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Post by lisae on May 9, 2020 0:01:10 GMT
For those who haven't seen many cases, you never know when it will hit. We had only 4 cases, all recovered. The next county over had had 5 cases and one death. Then a little over a week ago, an outbreak occurred at a Tyson chicken processing plant in that county. Now that county has 198 cases. We are up to 10 with 4 of the last 6 coming from connections to that plant.
Our county does not have a hospital. The county with the 198 cases has one hospital.
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May 9, 2020
Number of confirmed cases in the US: 1,284,244 Number of confirmed deaths: 78,141
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Post by Dani-Mani on May 9, 2020 16:13:55 GMT
Are all states now counting cases, not people?
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Post by elaine on May 9, 2020 16:26:31 GMT
May 9, 2020 Number of confirmed cases in the US: 1,284,244 Number of confirmed deaths: 78,141 www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ is reporting 1,327,263 cases in the USA and 78,805 deaths. eta: at 4:50 pm EST, we are up to 79,847 deaths - another 1,000 deaths tallied since I responded 4 hours ago. eta 2 : at 9:25 EST we are up to 80,037 deaths.
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Post by freecharlie on May 9, 2020 16:45:57 GMT
Ok, so an ER nurse on my brother’s FB page is telling me that this is all a bunch of hype and nonsense, and people should go out and live their lives. Supposedly she is treating Covid patients and it’s just not the big deal the media is making it out to be. She says all the healthcare workers she knows feel the same way. She’s in Phoenix, so not exactly the boonies. The numbers in the OP suggest that she’s full of shit. Can any healthcare workers here confirm or deny? I don’t know if we have ER or ICU workers here, but I’d live to hear some first hand opinions. my respiratory therapist husband can refute all of that. There are some areas that aren't as hard hit and in some systems they have designated covid floors or units so not everybody will work with the same range of patients. Dh works with covid. It is a nightmare. The people who get sick, really sick are heartbreaking to him. They are on the ventilator and only get contact with hospital staff. They got 3 people successfully off the ventilator one day last week without replacing them. It was a huge victory. We aren't in a huge metropolitan area. A lot of DHS patients are from JBS most plant. I very much dislike healthcare workers who think that just because they don't have to treat the worst patients means they don't exist. They are doing a huge disservice to those who actually are on the frontlines daily and risking their health and the health of their families
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Post by carhoch on May 9, 2020 16:52:17 GMT
So great that it is just magically disappearing. Whoever said it was??? Here in NYS our numbers continue to DROP...tremendously. I am THANKFUL we are still at a stay at home order till May15...Then things will open a little at a time and IMO--NYC will continue to be under great restrictions NY numbers look real good right now but the rest of the country ,that’s another story
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Post by ComplicatedLady on May 9, 2020 21:08:31 GMT
Ok, so an ER nurse on my brother’s FB page is telling me that this is all a bunch of hype and nonsense, and people should go out and live their lives. Supposedly she is treating Covid patients and it’s just not the big deal the media is making it out to be. She says all the healthcare workers she knows feel the same way. She’s in Phoenix, so not exactly the boonies. The numbers in the OP suggest that she’s full of shit. Can any healthcare workers here confirm or deny? I don’t know if we have ER or ICU workers here, but I’d live to hear some first hand opinions. Phoenix hasn’t been hit that hard— at least not yet. We also haven’t had testing available. We are in the middle of a statewide “testing blitz” where the goal is getting 10,000-20,000 people tested. This is the second of three Saturdays of the blitz. I’m curious to see the numbers. There have been a couple of nursing homes affected in a couple of the Phoenix burbs. Sick people but not enough people to impact Phoenix (if that makes sense.) I did read earlier this week that one of the large homeless shelters in downtown Phoenix had its first confirmed case. That, along with Phoenix salons, barbershops, and restaurants opening up this week could completely change what’s happening here. I hope not, but time will tell. Arizona has been hardest hit up north in and near the Navajo Nation. Some of the rural areas up there have very small hospitals and limited resources. I’ve seen a lot of support and supplies going to the Navajo Nation, so I hope that outbreak is being contained and people are being cared for. A friend of mine said she has two friends who are nurses that went to New York to help. They’ve said what was happening in New York City is nothing like what they were seeing in Phoenix. The sheer quantity of sick people and how sick they are sounds overwhelming. They said that they aren’t sure how Phoenix would handle that severe of an outbreak and hope that we don’t have to.
