Coronavirus Thread

[Techster]

'Don't believe the numbers you see': Johns Hopkins professor says up to 500,000 Americans have coronavirus


Lot of ways to interpret his guess. One is to say we're f'd. The other is to say, that means the death rate is currently overstated by how much!?

The point I've been trying to make all along. Still, too many on here want to say it's not a big deal. Sure.

“Don’t believe the numbers when you see, even on our Johns Hopkins website, that 1,600 Americans have the virus,” he said. “No, that means 1,600 got the test, tested positive. There are probably 25 to 50 people who have the virus for every one person who is confirmed.”

He added: “I think we have between 50,000 and half a million cases right now walking around in the United States.”

“Our American hospitals have had very little room to take on increased capacity,” Makary said. “Most ICUs function at full capacity or near full capacity. We only have 100,000 ICU beds in the United States. We could see 200,000 new patients that need critical care up to 2 million.”

THAT last part is the scary part. Like I said, the United States is a petri dish right now...it's going to get worse, way worse, than most of us know. The US at one point would have had an easier time of containment (see the article I posted earlier in the thread), but mistakes have been made at every step up till now.

This is NOT going to be pretty over the next couple of weeks. Luckily, the United States has some of the best doctors and world renowned infectious disease specialist. Hopefully we listen to them and do what they tell us to.

 

[Milwaukee]

Just fyi Australia suffered its coldest day ever recorded in the summer months March 2nd and had an arctic blast that came through with huge snowstorms. Cold weather viruses thrive in this stuff.

 

[dtm1997]

Are people in SwarmChat discussing Trump's press conference?

Seems like acts have finally gotten together. That said, there are definitely some subliminal plugs for companies, probably trying to get some stock movement.

 

[Yoda]

Are people in SwarmChat discussing Trump's press conference?

Seems like acts have finally gotten together. That said, there are definitely some subliminal plugs for companies, probably trying to get some stock movement.

Market climbing. If I had extra cash right now I'd go all in on the market.

 

[Techster]

Are people in SwarmChat discussing Trump's press conference?

Seems like acts have finally gotten together. That said, there are definitely some subliminal plugs for companies, probably trying to get some stock movement.

Play a game. Rewind the presser and pay attention to the CEOs that did NOT shake Trumps hand...

 

[ramblinwreckguru]

This is NOT going to be pretty over the next couple of weeks. Luckily, the United States has some of the best doctors and world renowned infectious disease specialist. Hopefully we listen to them and do what they tell us to.

I guarantee you that 80-90% of the people in this country are not doing what the doctors are saying to do.

Another way to look at this is that there are currently only 10 critical cases of the COVID-19 out of 1,973 total known active cases in the US according to the worldometer. If there are actually 100,000 cases in the US right now as your post surmises, I really like my odds. - .01% Critical or .02% if the critical cases (not know to be corona related) was doubled.

 

[Techster]

 

[Milwaukee]

You should take a timeout.

Fyi I edited this post so Bwelbo wouldn’t tell the principal.

 

[Techster]

You should take a timeout.

Fyi I edited this post so Bwelbo wouldn’t tell the principal.

Lol, it's the Onion.

But you're probably right. About to leave my hotel room to get oysters and bourbon. I'm currently in New Orleans...so I'm may be at risk of other things besides the coronavirus.

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

Play a game. Rewind the presser and pay attention to the CEOs that did NOT shake Trumps hand...

What's that got to with anything? Did they shake anybody else's hand? I ran into a friend at Kroger yesterday, and she wouldn't shake my hand. That is one of the things we are supposedly supposed to avoid doing.

 

[GT_EE78]

Lol, it's the Onion.

But you're probably right. About to leave my hotel room to get oysters and bourbon. I'm currently in New Orleans...so I'm may be at risk of other things besides the coronavirus.

No worries, there's probably plenty of penicillen available (but it's made in China)

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

No worries, there's probably plenty of penicillen available (but it's made in China)

And therein lies a major problem. Why did the US pharmaceutical industry sell out to the Chinese?

 

[jwsavhGT]

And therein lies a major problem. Why did the US pharmaceutical industry sell out to the Chinese?

Money!

 

[jwsavhGT]

 

[stech81]

Checking to see if I missed something. Went to the grocery store no toilet paper do toilet paper help cure for this virus ? Also not much beer and if beer helps please let me know.

 

[stech81]

Corona Virus , Daylight savings time . Friday the 13th and a Full moon all in the last 7 days what is next ?

 

[GT_EE78]

And therein lies a major problem. Why did the US pharmaceutical industry sell out to the Chinese?

>Agree. I've read 95 to 97% of antibiotics come from China and that's definitely a security risk. pharma made huge profits. . Gov has rules that they should hav enforced. It's a big problem.Clinton,Bush,and Obama were letting them sell us out over a few decades.Trump will push back.
> EO isn't the best cuz the next pres can just reverse it.
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"White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro confirmed Wednesday the administration is working on an executive order to eliminate the government’s reliance on foreign-made medical supplies.The “Buy American” order comes on the heels of concerns expressed by senators during their Tuesday meeting with President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill.The order would prevent federal agencies from purchasing medical supplies, including face masks, gloves and ventilators, from China.
China has prevented the export of surgical face masks, severely limiting supplies in the U.S. and countries around the world."
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/11/...rican-coronavirus-medical-supply-chain-china/

 

[GT_EE78]

S.C. governor declares state of emergency; orders Kershaw, Lancaster county schools to close "There are 13 cases of coronavirus in the state -- nine in Kershaw County, two in Lancaster County, one in Charleston County and one in Spartanburg County as of Friday evening."
https://www.wistv.com/2020/03/13/sc...rders-kershaw-lancaster-county-schools-close/

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

>Agree. I've read 95 to 97% of antibiotics come from China and that's definitely a security risk. pharma made huge profits. . Gov has rules that they should hav enforced. It's a big problem.Clinton,Bush,and Obama were letting them sell us out over a few decades.Trump will push back.
> EO isn't the best cuz the next pres can just reverse it.
.
"White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro confirmed Wednesday the administration is working on an executive order to eliminate the government’s reliance on foreign-made medical supplies.The “Buy American” order comes on the heels of concerns expressed by senators during their Tuesday meeting with President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill.The order would prevent federal agencies from purchasing medical supplies, including face masks, gloves and ventilators, from China.
China has prevented the export of surgical face masks, severely limiting supplies in the U.S. and countries around the world."
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/11/...rican-coronavirus-medical-supply-chain-china/

China has also threatened to stop exporting pharmaceuticals to us. Maybe that will wake the China-lovers up, if they do that.

 

[GT_EE78]

China has also threatened to stop exporting pharmaceuticals to us. Maybe that will wake the China-lovers up, if they do that.

Thats true, I don't think its clear yet that Trump can get house dems or senate RINO's on board for legislation, but that's a recently breaking story so things could change. He can go quickly with an EO and then fight the court challenges. I can only hope for the best.