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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. GatorGuyDallas

    GatorGuyDallas VIP Member

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    Numbers are his thing. Talking about them and questioning them. It’s an art form really. You have to appreciate the artistry.
     
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  2. AzCatFan

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    With already 30+ deaths reported today in Arizona, the state will have it's highest 3-day total averaging over 50 according to World-o-meter. Previous 3-day high was 146, that occurred June 23-25.

    The good news is the death rate isn't increasing as fast as the number of positive cases. Likely has to due with the fact that many of the newer cases are younger people who caught the virus at nightclubs in places like Old Town Scottsdale. The bad news, death rates are going up and hospitals are at 90% ICU capacity. Number of new cases aren't going to likely slow down any time soon in Arizona, which will mean more people needing hospitals. And could cause the morbidity rate to rise if there is a shortage of needed medical care and attention that due to triage situations, get rationed, leaving those with a lower chance to recover to have almost no change to recover.
     
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  3. dangolegators

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    Your 104 deaths occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday. That's 2 days, not 3 days. So if you divide 104 by 2, you get an average of 52, not 35. Add today's deaths in and the 3 day average is 57.3.
     
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  4. vaxcardinal

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    but just to be safe, i'll wear a mask
     
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  5. rivergator

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    Gov. Abbott reversed course and mandated masks in Texas today. Obviously a lot of places that rushed to reopen are realizing they made a big mistake.
     
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  6. dynogator

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    Yes, it does. About 2 weeks since the rally.
     
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  7. VAg8r1

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    My wife took the test last Thursday and got the results (negative fortunately) in less than 24 hours. We live in Northern Virginia by the way. Doctor didn't think she had Covid-19 but decided to order the test to rule out the possibility. She had some difficulty breathing which the doctor attributed to exercise-related asthma. Prescribed an inhaler which took care of the problem. I had the test in early April, also got the results in less than 24 hours (negative).
     
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  8. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    My daughter spent a few minutes talking to someone at the pool who called her a few days later to say she had some minor symptoms.
    So my daughter, her husband and child went to get tested last Sunday. Waited four hours to get tested. The doctor told her he'd try to hurry up her results since she works in the medical field.
    Four days later, no results.
     
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  9. AndyGator

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    A lot of my coworkers are having to be tested. At least six days wait. That's in Brevard county.
     
  10. oragator1

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    Well 56k cases today, around 10 percent over the previous high.
    680 deaths which is still low, but up a bit from last Thursday.

    You can pretty much forget about fall team sports Unless there is marked improvement.
     
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  11. gator95

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    My friend got tested in Seminole county and had results in 2 hours
     
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  12. tampajack1

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    I believe that Florida is now having more people test positive each day than people testing positive in the EU with its population of 450 million people.
     
  13. buckeyegator

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    deaths today 680, average per day since june 1st is 687, any day below the long term average is good, so just how long between infection should death, if it comes, be expected, 4,6,8 weeks?
     
  14. buckeyegator

    buckeyegator Premium Member

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    and so is texas, california,arizona,georgia.north carolina,south carolina,tennessee, so whats your point, that multiple states have more new cases a day than the total of spain,italy,france,germany,belgium, the uk.
     
  15. duchen

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    Let’s hope the trend continues and it is because of a weakening virus.
     
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  16. tampajack1

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    I get it that my point is difficult to understand. Let me restate it. Florida has a population of around 20 million. The EU has a population of around 450 million. Florida has more daily cases than the EU. That’s not good. Comprende?
     
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  17. gator95

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    Europe has around 192k deaths. Florida has under 4,000. I’ll gladly trade more cases for 2% of their deaths. That’s what I comprende.
     
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  18. gators81

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    Still posting on a Thursday night? Don’t keep Ruth waiting, that condo get cold and lonely...
     
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  19. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Looks like you’ve earned that steak tonight. Nice post for those liberal leaning euro lovers out here.
    That said, hope I didn’t jinx it.
     
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  20. gators81

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    Ruth? Is that you?