Merged Covid Megathread

[mj4cy]

Heard Jeriann on WHOTV this morning say something to the effect "roads will be slick for those traveling to Grandmas...". Harmless comment but I cringed hearing that lol....then I thought to myself never in my life would I cringe hearing something along these lines. Crazy times.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

ya. we have been very conservative when it comes to covid...... seeing the stores, people traveling for thanksgiving... we will be even more hunkered down..

send weed. send hard cider, send ice cream?

 

[madguy30]

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Hopefully this vaccine stuff comes to fruition and is effective to getting things under control. The timing of its arrival is at least lined up pretty well.

 

[Angie]

We can tell which of you are purposely stepping around the rules, or blatantly flouting them. Is it that hard to grow the **** up? Just asking.

 

[BCClone]

I have. While they are not that high now, Jones County was over 50%. With 822 inmates positive (76 active, 741 recovered, 5 dead) and 140 prison staff (28 active, 112 recovered), after having done fairly well until recently at Anamosa, it is not surprising. Nearly 85% of the inmates.

Knew they were high and didn’t know that a jail was there. State wise I think the highest we got was mid to maybe high 20s. He said the state was 50% positive.

 

[clonechemist]

Every country that enjoyed their time as the "model" for dealing with covid is exactly where we are and in most cases worse. Meaning nobody has the answer to this be it masks, distancing, herd immunity or unadulterated debauchery.

South Korea is not 'where we are'.

Japan is not 'where we are'.

USA currently has 80 times more COVID deaths than Korea (on a per millions basis). Korea has had an outstanding program to 'test, trace, and isolate' cases from the very beginning.

USA currently has 50 times more COVID deaths than Japan (on a per million basis) - and Japan didn't even do a good job with 'test, trace, and isolate', like Korea did!

 

[cycloneG]

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[cycloneG]

Asia’s Covid-19 cases are rising, but compared to the West it’s a drop in the ocean | CNN

Across Asia, countries and cities that had previously kept the corovirus largely under control are seeing a surge in infections. But case numbers remain miniscule compared to the West.

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[isutrevman]

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Things are projected to get worse for how long? Cases have peaked.

United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.

www.worldometers.info

 

[BCClone]

We can tell which of you are purposely stepping around the rules, or blatantly flouting them. Is it that hard to grow the **** up? Just asking.

Apparently I’m not grown up but unsure what political statement I made or when.

 

[Angie]

Apparently I’m not grown up but unsure what political statement I made or when.

Quoted. I used the same message in the mass deletion. It's not pointed at you.

 

[cycloneG]

Things are projected to get worse for how long? Cases have peaked.

United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.

www.worldometers.info

Spread during holiday gatherings would be my guess.

 

[CycloneErik]

Spread during holiday gatherings would be my guess.

Yup. That's the next explosion.

Listened to the Ames School Board meeting from Monday last night. A parent called in to complain about the move to online learning, arguing that cases are going down and will keep going down for the next few weeks, so we need to get kids into in-person school.

I'll just go ahead and guess that she isn't paying attention, and has big Thanksgiving plans.

 

[HFCS]

South Korea is not 'where we are'.

Japan is not 'where we are'.

USA currently has 80 times more COVID deaths than Korea (on a per millions basis). Korea has had an outstanding program to 'test, trace, and isolate' cases from the very beginning.

USA currently has 50 times more COVID deaths than Japan (on a per million basis) - and Japan didn't even do a good job with 'test, trace, and isolate', like Korea did!

South Korea is not 'where we are'.

Japan is not 'where we are'.

USA currently has 80 times more COVID deaths than Korea (on a per millions basis). Korea has had an outstanding program to 'test, trace, and isolate' cases from the very beginning.

USA currently has 50 times more COVID deaths than Japan (on a per million basis) - and Japan didn't even do a good job with 'test, trace, and isolate', like Korea did!

Even Canada has been radically better off than us the whole way too. My Canadian business is down 50%, American business in same sector down 95%.

Hard to see so much denial of facts and science. We can do better, need to do better the next six months.

 

[clonechemist]

Public service post: US case reporting is going to be weird over the next 2 weeks due to the holiday.

First, reported daily cases and deaths will likely decrease even faster than reality due to reporting delays from the holiday.

Then, after the holiday, reported daily cases and deaths will likely increase above reality.

Let's not lose our minds during either phase, eh?

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