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Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by GatorNorth, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    This guy gets it!
     
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  2. mutz87

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    Emergency Declared In Japanese Prefecture Hit By 2nd Wave Of Coronavirus Infections

    Japan's Hokkaido prefecture, which accounted for the country's highest number of coronavirus infections as the pandemic initially swept through Asia, has seen a sudden uptick in cases, causing government officials there to declare a state of emergency less than a month after lifting a similar order.

    The governor of Hokkaido, the country's northernmost main island and the largest prefecture by size, made the announcement Sunday following nearly a week of double-digit increases in cases in the prefecture, according to Kyodo news service.

    "We are facing a crisis of a second wave in the spread of (the coronavirus) infections," Gov. Naomichi Suzuki told reporters in the capital, Sapporo.

    The declaration, which falls under a law revised just last month in response to the pandemic, allows governors to issue stay-at-home directives to contain the spread of the virus.
     
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  3. swampbabe

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    Darwin Award winner, although I feel sorry for his family.
     
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  4. gatorknights

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    That. Sucks. There was one of those on East Colonial Drive in Orlando way back when, and I never heard stories like that, but just like I have horror stories from my chosen profession, I can see how that could happen. Unfortunate to say the least.
     
  5. duchen

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    Sad he died. It will have no impact on the like minded who don’t, or are not yet, sick.
     
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  6. duchen

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    Meat plants in open states like South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and social distancing states are having these outbreaks according to the NBC Nightly News.
     
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  7. docspor

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    A huge one (JBS in Greeley) 30 miles to the east is closed here.
     
  8. G8trGr8t

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    124 countries are doing better than us using deaths per million as barometer

    Coronavirus deaths per million by country 2020 | Statista

    Country/deaths/population/deaths per million Canada has 1/3 the mortality rate we do do

    Slovenia 74 2.07 35.79
    Canada 1,625 37.06 43.85
    Austria 452 8.85 51.09
    Germany 4,642 82.93 55.98
    Denmark 355 5.8 61.23
    Iran 5,118 81.8 62.57
    Portugal 714 10.28 69.44
    United States 40,616 327.17 124.14
    Ireland 610 4.85 125.68
    Sweden 1,540 10.18 151.23
    Switzerland 1,393 8.52 163.56
    Netherlands 3,684 17.23 213.8
    United Kingdom 16,060 66.49 241.54
     
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  9. OklahomaGator

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    Early antibody testing suggests COVID-19 infections in L.A. County greatly exceed documented cases

    SOme good news I think.
     
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  10. mdgator05

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    IHME, who does the projection model that put the death total at 60K, came out with data as to when it would be safe to come off of the current measures with testing, contact tracing, isolation, and limitations as to gathering size. It should be noted that very few places are even close to being able to do contact tracing yet:

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  11. 96Gatorcise

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  13. WESGATORS

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    Something to consider as it pertains to a country as big as the US. If we look at the states of New York + New Jersey, we have 23,306 deaths for a population of 28.4 million people. That gives you a rate of roughly 821 deaths per million. Contrast that with the rest of the country, and you get 19,208 deaths for a population of 301.6 million people. That gives you a rate of roughly 64 deaths per million (with lots of other population centers that can be taken into consideration).

    You can throw in MA and CT as well:

    NY + NJ + MA + CT = 26,446 deaths, 38,840,000 population (681 deaths per million)
    Rest of US = 16,068 deaths, 291,160,000 population (55 deaths per million)

    Some states are doing better than the best countries indicated on the list above.

    FLORIDA 38 deaths per million
    California 31 deaths per million
    Texas 17 deaths per million

    Go GATORS!
    ,WESGATORS
     
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  14. altalias

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    By your logic, South Dakota has done nothing and there stats are better than New York so New York made a mistake by social distancing.

    The site I use only gives the top ten. We are better than all countries except China (bogus) Iran (probably bogus) Germany (exemplary response) South Korea (also exemplary)

    You listed UK above. Their deaths per million is almost exactly double ours. None of the rest are in the top ten.

    I will grant that French Guiana and Burundi have better rates. If only we had their health systems.
     
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  15. G8trGr8t

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    Trump suspends all immigration be EO..

    Will unemployed americans pick crops and cut meat so food supply isn't interrupted ?
     
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  16. CharlestonGator

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  17. CharlestonGator

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    Big bounce on ES...maybe the N Korea news acting as a counter...
     
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  18. G8trGr8t

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    Why did the won tumble though? I would think Un dying would help S. Korea
     
  19. CharlestonGator

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    Good question. I don't follow the currency markets so really have no insight. War, on another thread, surmised the instability this causes. That's probably spot on and reason for drop in that market. ES had a swift drop abt 50 minutes ago--a bit of a bounce has recovery 60%±. Wild market swings

     
  20. LouisvilleGator

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    Of course, most will say he's pandering to his base with this move, but if kids can't go to school, 90% of businesses are shut down, everybody has to work from home, I'm not really sure why there will be outrage here. But there will be...