Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Bottom line is, no matter how good we are getting at treating it, 50,000 are still getting it every day, and hundreds of those will not make it. I'm far less concerned with the death rate right now than I am with the spread; there's no way any health care system can sustain this.

 

It's just dishonest. The actual drop in deaths from peak, using statistics honestly (weekly averages), is about 75%. That's still a really good reduction and there's no reason to be dishonest to make the point.

 

What the hell are you even talking about. You’ve meant every snarky, condescending thing you’ve typed. Not trying to be a tough guy, all I did was give you an honest response. Unfortunately you’re too immature to do the same.

 

What an idiotic statement. Go back to your death watch. Have fun.

 

nothing dishonest about facts. Sorry to knock you off your high horse.

 

Are you being sarcastic. I’m trying to distinguish between where you are wrong and where you are trying to be funny and I’m going to need some help.

 

Nothing sarcastic at all. I gave out numbers, we had someone get proven wrong.

 

This would mean our numbers are much higher than thought. Will try to do some more research on it.

 

Is this sarcasm?

 

No, the sarcasm was when he said he was going to do research.

 

is this?

 

Lower death rates are a good thing. Let’s Hope this holds. Because with this disease spread rate, the death rates two months ago would be unmanageable and beyond comprehension.

 

yeah, maybe and the Rona bro’s can do a round table on how to manufacture more deaths to make Covid-19 more deadly.

 

yeah, amazing what happens when old people who are Covid-19+ sent back into nursing homes can do to the death rate.

 

Only 234 deaths today, I hope I don’t get in trouble for reporting this

 

aah, a brother in positive news,new cases were around 44,000, down from almost 58,000 in Friday, but, of course, it's the weekend.

 

I have to admit, I was wrong to doubt your positivity about the death rate. It appears the Trump administration has been making some correct calls and the death rate/potency of this virus has dramatically decreased. Looks like we were right to re-open and while some states need to adjust a bit on the fly, all in all the threat now seems much more subdued. On to better days ahead.

p.s. sorry Dems

 

What was the correct call made that gives the US with 4% of the world's population... 25% of the world's cases, with about 4 times the death rate of Germany? My expectations from leadership are certainly higher than yours.

 

Remember, death can take 6 weeks or more from initial infection. Not saying the drop in the death rate isn't positive. It is. But the story may not be complete. So deaths today were likely from cases from people infected around Memorial Day or the week after. The spike in cases in places like Florida, Arizona, and Texas really didn't start until 3 weeks ago. These would be people likely infected about 4 weeks ago.

Let's hope the death toll continues to drop. But I wouldn't count on it just yet. The hospitalization numbers are going up the late 2 weeks, and unfortunately, with COVID-19, death rates follow. In other words, we're seeing good signs, but still time on the clock.