Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

A dire hypothesis on the decreasing hospitalization rates made by this dude. Seems the 10 day shifted correlation between cases and hospitalizations has been consistent for much of the pandemic (in USA). Now case/hospitalizations has decreased from 3.2% to 2.1%. That drop may be due to marginal hospitalizations going down. In other words, folks that would have been admitted last month are now being turned away. A strong indication that hospitals are teetering.

The drop could also be due to the unlikely scenario that more younger people are being detected. A demographic breakdown of positives over time could explore this possibility.

 

New antiviral drug completely suppresses Covid, transmission, and prevents patients from getting severely ill.

Would be a great fill-in for those not willing to take a vaccine..

GSU researchers say new drug completely suppresses COVID-19 transmission

 

Disappointed it's still in Phase II/III. The American heartland could use this now.

 

only test results were from ferrets.

no results posted human trials but should be easy to test as only people recently infected would receive drug and be tested shortly thereafter.

how do you do a double blind on this if you suspect it prevents transmission that effectivley?

hope it works

 

Are you suggesting coastal states, notably liberal states are not having problems with Covid-19? CA reported 21,825 new cases yesterday. Illinois 10,959. New York 10,000+, New Jersey almost 5k and countless others. Just want to make sure I understood your post.

 

Weird logic.

The current hotspots are in the middle of the country.



Also, given the politicalization of mitigation practices, it might do the most good here. If you can't convince someone to use a condom, the morning after pill might be needed.

 

I took one of those morning after pills and my wife still got pregnant.

 

You have to take more.

 

im confused, can you point me to where Trump did anything about encouraging mask wearing? And where Trump required them in places he has jurisdiction over?

that’s what Biden’s initial plan is.

Not leaving it up to governors to decide on a state by state basis and not shunning mask wearing at events two things Trump has done and two huge differences from Biden right off the bat without even digging that deep.

hardly the same policy. Not even close.

 

Ooooh... I get it, the hundreds of thousands of people with Covid in the coastal, liberal elite areas don't need the treatment as much because their counties are not as sparsely populated. It all makes sense now!! Thank you!!!

 

So, what do you have against ferrets?

 

The Dude would rather it be tested on a marmot. He abides.

 

Well, ferrets deserve to get good COVID treatment too, especially since they don’t social distance and will not wear masks.

 

235,272 cases / 2718 deaths

 

Ferrets yes, but no minks. Minks are creepy and turn into diseased furry little zombies.

 

guess racoons are good, they have a natural mask....

 

That is why they killed all the minks in Denmark.

 

Wow. Rudy Guiliani is a mink!