Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Trump is on. He seems tired. Voice is hoarse. No jokes yet. Reading notes which is a huge upgrade.

 

not really sure how ny city can say 150 or so a day are dying at home from this without a positive test, hope they are not just calling all deaths like thoser from covid 19.

 

That is not accurate.

IHME COVID-19 model FAQs

 

“I will protect you if your governor fails”

Said moments after talking about how well they are working with the governors. You can’t make this stuff up.

Let’s say a governor is failing. How is good for the country to have him throw that line out there. Get his task force engaged with the governors and help. Talk about the help you’re providing. But why phrase it that way? Who does it serve? What cause does it advance?

 

Did you read the big green headline at the very top of the page?
COVID-19 projections assuming full social distancing through May 2020

 

I quoted their own website. It said August (that is the model in the articles which also say August). I'm thinking that they aren't updating the title (given that the title stays regardless of the country displayed).

 

Biden gives his take on the virus.......

 

I am also quoting their website. The literal headline Dated April 7.
The last US death is projected to be on June 19.

I think the August stat is older. They have been moving projections down and backwards.

 

They utilize the same date as the end date on their model (August 4).

 

That is the end of the model...But the top of their data sheet clearly has been updated to reflect SD through May. It says updated April 7 (today).

Not sure what the argument is. That sheet is live data. The articles are not.
Several of us have been glued to that site since it went up.

 

Let me add, The articles are dated from March 27 and March 30.
The data sheet is dated today.

 

I went to their own model FAQ, which matches the article. At the very minimum, they have divergent indications.

 

Article dated today on this model:

Adjusted coronavirus model predicts fewer people in US will need hospitals, but 82,000 will still die by August - CNN

 

They aren't. They won't be added to the tally if a test doesn't confirm.

 

God he sounds so bad in some interviews. The next 4 years are going to suck either way.

 

Hmmm... the President talking about the virus infecting African-Americans 3 to 4 times more than other races. Hmmmm. That's really strange, if true.

 

Nah. You don't have to sound good in interviews to do a good job.

 

President forgot name of Spanish Flu. Lol. “You know what the worst one was right? 1917 or 1918 and everyone knows what it was called. It was....the flu.”

He’s also fixing the post office...

Oh, and mail in ballots are corrupt. They’re corrupt.

Interesting presser.

 

He is clearly on an hour or two of sleep, at the most. Probably stayed up all night golfing.

 

It is the comorbidities present in the population. Less affluent people have a higher prevalence of other diseases and health problems that Covid 19 turns lethal.