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Post by elaine on May 9, 2020 21:10:16 GMT
Ok, so an ER nurse on my brother’s FB page is telling me that this is all a bunch of hype and nonsense, and people should go out and live their lives. Supposedly she is treating Covid patients and it’s just not the big deal the media is making it out to be. She says all the healthcare workers she knows feel the same way. She’s in Phoenix, so not exactly the boonies. The numbers in the OP suggest that she’s full of shit. Can any healthcare workers here confirm or deny? I don’t know if we have ER or ICU workers here, but I’d live to hear some first hand opinions. Phoenix hasn’t been hit that hard— at least not yet. We also haven’t had testing available. We are in the middle of a statewide “testing blitz” where the goal is getting 10,000-20,000 people tested. This is the second of three Saturdays of the blitz. I’m curious to see the numbers. There have been a couple of nursing homes affected in a couple of the Phoenix burbs. Sick people but not enough people to impact Phoenix (if that makes sense.) I did read earlier this week that one of the large homeless shelters in downtown Phoenix had its first confirmed case. That, along with Phoenix salons, barbershops, and restaurants opening up this week could completely change what’s happening here. I hope not, but time will tell. Arizona has been hardest hit up north in and near the Navajo Nation. Some of the rural areas up there have very small hospitals and limited resources. I’ve seen a lot of support and supplies going to the Navajo Nation, so I hope that outbreak is being contained and people are being cared for. A friend of mine said she has two friends who are nurses that went to New York to help. They’ve said what was happening in New York City is nothing like what they were seeing in Phoenix. The sheer quantity of sick people and how sick they are sounds overwhelming. They said that they aren’t sure how Phoenix would handle that severe of an outbreak and hope that we don’t have to. TFS.
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Post by Merge on May 10, 2020 0:40:06 GMT
Ok, so an ER nurse on my brother’s FB page is telling me that this is all a bunch of hype and nonsense, and people should go out and live their lives. Supposedly she is treating Covid patients and it’s just not the big deal the media is making it out to be. She says all the healthcare workers she knows feel the same way. She’s in Phoenix, so not exactly the boonies. The numbers in the OP suggest that she’s full of shit. Can any healthcare workers here confirm or deny? I don’t know if we have ER or ICU workers here, but I’d live to hear some first hand opinions. Phoenix hasn’t been hit that hard— at least not yet. We also haven’t had testing available. We are in the middle of a statewide “testing blitz” where the goal is getting 10,000-20,000 people tested. This is the second of three Saturdays of the blitz. I’m curious to see the numbers. There have been a couple of nursing homes affected in a couple of the Phoenix burbs. Sick people but not enough people to impact Phoenix (if that makes sense.) I did read earlier this week that one of the large homeless shelters in downtown Phoenix had its first confirmed case. That, along with Phoenix salons, barbershops, and restaurants opening up this week could completely change what’s happening here. I hope not, but time will tell. Arizona has been hardest hit up north in and near the Navajo Nation. Some of the rural areas up there have very small hospitals and limited resources. I’ve seen a lot of support and supplies going to the Navajo Nation, so I hope that outbreak is being contained and people are being cared for. A friend of mine said she has two friends who are nurses that went to New York to help. They’ve said what was happening in New York City is nothing like what they were seeing in Phoenix. The sheer quantity of sick people and how sick they are sounds overwhelming. They said that they aren’t sure how Phoenix would handle that severe of an outbreak and hope that we don’t have to. Thank you for sharing this. When I questioned this particular nurse about some of her claims that high numbers were due to reporting every death as COVID no matter what - I asked her if she was seeing this kind of fraud personally, and if she was reporting it - she stopped responding to me. So. I certainly hope that Phoenix and other places not that hard hit don't see a sharp upward curve.
