the temptation of a pay phone. There is no way you could resist.
I hope we can flatline the deaths as has Germany, but it would have been hard to ignore the death rates in Iran, Italy and China and not prepare.
Also, our lower death and infection rate is likely due to our precautions, at least in part.
With a world death rate and infection rate still growing exponentially, it’s a little too early to regret our actions to slow the disease in the US.
totally. I stuck a quarter in one and dialed a wrong number just to get the pay phone smell
I still have a pay phone in my home, but that is to assist in changing into my work clothes. . . .
That's the rumor but we're understaffed already and we were counting on about 15 more people completing the RT program to join us soon but it's been postponed. This is just my second year doing this. If you don't mind, is your friend working in a large, well staffed hospital?
Apologies for not responding sooner.
Worldwide, we’ve had two days of 14 percent (single day) growth in deaths, and a corresponding growth in diagnoses. And 7 straight days of double-digit growth in both, firsts since early February when it was limited to Wuhan.
The worldwide numbers are staggering. A continuous growth rate of double-digits for more than 30 days would put this one into the half-million to million rate (of deaths) which I hope, pray and think is not likely.
The German anomaly continues, with 25K testing positive, less than 100 deaths, and only 2 critical care patients. There is no way to square the numbers of deaths in Italy and Spain, the thousands of critical care patients there (and here). HOPEFULLY, the German numbers show a weakened mutation of the virus is now spreading, and cases of the last 7-10 days, as most German cases are, are at a flu-like mortality and hospitalization rate.
The worldwide numbers are staggering. A continuous growth rate of double-digits for more than 30 days would put this one into the half-million to million rate (of deaths) which I hope, pray and think is not likely.
The German anomaly continues, with 25K testing positive, less than 100 deaths, and only 2 critical care patients. There is no way to square the numbers of deaths in Italy and Spain, the thousands of critical care patients there (and here). HOPEFULLY, the German numbers show a weakened mutation of the virus is now spreading, and cases of the last 7-10 days, as most German cases are, are at a flu-like mortality and hospitalization rate.
Its gotta be all the lager beer. Im gonna pour another and hope the Germans have it figured out that way.
I’m eating bratwurst everyday, because my Wal-Mart sold out of regular hotdogs!!
(And some Hebrew-National dogs . . . It checks another box!).
I don’t understand the infatuation people have with comparing this to the flu. Yes, the flu is a virus as well and can be deadly. I think people are doing that so they feel better about the virus and just want to believe it’s not as serious as what it seems. Then people start talking about the mortality rate of the flu, as if they’ve ever even looked that up before in their life and boom, in their head the problem is solved.
Here’s an example. The Diamond princess cruise ship which held over 3,000 people on it, has now had (according to Johns Hopkins website and coronavirus tracker) 761 covid diagnosis and 9 deaths. I dont know how anyone could spin that and compare it to the flu, but hopefully that explains how serious this is.
Bottom line, this spreads and it spreads fast. People can die though most will not. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be taken as serious as it is. If you think it’s all bs and are still bringing up the flu then I don’t know what else to tell you. Comparing it to the flu’s mortality numbers and ending the conversation is ignorant. We’re now at 36,000 cases in the US and it’ll likely get to 100,000 in a couple days.
To the people that also keep sticking to the rhetoric about limited testing and how the numbers will go up just because its tested more but that doesn’t mean it’s spreading, that is one of the most ignorant statements I’ve seen in my entire life. If more people are confirmed to have it, IT IS SPREADING. And the more people that have it with the more testing should be of concern. If we don’t know who has it because of limited tests, that means more people will then get it. It’s pretty simple to me but the ignorance of how limited testing is somehow a positive is absolute tunnel vision and ignorant. Peel back ONE more layer, stop being so dense and look at this with some sort of intelligence. Look at it at different angles, not just one and then be responsible. This is going to last months. Just hope it’s at a level that our hospitals can treat as many people as possible without it taking off too fast for the system to be able to withstand.
Here’s an example. The Diamond princess cruise ship which held over 3,000 people on it, has now had (according to Johns Hopkins website and coronavirus tracker) 761 covid diagnosis and 9 deaths. I dont know how anyone could spin that and compare it to the flu, but hopefully that explains how serious this is.
Bottom line, this spreads and it spreads fast. People can die though most will not. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be taken as serious as it is. If you think it’s all bs and are still bringing up the flu then I don’t know what else to tell you. Comparing it to the flu’s mortality numbers and ending the conversation is ignorant. We’re now at 36,000 cases in the US and it’ll likely get to 100,000 in a couple days.
To the people that also keep sticking to the rhetoric about limited testing and how the numbers will go up just because its tested more but that doesn’t mean it’s spreading, that is one of the most ignorant statements I’ve seen in my entire life. If more people are confirmed to have it, IT IS SPREADING. And the more people that have it with the more testing should be of concern. If we don’t know who has it because of limited tests, that means more people will then get it. It’s pretty simple to me but the ignorance of how limited testing is somehow a positive is absolute tunnel vision and ignorant. Peel back ONE more layer, stop being so dense and look at this with some sort of intelligence. Look at it at different angles, not just one and then be responsible. This is going to last months. Just hope it’s at a level that our hospitals can treat as many people as possible without it taking off too fast for the system to be able to withstand.
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