Coronavirus

[unclevlad 757]

29 minutes ago, megaplayboy said:

It's sort of mind-boggling that we're on track for maybe passing WW2 in total US deaths by Inauguration Day(also the anniversary of the discovery of the first case here), and a significant chunk of the population still believes it's an overblown hoax.  

 

Inauguration Day is 6 weeks or so.  The death rate would have to about quadruple.  I believe the data generally shows about a 3 week lag between new case rates and new death rates;  that means our death rates are roughly correlative to case rates from late November.  Case rates are higher today, but only by about 25%.  

 

The HHS data shows the broader concern.  The *national* assessment is about 75% of all hospital beds are occupied...and of that, almost 20% is due to nothing but Covid-19.  ICU utilization is estimated at 63%.  This is across the entire health care system.  Inevitably, the distribution of cases will have peaks and valleys...so 75% across the board suggests an *alarming* number of areas that are near, at, or OVER capacity and making do with temporary measures.

 

So by whatever measure you want to read...yes, still thinking it's overblown or a hoax is simply a disconnection from reality.  The fact that it's as widespread as it is...or seems to be, as I think there's also a large subset of the protesters that don't care about the severity.  Their motive could be political (I'll oppose ANYTHING the wrong people say) or even anarchic (I'll oppose any directive from the government, PERIOD).

[tkdguy 3,289]

I just saw this on CNN. It shows how the pandemic is affecting kids via their letters to Santa.

[unclevlad 757]

Yuck.

 

Double milestone day, probably;  pretty good chance we'll pass 16 million cases and 300,000 deaths today.

[death tribble 4,164]

Ellen DeGeneres has tested positive for Covid

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55267520

 

Rouse the Military ! Call out the Health Service ! This MUST not happen to Oprah !

[death tribble 4,164]

16 million cases and over 300,00 dead in America

[Old Man 11,457]

We did it!

[BoloOfEarth 3,188]

On 12/9/2020 at 8:29 PM, megaplayboy said:

It's sort of mind-boggling that we're on track for maybe passing WW2 in total US deaths by Inauguration Day(also the anniversary of the discovery of the first case here), and a significant chunk of the population still believes it's an overblown hoax.  

 

On 12/9/2020 at 9:19 PM, unclevlad said:

Inauguration Day is 6 weeks or so.  The death rate would have to about quadruple.  I believe the data generally shows about a 3 week lag between new case rates and new death rates;  that means our death rates are roughly correlative to case rates from late November.  Case rates are higher today, but only by about 25%. 

 

Not sure where you're getting that "quadruple" from.  We're currently at around 300,000 total coronavirus deaths in the US, with a death rate around 3,000 per day.  Total US military deaths in WW2 was about 407,000.  At this rate, we'll hit that in about 36 days, or just over 5 weeks.  Even if the rate drops to around 2,500 per day, we still hit 407,000 in just over 6 weeks.

[Cygnia 14,166]

My husband's parents tested negative, thankfully.

[Old Man 11,457]

[Old Man 11,457]

[Cygnia 14,166]

3 hours ago, Old Man said:

More reason to stay on the naughty list!

[Lord Liaden 7,097]

And that elf is wearing his mask wrong.

[Cygnia 14,166]

[Pariah 8,054]

I might get a few angry e-mails after today's 3rd period class, because I scolded several of them for being careless about mask-wearing. The exact phrase I used was "Put your mask over your damn nose!"

[unclevlad 757]

1 hour ago, Cygnia said:

More reason to stay on the naughty list!

 

Or as Billy Joel said, I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun.  Only the good die young!!!!

[Lord Liaden 7,097]

27 minutes ago, unclevlad said:

 

Or as Billy Joel said, I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun.  Only the good die young!!!!

 

Catchy line for a song, but someone forgot to tell Jimmy Carter.

[Ranxerox 603]

16 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said:

 

Catchy line for a song, but someone forgot to tell Jimmy Carter.

 

Whenever Mr Carter passes it will still be too early.

[Lord Liaden 7,097]

Carter's presidency was a mixed bag, but it led him to his life's work, and a legacy to be proud of.

 

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/528681-carter-center-issues-statement-encouraging-people-to-take-covid-19-vaccine

[Starlord 5,043]

[Cancer 6,911]

Not true.  I haven't peed on a bush once.

[archer 1,895]

30 minutes ago, Cancer said:

Not true.  I haven't peed on a bush once.

 

To be fair, none of the Bushes have come close to me....

[death tribble 4,164]

And America is through 17 million cases.

[Old Man 11,457]

The big question now is whether we can attain 350 kilodeaths before 2020 ends.

[Badger 1,796]

4 hours ago, archer said:

 

To be fair, none of the Bushes have come close to me....

You arent an old man, back from his car ride, whose bladder moves faster than his feet.

[archer 1,895]

3 hours ago, Badger said:

You arent an old man, back from his car ride, whose bladder moves faster than his feet.

 

I was thinking more of Jeb and George P. Bush.

 

The last seems especially appropriate....