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Post by stittsygirl on May 10, 2020 0:53:35 GMT
Phoenix hasn’t been hit that hard— at least not yet. We also haven’t had testing available. We are in the middle of a statewide “testing blitz” where the goal is getting 10,000-20,000 people tested. This is the second of three Saturdays of the blitz. I’m curious to see the numbers. There have been a couple of nursing homes affected in a couple of the Phoenix burbs. Sick people but not enough people to impact Phoenix (if that makes sense.) I did read earlier this week that one of the large homeless shelters in downtown Phoenix had its first confirmed case. That, along with Phoenix salons, barbershops, and restaurants opening up this week could completely change what’s happening here. I hope not, but time will tell. Arizona has been hardest hit up north in and near the Navajo Nation. Some of the rural areas up there have very small hospitals and limited resources. I’ve seen a lot of support and supplies going to the Navajo Nation, so I hope that outbreak is being contained and people are being cared for. A friend of mine said she has two friends who are nurses that went to New York to help. They’ve said what was happening in New York City is nothing like what they were seeing in Phoenix. The sheer quantity of sick people and how sick they are sounds overwhelming. They said that they aren’t sure how Phoenix would handle that severe of an outbreak and hope that we don’t have to. Thank you for sharing this. When I questioned this particular nurse about some of her claims that high numbers were due to reporting every death as COVID no matter what - I asked her if she was seeing this kind of fraud personally, and if she was reporting it - she stopped responding to me. So. I certainly hope that Phoenix and other places not that hard hit don't see a sharp upward curve. Anybody seeing these kinds of claims from friends, relatives, or acquaintances working in healthcare should ask them the question above and see what the response is. Healthcare workers in facilities that accept Medicare go through mandatory Fraud, Waste, and Abuse courses every year. I’m pretty sure reporting every death as a Covid death, no matter what, falls under the fraud category and should be reported by any and all ethical healthcare workers*. They should also be reporting fraud if they believe numbers are being made up, or medical or death records are being altered. All those would be fraud and should be reported. It can be reported anonymously. If these people are actually witness to these kinds of fraudulent activities, and not reporting it, then they are also very wrong. *I understand in some states they’ve been told to report it as a Covid death if the person had a confirmed case of Covid-19 but died from another cause.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 10, 2020 1:26:27 GMT
It's scary how quickly the death toll is still rising. Just a few days ago I posted on a thread about how there were nearly 72,000 deaths, and now there are nearly 80,000. I was just looking at the stats on Worldometers and it's interesting to note that there doesn't seem to be much flattening of the curve in the US. I know you can't really compare the US and UK to Australia and New Zealand, due to the huge differences in population. But it's still an interesting visual. I also included Italy, as they were one of the hardest hit countries initially. Their new cases are starting to taper off thankfully. What's so shocking to me is that there are so many people in the US who want to rush into lifting restrictions when looking at the graph, you really shouldn't be.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 10, 2020 1:30:18 GMT
Oh, and PS....... a thread about 80,000 dying in a pandemic would never be flagged as "political" in any other country.
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Post by christine58 on May 10, 2020 1:32:51 GMT
What's so shocking to me is that there are so many people in the US who want to rush into lifting restrictions when looking at the graph, you really shouldn't be. The curve has flattened here in New York State...numbers drop every day. There are states who have not even hit their apex yet. Our deaths in NYS are hovering around 230ish per day. The only change is that the number in nursing homes seems to be a very high percentage each and every day. We have two nursing homes/assisted living where I live and NOT one case nor death at either.
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Post by smcast on May 10, 2020 2:31:12 GMT
It's real. I live in the boonies and things are starting to surge. Our meat packing plants in area are the precipice to jump start things.
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Post by Zee on May 10, 2020 2:37:35 GMT
It's scary how quickly the death toll is still rising. Just a few days ago I posted on a thread about how there were nearly 72,000 deaths, and now there are nearly 80,000. I was just looking at the stats on Worldometers and it's interesting to note that there doesn't seem to be much flattening of the curve in the US. I know you can't really compare the US and UK to Australia and New Zealand, due to the huge differences in population. But it's still an interesting visual. I also included Italy, as they were one of the hardest hit countries initially. Their new cases are starting to taper off thankfully. What's so shocking to me is that there are so many people in the US who want to rush into lifting restrictions when looking at the graph, you really shouldn't be. The curve really is flattening in many areas but we are also testing everyone now (in my hospital) so there will be more cases than in earlier days when there was relatively little testing. Many of these are asymptomatic or mildly ill. That's important to remember. There is room in the ICU, which was the hope all along. Yes it's stupid that this could be labeled political. I can't say whether I'm more annoyed by the America bashing or by my fellow Americans. It's a love-hate relationship we have. It's complicated.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 10, 2020 3:41:17 GMT
Yes it's stupid that this could be labeled political. I can't say whether I'm more annoyed by the America bashing or by my fellow Americans. It's a love-hate relationship we have. It's complicated. You know, as I posted about this not being labelled as political in any other country, I was hoping that it wouldn't come across as America bashing. Sometimes I feel that some things I say come across as bashing, but I also know that some Americans agree. I honestly want what's best for your country, and that isn't what's happening at the moment.
