SubJeff on 3/4/2020 at 13:21
Quote Posted by lowenz
SubJeff, here's some good reading
Please translate ;)
I did translate and it makes for some scary reading. Not good reading at all!
catbarf on 3/4/2020 at 15:05
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Despite early reports the coronavirus would largely spare the young, dozens of spring breakers have returned to their college towns in places like Texas, Florida and Wisconsin and tested positive for it.
Oh for fuck's sake, did people read that the virus doesn't usually kill young people and conclude that they wouldn't contract or carry it?
Renzatic on 3/4/2020 at 15:22
I doubt they even thought that far.
lowenz on 3/4/2020 at 15:49
Quote Posted by catbarf
Oh for fuck's sake, did people read that the virus doesn't usually kill young people and conclude that they wouldn't contract or carry it?
Now you know "ignorance".
Of course the virus infects every body (LOL), and in younger people the infection symptoms are typically mild (maybe due to the involvement of the throat+nose mucosa alone).
And because of this they're infectious as hell.
lowenz on 3/4/2020 at 16:58
Quote Posted by lowenz
Lombardy
More positives: +111
ICU stable: +9
Deaths today: 367 ->
-27 since yesterday
@Hospital patients ->
-165 since yesterday
@Home patients number still growing (+267)
Death count still high, fitting the typical interstial pneumonia prognosis (50% exitus)
Lombardy
(actual) positives: +333
ICU: +30 :(
Deaths today: 351 ->
-16 since yesterday
@Hospital patients ->
+40 since yesterday
@Home patients number still growing (+243)
Things seem under control......well, with 350 deaths per day.
Starker on 3/4/2020 at 18:23
Quote Posted by heywood
I think you would need to control for agriculture before you could draw any conclusions from that map. In counties where the economy is primarily agricultural, most people are still working, and may travel a fair distance throughout the course of their day, even if it's just moving around a single large farm. Ranching probably involves even more travel.
I suspect agriculture explains most of the orange and red you see in the Midwest and West. I don't think it explains the Southeast though - that's probably just denial.
That's a fair point. To be honest, I was reacting more to the blistering stupidity of some of your governors, as it seems that states where the leaders are politically more aligned with your president seem to take the situation in quite a bit more relaxed manner. For example, your Florida governor saying he wasn't issuing a stay home order because the White House hasn't given such a recommendation and your Georgia governor only now learning that people without symptoms can transmit the virus. I mean, ordinarily I'm happy whenever people are willing to learn new things, but right now might not be the best time for on the job training.
Quote Posted by Dia
Meanwhile, Jared just told us all that 'our' Strategic National Stockpile isn't really 'ours'.
Wait, what qualifications did Jared have again for being in charge of national stockpile policy?
What a difference a day makes, though...
Yesterday:
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zombe on 3/4/2020 at 19:09
I guess i have never payed much attention to the inner workings of what is going on at that side of the planet, but ...
USA seems to have a quite weird dictatorship.