COVID-19 Map worldwide, with statistics

[ronsatspokane]

That's one of "the largest medical centers in the world" informing people of its current and near-term expected capacity utilization. Nothing more.

I got an update today on Baptist Health's capacity here in southern Florida. For now, all is good except for Homestead. Currently no COVID patients on ventilators (albeit there are other patients using some of them and they do, obviously, have COVID patients). There's room if your insurance will cover it. Phew. Carry on. Back to the sand bar.

They did not cover reports from any particular medical center. The coverage is all about how scary it all is. Coverage designed to induce panic. Seems that they are having some success. A generation of xenophobes in the making. Lock that door, pull those blinds, assume a fetal position.

 

[SGK]

This is a country where footballers wear helmets. What do you expect?

 

[Brians356]

Flash: "No evidence of contracting Covid-19 from food or food packaging". No surprise there, the virus' mythical survival skills outside the friendly confines of the body had already been debunked in the lab.

The spike in new cases is largely among younger people eschewing social distancing in bars and clubs. Picture typical "spring break" behavior. If my assessment proves out, I don't expect an equivalent spike in deaths, since the most vulnerable (elderly and infirm) are still locked down. If (!) hospitalizations and deaths can be contained, there's a perverse positive effect: inching toward herd immunity.
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[SGK]

Here's hoping you are right but rising hospitalizations and the age distribution of those in hospital suggests it's not just partying young people representing new confirmed cases. 44 year olds and younger still only represent 17% of hospitalizations in Florida. In Arizona that figure is 23%. So there's still a lot of 45+ year olds heading in as utilization rates increase.

Texas just retightened restrictions and put a pause on elective procedures in its four biggest cities to provide for surge hospital capacity.

 

[Dgd6mm]

Hook, Line, and Sinker.

 

[Laurie]

The spike in new cases is largely among younger people eschewing social distancing in bars and clubs. Picture typical "spring break" behavior.

There are several new 'clusters' in Europe right now whose common factor is workers in abbatoirs. meat processing and packing outfits. We in the UK have three separate plants as new vectors. Germany has over 1,000 new confirmed cases from people connected with a single site - and that's in a country with one of the lowest per capita infection rates in the world. It is hypothesized that the cool, damp environment in these plants is a factor. In the German outbreak though, it's reported that the workforce is contracted-in temporary immigrant labour and that workers' living conditions are overcrowded and unsanitary. Newspaper reports say German health & safety agencies and the local authority are about to bring criminal charges against the meat processor and its labour supply contractor. Nevertheless, the ambient conditions factor is interesting - and worrying as that's just what the 5-month long northern European winter is like outdoors, ie cold and high humidity.

 

[Evan]

A generation of xenophobes in the making. Lock that door, pull those blinds, assume a fetal position.

Xenophobes or agoraphobes?

 

[Brians356]

Xenophobes or agoraphobes?

They're not mutually exclusive.
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[JimT]

Here's hoping you are right but rising hospitalizations and the age distribution of those in hospital suggests it's not just partying young people representing new confirmed cases. 44 year olds and younger still only represent 17% of hospitalizations in Florida. In Arizona that figure is 23%. So there's still a lot of 45+ year olds heading in as utilization rates increase.

Texas just retightened restrictions and put a pause on elective procedures in its four biggest cities to provide for surge hospital capacity.

Not in Colorado.

Young people causing small spike in COVID-19 cases in Colorado
https://kdvr.com/news/coronavirus/y...9-cases-in-colorado/amp/?anvplayer-autoplay=0

 

[Brians356]

In Idaho, all of the surge in new cases has been in the southern half of the state, and nearly all in Health Districts 3 and 4 (around Boise, dark and light gray in the histogram).

There are still zero cases in 4 of the 10 counties in the northern part of the state (Health Districts 1 and 2).