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Post by dewryce on May 10, 2020 3:58:04 GMT
Yes it's stupid that this could be labeled political. I can't say whether I'm more annoyed by the America bashing or by my fellow Americans. It's a love-hate relationship we have. It's complicated. You know, as I posted about this not being labelled as political in any other country, I was hoping that it wouldn't come across as America bashing. Sometimes I feel that some things I say come across as bashing, but I also know that some Americans agree. I honestly want what's best for your country, and that isn't what's happening at the moment. I feel like you weren’t bashing the country as a whole, but the issues with the current governmental leadership, two different things. IMHO anyway, so bash away. And I’d say that if a democrat was leading this shitshow as well.
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Post by Zee on May 10, 2020 4:24:42 GMT
Yes it's stupid that this could be labeled political. I can't say whether I'm more annoyed by the America bashing or by my fellow Americans. It's a love-hate relationship we have. It's complicated. You know, as I posted about this not being labelled as political in any other country, I was hoping that it wouldn't come across as America bashing. Sometimes I feel that some things I say come across as bashing, but I also know that some Americans agree. I honestly want what's best for your country, and that isn't what's happening at the moment. I do feel like non-Americans feel free to bash us while we are not nearly as quick to do the same. Of course, the rest of the world has much richer material to work with in view of our political situation--i get that--but it seems that here anyway the old adage of "rude" Americans really doesn't hold true. But I don't think you're someone who really does that, so please don't take my comments as a personal hit on you. I just mean in general.
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Post by jess on May 10, 2020 6:31:25 GMT
It's scary how quickly the death toll is still rising. Just a few days ago I posted on a thread about how there were nearly 72,000 deaths, and now there are nearly 80,000. I was just looking at the stats on Worldometers and it's interesting to note that there doesn't seem to be much flattening of the curve in the US. I know you can't really compare the US and UK to Australia and New Zealand, due to the huge differences in population. But it's still an interesting visual. I also included Italy, as they were one of the hardest hit countries initially. Their new cases are starting to taper off thankfully. What's so shocking to me is that there are so many people in the US who want to rush into lifting restrictions when looking at the graph, you really shouldn't be. Whilst Australia and NZ are doing much better across the board than the US, the US still has fewer deaths per million head of population than several other countries including Belgium, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands. As a comparison: Belgium: 746 deaths per million of population. US: 235.54 deaths per million of population. NZ: 4.3 deaths per million of population. Australia: 3.9 deaths per million of population. I think there are a few important things to keep in mind though. Australia and NZ both have a population that is very spread out. Australia has an average population of 7 people per square mile. Now, a lot of our country is desert, but even urban Sydney only has a population of 452 people per square mile. In comparison, the US has a population of 92.9 people per square mile, with New York having a population of 27,000 people per square mile. When it comes to social distancing and reducing contact, it's a hell of a lot easier here than there. Yes, I think our government was quicker to act and enforced measures more strongly. I also think (overall) the mindset is different here. Whist we might bitch and moan about it, by and large we'll do what the government says. I know there are millions of you in the US doing the right thing, but the millions who aren't are always going to have an impact. But I think our population density has most to do with why we're doing so much better compared to the US and Europe.
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Post by pattyraindrops on May 10, 2020 8:34:17 GMT
It's scary how quickly the death toll is still rising. Just a few days ago I posted on a thread about how there were nearly 72,000 deaths, and now there are nearly 80,000. I was just looking at the stats on Worldometers and it's interesting to note that there doesn't seem to be much flattening of the curve in the US. I know you can't really compare the US and UK to Australia and New Zealand, due to the huge differences in population. But it's still an interesting visual. I also included Italy, as they were one of the hardest hit countries initially. Their new cases are starting to taper off thankfully. What's so shocking to me is that there are so many people in the US who want to rush into lifting restrictions when looking at the graph, you really shouldn't be. Whilst Australia and NZ are doing much better across the board than the US, the US still has fewer deaths per million head of population than several other countries including Belgium, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands. As a comparison: Belgium: 746 deaths per million of population. US: 235.54 deaths per million of population. NZ: 4.3 deaths per million of population. Australia: 3.9 deaths per million of population. I think there are a few important things to keep in mind though. Australia and NZ both have a population that is very spread out. Australia has an average population of 7 people per square mile. Now, a lot of our country is desert, but even urban Sydney only has a population of 452 people per square mile. In comparison, the US has a population of 92.9 people per square mile, with New York having a population of 27,000 people per square mile. When it comes to social distancing and reducing contact, it's a hell of a lot easier here than there. Yes, I think our government was quicker to act and enforced measures more strongly. I also think (overall) the mindset is different here. Whist we might bitch and moan about it, by and large we'll do what the government says. I know there are millions of you in the US doing the right thing, but the millions who aren't are always going to have an impact. But I think our population density has most to do with why we're doing so much better compared to the US and Europe. It's been really interesting for me to compare death verses cases between states. There is such a difference. A few days ago Utah was under 1% death rate and New York was over 13% with every other state I checked in between. I would expect AZ to show higher because our testing has been way behind, but that hasn't been the case from what I have seen. The warmer comment makes me laugh/groan. While I understand the spike problem here in AZ with deaths and with more testing you will see more new cases I wonder if those things can really account for the upward overall trend in both new cases and deaths. It is so odd to me that we are opening things up while both the new cases and deaths continue to climb overall.
