Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)

[Clonehomer]

Wierd how Reynolds won't be going to church in person or to a farmers market this weekend and Grassley won't be dining out.

Surprised by Grassley's comments. After this time at home, I thought for sure he'd be ready to head over to the Windsor Heights DQ for you know what.

 

[cycloneworld]

Nice slight of hand but that is not the graph discussed. Way to try and cherry pick NYC data though, which we've already shown/discussed had different problems. Likely related to the treatment received by the people who are supposed to be helping the patients. I will counter your cherry picked data with that from every state. With excluding just New York the Deaths per million in the US would be just 10 per 100,000.

Death rate isn't the only metric. If we have something that has a 100% death rate but only kills a handful of people per year, its not going to get that much attention. When we are potentially talking 100 million to 200 million infections, even a 0.1% death rate is disastrous. How is that so hard to understand?

 

[madguy30]

More good news:

RNA testing sensitivity is what has given the impression the COVID virus could reactivate or reinfect people who have already had it. But this is apparently not the case.

http://yna.kr/AEN20200429007051320

Dude, I totally posted this yesterday. Get with the program.

No, but it's good news...you'd think if it reinfected there'd be an even bigger problem.

 

[madguy30]

Death rate isn't the only metric. If we have something that has a 100% death rate but only kills a handful of people per year, its not going to get that much attention. When we are potentially talking 100 million to 200 million infections, even a 0.1% death rate is disastrous. How is that so hard to understand?

People understand it, they're just too callus.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Just saw on NBC nightly news about another cruise ship thats stranded?

They didn't say how long it's been out there, but people were still boarding them over the last two months?

I've read that there are several that never have been allowed to unload. Now THAT would suck.

 

[wxman1]

Kansas plan to reopen

 

[jsb]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/...8Rx1Fj90muY0euDqH_ycbjuCdn2uoeBgJIZ_-ZALAmn4I

A New York Times article about a victim in Waterloo. Adding to the tragedy, he was also one of the developmentally disabled people that was forced to work for a turkey processing plant for little money in Iowa.

That poor man was been screwed by this country and this state for most of his life.

 

[06_CY]

Kansas plan to reopen

Whether one agrees or disagrees with how she plans to reopen, it's refreshing to see a plan that steps through the different phases.

 

[wxman1]

Whether one agrees or disagrees with how she plans to reopen, it's refreshing to see a plan that steps through the different phases.

I just realized the picture I added didn't come in.

 

[Cyched]

Surprised by Grassley's comments. After this time at home, I thought for sure he'd be ready to head over to the Windsor Heights DQ for you know what.

Gotta have some of that you know what to make it through isolation

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

Maryland is a major hot spot right now

 

[CrossCyed]

Haha, having the executive vice president of the Family Leader on today's press conference?

 

[Halincandenza]

Haha, having the executive vice president of the Family Leader on today's press conference?

Yeah apparently part of the separation of church and state is turning the state press conference over to a religious organization. Ridiculous.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

I guess today’s excuse of 740 cases was a backlog of tests

 

[jsb]

I guess today’s excuse of 740 cases was a backlog of tests

I think that's accurate. BUT it is still a lot of cases and shows that things are not improving.

 

[Trice]

Haha, having the executive vice president of the Family Leader on today's press conference?

Ironically appropriate that she announced the new daily high for confirmed cases on the day the state opened, then immediately turned the press conference over to a prayer session.

 

[jsb]

Yeah apparently part of the separation of church and state is turning the state press conference over to a religious organization. Ridiculous.

So stupid. What did they say?

 

[CrossCyed]

Ironically appropriate that she announced the new daily high for confirmed cases on the day the state opened, then immediately turned the press conference over to a prayer session.

Hell, turn it over to an actual faith leader as opposed to the spokesman for a PAC that stands for some of the most conservative and discriminatory stances in the state.

 

[bawbie]

I guess today’s excuse of 740 cases was a backlog of tests

Almost 3,000 tests ran, positive rate still high at around 25%

 

[jsb]

91 on vents today. Is that higher than it has been?