i realize I’m late to the reply on this but there were municipalities tracking this months ago out on the east coast. ASU is not the leader in this department.
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i realize I’m late to the reply on this but there were municipalities tracking this months ago out on the east coast. ASU is not the leader in this department.
Thou shalt not bear false witness unless it pushes thou’s political agenda.
I have a hard time seeing how a death certificate that says COVID plus respiratory failure (for example) means the death has nothing to do with COVID....
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Yay Iowa!
Ames, Iowa City COVID Outbreaks Are Worst In The World
Iowa's exploding COVID-19 outbreaks at state universities in Ames and Iowa City are now disasters that can only be fully measured on a global scale. Amesiowastartingline.com
Uhh, say what? Lies, damn lies, and statistics. Completely useless.
and that’s just the number who have self-reported.
I believe Ames is also doing this or planning to. Not sure if they’ve started or not.
“D-19 Testing at the Community Scale
City staff are partnering with researchers at Iowa State University to conduct testing for the SARS- CoV-2 virus (the culprit behind COVID-19) at a macro scale. The testing would be performed on the influent into the Ames Water Pollution Control Facility. Conceptually, an increase in the density of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater could indicate a community spike in cases days before patients become symptomatic or receive a positive test result. It could provide an early warning for schools, employers, and the health care infrastructure of our community”
City staff are partnering with researchers at Iowa State University to conduct testing for the SARS- CoV-2 virus (the culprit behind COVID-19) at a macro scale. The testing would be performed on the influent into the Ames Water Pollution Control Facility. Conceptually, an increase in the density of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater could indicate a community spike in cases days before patients become symptomatic or receive a positive test result. It could provide an early warning for schools, employers, and the health care infrastructure of our community”
I think a lot of people are not understanding the numbers behind the 6% in that article very well. If somebody died, and their death certificate listed COVID and respiratory failure (or cardiac arrest)... nobody in their right mind would say “see he didn’t die of COVID, he just had COVID, but he really died because his lungs stopped working or his heart stopped beating”.
That’s the argument I see people making. You’ve gotta dig into what the data really is to understand it.
That’s the argument I see people making. You’ve gotta dig into what the data really is to understand it.
More than 900 University of Iowa students report coronavirus diagnosis
More than 900 University of Iowa students have reported testing positive for coronavirus as of Monday, with more than a third of the new cases being identified just since Friday. A total…
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More than 900 University of Iowa students report coronavirus diagnosis
More than 900 University of Iowa students have reported testing positive for coronavirus as of Monday, with more than a third of the new cases being identified just since Friday. A total…
They won't even let us have this!
What do you suppose all of the Hawk media will put on if/when ISU is playing football?
'85 season? Tim Dwight high school games?
Timmy still talks about his HS games. If you want to hear about them let me know, I will give you his number.
Talks like reminisce about fun times or talks like 'this is what I did that was awesome.'?
The latter is when it becomes a greater degree of unhealthy.
Like, how great and awesome he was. You won’t believe this cut and juke I made as just a freshman in HS! Have a friend whose daughter got her dental degree from Iowa. They were at a game about two years ago and Timmy came up and asked them if they wanted to ef. They laughed and said no, then asked them if they knew where the girls who wanted to ef were. They said he was definitely very drunk.
Kind of crazy these 801 parties have managed to impact me, 3 hours away. A coworker's son was in attendance, he spent the the next week with her while waiting for some work to get done on his apartment in Omaha. During that week, he tested positive, by last Monday, her other two children and husband were also all positive. They had no clue he had been in Ames until he was back. We work in LTC and since many of us were at risk of possible exposure and the nature of our work, we all had to be tested. Luckily, we havent had any positives yet but its still pretty scary that the actions of one person lead to about 70 other people being tested and a handful of directly related positives over 3 hours away. Those are just the people I'm aware of, that's not even considering the kids her other children possibly exposed at school. Not to mention it put the vulnerable people we serve at risk.
That, by its very definition, is how pandemics / viral epidemics work, and pecisely why they need to be aggressively addressed. The exponential spread potential (in numbers as well as geography) is real, whether humans like to believe it or not, or otherwise try to rationalize their behaviors or actions in response. Personal responsibility is a huge determinant, which is a major contributor to where we are at with this thing right now.
