Corona Virus Peak Watch Thread

400

The number of deaths for every million people in the USA - a new threshold about to be passed.

"Oh, nothing to worry about. That will never happen to me. I don't need to wear a mask." - anti-maskers
 
PoliTalker said:
400

The number of deaths for every million people in the USA - a new threshold about to be passed.

"Oh, nothing to worry about. That will never happen to me. I don't need to wear a mask." - anti-maskers
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PoliTalker:

"Dive, market, DIVE!

Take DT down with you.


02-28-2020, 06:47 AM #5 | Top
PoliTalker


"Sometimes things have to get worse before they can get better.

We're going down.

BZZZZZT! BZZZZZT! BZZZZZT!

Dive! Dive! Dive!"
 
PoliTalker said:
New record set:

Fifty Thousand New Cases In One Day.
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The bad news for us is a holiday weekend when all the Covid 19 Trumfuck rubes from Imperial County will come to my beaches
bringing their disease and leaving some of it behind.
 
Stretch said:
State Representative Estimates for Percentage of Inpatient Beds Occupied by COVID-19 Patients

https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/covid19/report-patient-impact.html#anchor_1587406850
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Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, total state beds do not help city in crisis. Example; a patient in Houston needs a bed, but there aren't any even though Amarillo has 10 open beds. A Riverside, CA hospital doctor reported 10 new Covid patients needing ICU but only 3 open beds. The triage will continue for the next few weeks. I expect the death rate will increase in most cities but remain less in rural areas.
 
Hello Dutch Uncle,

Dutch Uncle said:
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, total state beds do not help city in crisis. Example; a patient in Houston needs a bed, but there aren't any even though Amarillo has 10 open beds. A Riverside, CA hospital doctor reported 10 new Covid patients needing ICU but only 3 open beds. The triage will continue for the next few weeks. I expect the death rate will increase in most cities but remain less in rural areas.
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Hope that is correct. The rural areas have very few beds avaiable.
 
Hello Darth Omar,

Darth Omar said:
And not much in the way of high risk areas/episodes so I wouldn’t look for that to happen.

Why is the death rate so flat with all these COVID cases?
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396 deaths for every million Americans is nothing to sneeze at with an uncovered mouth.
 
Darth Omar said:
And not much in the way of high risk areas/episodes so I wouldn’t look for that to happen.

Why is the death rate so flat with all these COVID cases?
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Treatment has gotten better and there is enough equipment and facilities to treat people, but here in Houston we are reaching a critical point. Arizona is at 102%. A nurse here took out a full page ad telling people to stay home this weekend. They are already exhausted and there is no end in sight for now.
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Darth Omar,

396 deaths for every million Americans is nothing to sneeze at with an uncovered mouth.
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Doesn’t answer the question.

Clearly, something is different now than in April. If infections are occurring in a younger population the case numbers aren’t going to convert over ICU beds and deaths to the same extent as they did in April.

There’s also another kicker: it will bring the COVID CFR down even farther if it keeps up much longer.

This is also good news for us herd immunity fans: it means progress can be made towards the goal without getting Spanish flu type numbers.

Good stuff.
 
Darth Omar said:
Doesn’t answer the question.

Clearly, something is different now than in April. If infections are occurring in a younger population the case numbers aren’t going to convert over ICU beds and deaths to the same extent as they did in April.

There’s also another kicker: it will bring the COVID CFR down even farther if it keeps up much longer.

This is also good news for us herd immunity fans: it means progress can be made towards the goal without getting Spanish flu type numbers.

Good stuff.
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Is there long term immunity? What do they know about immunity with this virus?
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Dutch Uncle,

Hope that is correct. The rural areas have very few beds avaiable.
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Agreed with both.

Note that Stretch "groaned" a post pointing out that excess beds in one part of a state do not help those in need in another part of the state.

Sure, up in the NE Yankee states where 3-4 states are within a few hours drive, it's a full day trip in many states west of the Mississippi River.

Southern states tend to be poorer overall. The cities are often fine, but the rural areas can be quickly overwhelmed. That's not the problem in my part of North Texas even though, compared to Forth Worth or Dallas, there are lot less beds. It all goes to a patient-bed ratio.

I haven't left my place in a week. It's easy to self-quarantine, maintain social distancing (no masks necessary!) when the nearest neighbor is a few acres away.
 
Phantasmal said:
Treatment has gotten better and there is enough equipment and facilities to treat people, but here in Houston we are reaching a critical point. Arizona is at 102%. A nurse here took out a full page ad telling people to stay home this weekend. They are already exhausted and there is no end in sight for now.
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Some cities, like Houston are going to be hurting. Riverside, CA made the news with more patients than beds.
 
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