Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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jesus, he’s a god damned medical expert. He doesn’t know everything but I trust him more than I trust her.
She's going to hold out hope that what they're doing is going to work. Sounds very encouraging.
Yeah, she's too far into it with her "data" deal...
Backing out and reversing on that now would look bad.
CycloneErik
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She won't give into the political pressure these mayors and state reps are putting on her.
I thought the medical board deal would be the nail in the coffin, though.
It's just stunning to watch her so casually dismiss all these qualified people.
Which is the most frustrating thing about this. There are some real key numbers that would tell us a hell of a lot more, but they just show new numbers and absolute numbers.
Trends and rates of change are what matters, and you can't find it without going on an Easter egg hunt.
Show us hospitalizations, deaths, and discharges/recoveries by day in one table, and you can make a pretty good assessment of the effectiveness of what we're doing.
Then show those same numbers by remaining capacity of appropriate ICU and critical care beds, vents, etc.
This has been going on long enough where these trends are meaningful. In fact, more accurate than using models and modifying transmission rates by changing activities like SIP/no SIP, school closures, etc. Iowa is tough to model for reasons that have been discussed plenty already. We are not SIP, but we are pretty close in terms of behaviors for most people.
Has anyone asked her why one of the data points she is constantly looking at is the population over 65 years of age? The only way that will change drastically is if a lot of old people die.
So what should Iowa do? What else needs to be shut down? People will still go to the grocery store/ pharmacy/gas stations. A lot of people will still need to go to work. People are still going to leave their homes. It won't be enforced. What are they gonna do? Pull over everybody going to work? LOL!!! What would be different? Will the words "shelter in place" just magically make things better?
Why would a reporter ask what would occur IF she puts in a Shelter-in-Place....she won't do it, it won't happen.
For my job, yes.
I feel, as stated by others, there job would be in the same category.
We have the ability to work from home, but it won't happen until those words are spoken.
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