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Post by paperaddict on May 10, 2020 9:50:42 GMT
I'm a registered nurse but on maternity leave. I am on a few nursing forums and FB groups, COVID-19 is REAL. The personal stories that I've read are heart-wrenching and a lot of healthcare workers will have PTSD when this is over. My heart breaks because so many of them are working long hours and with very limited PPE. Some of them have moved out of their homes so they don't risk infecting their young children or vulnerable family members. The sacrifices that these people make makes me extremely upset when false propaganda that COVID-19 isn't that bad and just hyped out by the media. It is more devastating when it comes from other healthcare professionals who should know better. I don't care what your politics are, there are people dying out there from the coronavirus and families grieving. Don't add to their pain.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2020 10:14:04 GMT
It's scary how quickly the death toll is still rising. Just a few days ago I posted on a thread about how there were nearly 72,000 deaths, and now there are nearly 80,000. I was just looking at the stats on Worldometers and it's interesting to note that there doesn't seem to be much flattening of the curve in the US. I know you can't really compare the US and UK to Australia and New Zealand, due to the huge differences in population. But it's still an interesting visual. I also included Italy, as they were one of the hardest hit countries initially. Their new cases are starting to taper off thankfully. What's so shocking to me is that there are so many people in the US who want to rush into lifting restrictions when looking at the graph, you really shouldn't be. You also have to take into consideration how different countries record deaths and new cases. Some only record deaths in hospital, some only record deaths by Covid only. Others like the UK record ALL deaths including ones that may only have had a contributing factor however small that contribution was. We also have a graph that covers a 7 day average. This covers the fact that not all deaths are officially recorded on the day they happened such as deaths at home which take a few days to be forwarded to the Office of National Statistics unlike hospital deaths that are sent at the end of each day. Here's a 7 day average for the UK. Still a long way to go but it is actually on the downward trend. It is also a consideration on how much testing is done daily by each country. Since we upped our testing we obviously have a record of far more cases that do not need hospital treatment. Previous to that we only knew of the ones that needed hospital treatment. We now know of the ones that are at home with mild to moderate symptoms that are self isolating until they get over it themselves. Comparing different countries is very difficult when countries do not use the same recording criteria.
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Post by paigepea on May 10, 2020 13:10:52 GMT
Ok, so an ER nurse on my brother’s FB page is telling me that this is all a bunch of hype and nonsense, and people should go out and live their lives. Supposedly she is treating Covid patients and it’s just not the big deal the media is making it out to be. She says all the healthcare workers she knows feel the same way. She’s in Phoenix, so not exactly the boonies. The numbers in the OP suggest that she’s full of shit. Can any healthcare workers here confirm or deny? I don’t know if we have ER or ICU workers here, but I’d live to hear some first hand opinions. I think the issue is that we need to remember a very small percentage of people who get it will get dangerously sick, end up in hospital or ICU or die. Chances are most people are seeing patients who are fine. My Dh works in a hospital and is a pedi. He knows his hospital had covid patients but he hasn’t seen one - they don’t get them daily. Not only is he staying as far from ER and the wards (when possible) as he can but we haven’t had one kid with covid admitted or in ER in any of the hospitals in our province. He attends deliveries and sometimes they’re awaiting a woman’s rapid test when she delivers so he’s always fully covered in his PPE when he’s in the hospital but he’s a dr working full time in hospital who hasn’t seen one covid patient. I think just remember that for a very small percentage of the population it is deadly and dangerous and while we know over the age of 60 and those with underlying health conditions are more at risk the rest of why or who is random.