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[Highpower-FClass]

Site with detailed information for the greater Houston area, with option to view data by county.

https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJr...wZTgtNGQzMS04YjZmLTdlMGUzYmUxMGUwOCIsImMiOjN9

 

[SGK]

Florida governor Ron DeSantis speaks truth to so-called "journalists". Eight weeks prior some called DeSantis' reopening of FL an "experiment in human sacrifice", citing models predicting a "bloodbath".

While a "bloodbath" is hyperbole De Santis may yet eat his words. We're making a strong bid for the top 5 on the leaderboard! Go Gators!!

(So much for the theory that COVID spread is weakened in hot weather. I'd hate to think what would happen if it were winter.)

 

[Brians356]

While a "bloodbath" is hyperbole De Santis may yet eat his words. We're making a strong bid for the top 5 on the leaderboard! Go Gators!!

(So much for the theory that COVID spread is weakened in hot weather. I'd hate to think what would happen if it were winter.)

Deaths bleed, not cases. De Santis says most new cases are youngsters. And treatment has been steadily improving. Florida's deaths per capita is 1/10 of New Jersey's, 93% of the "US South", and 41% of the US overall.
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[SGK]

Yup. (Although sick people don't work much.) Just getting started. Plenty of room to grow. I wouldn't put much stock in anything coming out of De Santis's mouth. If it were all youngsters I doubt hospitalizations would be rising. Hopefully the death count doesn't turn up but it's very early days on that front. It almost certainly will but hopefully not as badly as NY did. The next 4-6 weeks are going to be interesting. Very good chance we beat NY's one day new confirmed case count record and add another trophy to the cupboard.

They've closed the beaches here again now (as well as bars) but I believe the marinas are still open. All good!

Arizona takes tenth place, nipping at Georgia's heals. The Carolina's head higher also.

 

[ronsatspokane]

Yup. (Although sick people don't work much.) Just getting started. Plenty of room to grow. I wouldn't put much stock in anything coming out of De Santis's mouth. If it were all youngsters I doubt hospitalizations would be rising. Hopefully the death count doesn't turn up but it's very early days on that front. It almost certainly will but hopefully not as badly as NY did. The next 4-6 weeks are going to be interesting. Very good chance we beat NY's one day new confirmed case count record and add another trophy to the cupboard.

They've closed the beaches here again now (as well as bars) but I believe the marinas are still open. All good!

Arizona takes tenth place, nipping at Georgia's heals. The Carolina's head higher also.

Dear god dude, you are clinging to this like it is the end of the world. Let's change the subject. Tell us about the joy in your life.

 

[SGK]

Not at all. The fishing has been good! Just interesting to watch. After all, it's not even as bad as the 'flu right?

 

[INTJ]

Dear god dude, you are clinging to this like it is the end of the world. Let's change the subject. Tell us about the joy in your life.

Some people don't have any joy, and so they take pleasure from spreading misery. We need to resist that. Just about all that can be said about COVID has been said......

 

[ronsatspokane]

Not at all. The fishing has been good! Just interesting to watch. After all, it's not even as bad as the 'flu right?

Glad to hear you are getting out. As far as as bad as the flu, depends on the year. Fortunately there was no flu this year. At least it never made the news. Of course it never does. 50,000 people can die from it and it will never make the news. The good news is that as the volume of testing expands, it seems that covid is only about as deadly as the flu.

 

[ronsatspokane]

Some people don't have any joy, and so they take pleasure from spreading misery. We need to resist that. Just about all that can be said about COVID has been said......

It may have been said and when the science comes in there will be more to be said. That said (lot of saids ) we must keep it at the forefront to avoid economic recovery. Can't have that economy recovering ya know. Some people will end up with nothing to talk about in the coming election if it does.

 

[INTJ]

It may have been said and when the science comes in there will be more to be said. That said (lot of saids ) we must keep it at the forefront to avoid economic recovery. Can't have that economy recovering ya know. Some people will end up with nothing to talk about in the coming election if it does.

Per Victor Davis Hanson, coming election is about who is angrier. The loud mouthed marxist's and anarchists, or the silent masses....