Coronavirus (No politics)

[kiddiedoc]

Not too much to update, right now. There are about 20 pediatric cases that have required ICU admission in the US, most of whom have comorbid conditions. Most of those have required mechanical ventilator support, but no deaths reported. No severe peds cases around here.

 

[VolnJC]

What has the weather been like in FL? They have almost 2500 cases.

And tons of international visitors.....also 2,484/21,000,000= 0.01% They also had a very tough flu season with higher than normal cases and increase in pediatric deaths

 

[AM64]

Don't know if this is too political, but I think heads will roll at the CDC when things calm down. It was a bad decision to keep the testing in house rather than delegate and work with labs that normally do that work. What capitalism and businesses do have traditionally been our strength.

 

[MAD]

North Korea reported their first 2 cases yesterday.
Today they are back to zero.

 

[tbones0711]

Don't know if this is too political, but I think heads will roll at the CDC when things calm down. It was a bad decision to keep the testing in house rather than delegate and work with labs that normally do that work. What capitalism and businesses do have traditionally been our strength.

Seems as though there is some cover-up over some early blunders involving the testing process. The attitude now is there'll be plenty of time for finger-pointing later.

 

[vols 30]

North Korea reported their first 2 cases yesterday.
Today they are back to zero.

That's one harsh way to stop the spread

 

[VolnJC]

Dyson designs ventilator in 10 days, making 15,000 amid pandemic

 

[kiddiedoc]

Seems as though there is some cover-up over some early blunders involving the testing process. The attitude now is there'll be plenty of time for finger-pointing later.

I agree. Something doesn't add up. We are too good in this department to have had such a delay and apparent incompetence with getting a timely, reliable test going, especially while other areas of the world were not having an issue.

 

[ButchPlz]

I agree. Something doesn't add up. We are too good in this department to have had such a delay and apparent incompetence with getting a timely, reliable test going, especially while other areas of the world were not having an issue.

I wonder if there was a realization that more people have/had it than previously thought, and sooner, and there was an attempt to stem any sudden massive jump in infections.

The English guy that led the Imperial College study said he was revising down his numbers partly because there were way more affected people than he initially realized.

 

[jp1]

Dyson designs ventilator in 10 days, making 15,000 amid pandemic

They are going from sucking to blowing. I will see myself out.

 

[allvol123]

I wonder if there was a realization that more people have/had it than previously thought, and sooner, and there was an attempt to stem any sudden massive jump in infections.

The English guy that led the Imperial College study said he was revising down his numbers partly because there were way more affected people than he initially realized.

A belief that many of us average Joes have long held.

 

[Roustabout]

WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, 9/11 all happened and somehow football continued on and mattered again. I started the thread to get thinking caps installed as what is likely to occur is a hodgepodge of qualifications for high school graduation to occur. Some state boards may take the bull by the horns and grant a waiver that kids graduate as is where is. Others may leave it up to individual counties or school systems to decide for themselves. They may require students to attend classes May thru August graduating on Labor Day, just all sorts of challenges may be out there for incoming freshman to actually get on campus this year and contribute. That was my hope where the discussion would occur.

The Chinese let the virus run free and wide open for almost a month before responding and ended up with less than 100,000 cases recorded and certainly nothing close to 1 million dead. To suggest the USA will end up with millions of dead is irresponsibie and unecessarily alarming at this point IMO as we responded very early. Now is the time for rationality not hysteria.

You’re dealing with a bunch of weak minded fools that have had it say for far too long.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Sad but true

 

[Power T-Rev]

Sad but true

If you believe that, I'm not sure what to say

 

[OldandStillaVol]

What people need to realize with all these projections/predictions is that even if the underlying assumptions are true, the standard errors of the predictions are orders of magnitude huge, so the prediction could be 10fold or even 100fold off either way.

 

[Power T-Rev]

What people need to realize with all these projections/predictions is that even if the underlying assumptions are true, the standard errors of the predictions are orders of magnitude huge, so the prediction could be 10fold or even 100fold off either way.

You're correct. Many scientists have stated the same thing.

 

[jp1]

Sad but true

What does healthcare systems have to do with number of positive coronavirus cases? Help me out here.

How does mortality rate compare?

 

[TBrown]

What does healthcare systems have to do with number of positive coronavirus cases? Help me out here.

How does mortality rate compare?

Nothing at all. That guys the biggest cry baby twitter has ever seen. Ask drs to give up one of their vacation homes and see where the health care cost conversation goes. Hospitals and Drs write the asinine invoices

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

What does healthcare systems have to do with number of positive coronavirus cases? Help me out here.

How does mortality rate compare?

Totally unprepared. This has been months coming and we are totally unprepared. Nurses are not being tested as they should be unless they are symptomatic.

 

[allvol123]

What people need to realize with all these projections/predictions is that even if the underlying assumptions are true, the standard errors of the predictions are orders of magnitude huge, so the prediction could be 10fold or even 100fold off either way.

The dumbarse in England that just dropped his UK model from 500,000 deaths to 20,000 signs off on this.

 

[DynaLo]

North Korea reported their first 2 cases yesterday.
Today they are back to zero.

Pew pew!

We all know their treatment plan...

 

[ButchPlz]

A belief that many of us average Joes have long held.

I've said repeatedly that I think I already had it, late December-early January.

 

[jp1]

Totally unprepared. This has been months coming and we are totally unprepared. Nurses are not being tested as they should be unless they are symptomatic.

Wouldn't the number cases go against your argument on testing?

While I agree our testing, at least in my area of Knoxville, is definitely less than desirable and we shouldn't be in this situation, that has nothing to do with the statement you made and the horrible jump to conclusions that the Twitter poster made.

 

[JacketVol]

Neil Fergerson gave some clarity. Saying 20k he told parliament is due to the shutdown now in place from a few days ago will accomplish it. Other was if doing nothing.

 

[allvol123]

Neil Fergerson gave some clarity. Saying 20k he told parliament is due to the shutdown now in place from a few days ago will accomplish it. Other was if doing nothing.

He effed up bigly. He cant say the quarantine is ill conceived. He forecasted a half million dead. If everyone comes out to play and 20,000 die, he would need to hang himself..