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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. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    The weird part of that argument is: then why open them? To make it easier and more attractive to violate social distancing? To make them go out of business when nobody shows up and they lose assistance? To force employees to take risks or quit?
     
  2. buckeyegator

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    lets see, i said todays new cases was the lowest since march 31,does that not seem strange. how is that poorly presented?
     
  3. G8trGr8t

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    So simple even a caveman...oh wait, wrong commercial
     
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  4. dingyibvs

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    We had 25k cases just 2 days ago, and we've already passed that. What numbers are you looking at?
     
  5. gaterzfan

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    Oh man, I think you have a big problem here. Did you intentionally misquote my comment?

    My statement;

    “With respect to Georgia reopening tattoo and massage parlors, how many believe the people who’ll avail themselves of these services were practicing the social distancing and other “pandemic spread minimization” practices previously in place?”

    Who’ll = Who will, future tense. Hardly “ordinarily avail”.
     
  6. duchen

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    No. Reduced new cases means that the rate of growth of the spread is slowing.
     
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  7. GatorNorth

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    I explained how I interpreted your question, as if it were saying people who use those services wouldn’t be practicing social distancing.

    I even used the words “in effect” and said I may not have interpreted your question properly.

    I have the “problem” yet you’re the one who claimed I said my wife was going back next week and conflated it with my Kemp comments like some kind of gotcha.

    We’re best off not communicating with each other. Too many assumptions and it’s clearly not working.
     
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  8. 96Gatorcise

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  9. ursidman

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    They've now added new questions to the standard interview. Do you have a fever, have you recently traveled to China, or visited Georgia or Florida in the past 2 weeks?
     
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  10. buckeyegator

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    and thats a bad thing?
     
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  11. duchen

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    Didn’t say that. Addressed your comment upthread.
     
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  12. LouisvilleGator

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    We have not had a 3-day span with this few cases since March. We're obviously trending down on new cases.
     
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  13. CharlestonGator

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    LMAO:cool:. Yes indeed....
     
  14. GatorRade

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    If not the cdc, who are you worried about? Trump’s political opponents? Clearly they will try to paint him in a bad light, but then he does the exact same thing to them, so I don’t think there’s anything special there.
     
  15. LouisvilleGator

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    The United States has now tested 2.5 million more people than any other nation. Thank you, Mr. Trump. We are winning the battle.
     
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  16. AzCatFan

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    Deaths are a lagging indicator. Those infected don't get symptoms for 7 to 10 days, and they often aren't serious at first. And many who do need hospitalization can be on a ventilator for a week or more before either succumbing or turning a corner.

    The fact that new cases are declining is a good sign. Let's hope the trend continues. If it does, we should expect to see daily death rates to start declining in a few weeks too.
     
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  17. dingyibvs

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    Deaths usually follow a week or two later, so hopefully we'll start seeing the same trend in deaths soon as well. With that said, the US is a large country. So far both the number of new cases and the number of deaths have been driven by the northeast, so they rise and fall as the northeast's numbers rise and fall. If new epicenters break out elsewhere we might see new peaks. I'm cautiously optimistic at this point, but to properly treat a disease you need to finish the course of treatment. I hope Kemp and Georgia isn't the patient who took 3 out of 7 days of antibiotics, felt better, and stopped taking it only to get a relapse.
     
  18. LouisvilleGator

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    Can't keep it shut down forever.
     
  19. GatorGuyDallas

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    Pop quiz.

    How many nursing homes in the NYC area have had between 10 and 55 deaths in the last 30 days?





    47 of them.


    For the few remaining folks making flu comparisons. Please give it up.


    For the folks being flippant with their posts and having fun tweaking people - that’s the death you’re doing it on the back of in here. You’re an awesome human being. Take a bow.
     
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  20. GatorGuyDallas

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    I’m waiting for a bag to drop.
     
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