He may have an inflated view of his essentialness.
Although this would be a great time for the DOT to work on its projects with traffic being down.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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He may have an inflated view of his essentialness.
Although this would be a great time for the DOT to work on its projects with traffic being down.
I don't really care what the death rate is, I care what the number of deaths is.
I'd rather see a disease of 5% fatality rate that only a few people get rather than a 0.5% fatality rate that a hundred million people will get.
Well of course but if the fatality rate was reported at 0.5% a month ago our economy wouldn’t be in the dumps.
What's crazy is the vast majority of people have already signed those rights away already with all the social media and amazon platforms.
CSP syndrome where whatever someone's doing is automatically wrong simply because it is that certain someone.
Something to keep in mind regarding the fatality rate right now: Almost none of the people who have tested positive in the US have recovered yet.
Source? I thought I saw 6 of the Johnson county cases had recovered
They have. It takes about 7-10 days of being symptom free to be recovered. So it will be about 6-7 days before those numbers start popping up.
It's exactly correct.....based on your own source. Only 171 currently considered recovered out of 24,700+ cases.
Over 15,000 of those cases tested positive on Thursday, Friday, or today.
I'm just going off the John's Hopkins coronavirus map. It's showing 0 recovered in all major hubs. The point I was trying to make is that the majority haven't recovered so it's hard to project the fatality rate at this point.
That's good data...straight and to the point.
I'd keep an eye on what happens in the southern states and how many of the mild cases come out fine.
I have a feeling Italy wishes they overreacted. If our hospitals stay at or under capacity, our rate will remain low. If things get like Italy, well, well be like Italy. I don't understand why everyone wants to paint this like the flu. I'm not a scientist, but deductive reasoning tells me that Italy is having so many more deaths because they are flat out overrun. Literally choosing who to try and save. If we can keep the curve flat and treat those who need it, our rate will remain low.
I'd actually prefer we get away from death rate and start posting rates of those who catch this and need supportive care. That is the real issue. When was the last flu season you remember any hospitals saying they are starting to be overrun?
Are Iowa hospitals hitting capacity limits? I haven’t seen anything about that yet so genuinely curious.
Agree. What %age require hospitalization is the real key.
They will if it keeps going up daily like it has been.
I don't know how long someone would be in the hospital or need treatment there for the flu or other similar viral conditions but a smidge of hope remains that that season 'ends' as this thing really gains traction over the next month.
Use a bookmark....it updates multiple times every hour, whenever new numbers are released by states/countries.
Wonder what their source is for the breakout of mild cases vs severe/critical? 64 serious cases out of the nearly 25k active doesn't seem like it could be true. But it would be great news if it was.
No, but other states are. New York, Chicago area is very worried. When this virus gets a foothold, it hits hard. As long as interstate transportation/airline travel is still allowed, this isn't really a, "I'm in Iowa, I'm fine," issue. I live in Illinois, a week and a half ago I was told the risk is very low. A week ago they announced schools were closing. Tonight we go on almost full lockdown mode.
If it's in Iowa, it's spreading.
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