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Post by LisaDV on May 10, 2020 13:27:30 GMT
Ok, so an ER nurse on my brother’s FB page is telling me that this is all a bunch of hype and nonsense, and people should go out and live their lives. Supposedly she is treating Covid patients and it’s just not the big deal the media is making it out to be. She says all the healthcare workers she knows feel the same way. She’s in Phoenix, so not exactly the boonies. The numbers in the OP suggest that she’s full of shit. Can any healthcare workers here confirm or deny? I don’t know if we have ER or ICU workers here, but I’d live to hear some first hand opinions.
I live in a fairly rural region in Michigan. We were in the top 5 of the US for cases for quite a while. Yet the local medical personnel didn't think much of it before it really hit or now. We've had over 300 cases just in my little rural county. It's amazing to me, when you can look at so many sources and see that it's serious. Doesn't instill me with a lot of confidence in the local medical community. I'm hoping that they've been instructed to downplay to not cause a panic, but still....
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2020 15:33:14 GMT
As of May 10, 2020
1,316,844 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US 79,789 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the US.
I get this information from NBC/MSNBC. During the day they update the numbers. I’m only going to show the numbers once a day with no updates.
As entertaining as it is to read what other countries are doing compared to the US, that is why I started this thread. I started this thread because of what I’m seeing on TV and what someone posted on another thread. It’s becoming clear that there is a group of individuals in this country that buy into what the idiot in the White House wants them to believe and that is virus really isn’t that bad and it will go away with or without a vaccine. And what is really important is the economy tanking.
There is no question that people are hurting financially and there will be businesses that won’t survive. But the alternative is that if we don’t all get a handle on this virus people will continue to die. The virus is not going anywhere until there is a vaccine, so instead of protesting with AR-15 or opening your business with signs that say no masks allowed and hugs and handshakes encouraged, we need to adapt to the new reality until there is a vaccine. The sooner all of us find ways to adapt to remain free of the virus, and that includes businesses, the sooner we can safely exist with the virus and lead somewhat normal lives.
So this thread is my way of reminding people that this virus isn’t going away and no, the topic of conversation won’t change from COVID-19 to the economy in a couple of months.
And to the person who decided to remove the “politics “ label from this thread. Maybe this thread shouldn’t be labeled “politics “, but it wasn’t your decision to make on a thread you didn’t start.
A couple of tweets that one might find interesting.
ABC News..
”Dr. Paul Stoffels, Johnson & Johnson chief scientific officer, says COVID-19 is spreading "so fast" around the world and it won’t pass without a vaccine.
Clinical trials begin in September with “the aim to deliver 1 billion vaccines next year," he adds. abcn.ws/2WhDWVS”
CNN...
”Wuhan, China, reports its first new coronavirus case in more than a month ”
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Post by playingcinderella on May 10, 2020 15:57:19 GMT
The numbers in my county are suspiciously low lately with some caveat of a "backlog" on the info from the health department. Add to that the fact that we started opening up 10 days ago, the naysayers are having a field day with their overreaction claims.
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ABC News... link”Testing, testing, testing" has become the mantra of the fight against the coronavirus. Scientific experts all seem to agree the virus cannot be controlled without adequate testing.”
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Post by scrappinghappy on May 10, 2020 16:22:45 GMT
What should also be included, not really dying from covid but as a result of it... All the people who die of heart attacks, and other health emergencies, who don’t go to the hospital because they’re scared of getting Covid, cancer patients who can’t treatment or haven’t started treatment because they are just getting diagnosed or not getting diagnosed because they are too scared to go to the hospital, many other people who should be going to ERs for emergency care and who are not because they are scared of going to the hospital and end up dying.
My husband is an actuary, he works for a huge company that works with mortality all the time and they are seeing huge shifts in patterns like these. The true numbers, when they say deaths from heart attacks, cancer and diabetes are down, is that more people than usual are dying AT HOME and death certificates just say of natural causes.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2020 16:22:47 GMT
May 9, 2020 Number of confirmed cases in the US: 1,284,244 Number of confirmed deaths: 78,141 www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ is reporting 1,327,263 cases in the USA and 78,805 deaths. eta: at 4:50 pm EST, we are up to 79,847 deaths - another 1,000 deaths tallied since I responded 4 hours ago. eta 2 : at 9:25 EST we are up to 80,037 deaths. 5/10/2020 12:20 pm I'm watching Governor Cuomo's daily briefing and here are the #s shown on CNN'S chart: Total cases : 4,055,863 Deaths: 279,892 U.S. Total cases: 1,312,099 Deaths: 78,862 Strange that the numbers differ, but they should be shown as a ticker on every single TV channel and streaming show.
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