Word on the street from a credible source; look at what is going on in Italy. The US is in talks of shutting the country down this Friday.
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Idk about this. We have 200 nurses on furlough at our local hospital who haven't been tested yet but are out of work with symptoms and were exposed to coronavirus patients. We only have like 40 confirmed cases in CT but we are already at capacity but people just aren't confirmed to have it. I think these numbers will still skyrocket this week.Comment -
There's a lot more cases around the world, including the US, cause people are not getting tested AND governments like Russia and China are not reporting true numbers.
It's all good though, it's just a flu
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the last true, true number that means anything in this nation is ones true worth
David Byrne sang, "Same as it Ever was"
runs parallel to "Life During Wartime"
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Data from various parts of the world indicate the "Confirmed cases" of the virus doubles every 3-4 days in a given country unless and until effective measures are put in place to mitigate the virus spread. Of course, this is very dependent upon testing taking place for which the US has been exceptionally behind on.
Here is the actual data for US. It shows that the confirmed cases seem to be doubling roughly every 3-4 days as other countries have seen (there is likely more cases than shown, just not confirmed). The 3 day Doubling column is a calculation either based on the actual data from 3 days prior or estimated as doubling every 3 days from March 17th forward. I wanted to determine if the 3-4 day doubling rate estimate was applicable.
This basis of calculation seems to indicate we may be close to 30,000 confirmed cases within 7-8 days. I am doubting this will be the case based on Italy's trend (discussed below) but so far the 3-4 day doubing theory is holding close to being right if not just little conservative.
We are CURRENTLY on path that Italy is on as far as progression of the virus. Unless different measures are implemented we could be following the same spread rate. Remember the entire country of Italy went in lockdown on March 9th. The US has only implemented similar measures recently and only in select areas.
People may argue, "Well the US is not Italy". Until we implement differential measures to mitigate the virus, we appear to be following Italy's lead (2 weeks worth of data doesn't lie) and the curves damn near match. As we implement more testing going forward, the curve for the US may change from Italy's (I hope), and maybe our mitigation steps may be more effective than Italy's. Time will tell.
Based on the Italy curve, US might hit 10k cases by the 19th or 20th and 20k cases by 23rd or 24th. Of course, this is all just based on data and science so I'm sure it is wrong.
Source for data: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
I'd expect the confirmed cases will be between 20 and 25k cases by March 24th.
Why is this number important???? We are on a path to overwhelm our health system as these numbers grow.
If you are young and/or don't get coronavirus - Great. You'll be fine.Comment -
Head coach of the New Orleans Saints Sean Payton has the virus but only a mild case of it. https://twitter.com/SeanPayton/statu...51764682522624Comment -
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Reports say restaurants could lose $225 billion in business
As many as 5 to 7 million jobs could be eliminated in the restaurant industry due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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I've said this before, but if they do martial law and force lockdowns, then this is all about a 1984 government boots situation. They will use the virus to do other things. They've already shut down normal business. Just watch very closely what ends up happening. I'm hearing about people needing papers to leave checkpoints and everything. I've heard of military vehicles heading to Chicago and they are already in Baltimore.
They have no right to lock you down over some virus like this. It's totally against the Constitution. DO NOT OBEY.Comment -
Usa will never be shutdown....dont post bs...piece crapComment -
Retarded mods around here. Why they saloon this corona thread? One of the first ones about the subject instead they keep daily jjgold bullshit corona threads in PT.Comment -
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Saladin will move his Army from water to water. That gives you 4 days, maybe 5! Will you come with me to Cyprus? Ha. You are your father's son.Comment -
4 people I personally know have tested positive for the virus, they live in different locations, one of them intubated now, he is only in his early 50’s and was healthy prior to catching the disease
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He passed away the guy intibated..yikes...im so sorryComment -
It’s such a sad state to lose a friend this way.
I hope that guys in this thread who were making fun of me and basically saying this is just like the flu are ok, I haven’t heard any comments from them lately, I really hope they are OK.
This shit hits you, when people you personally know gets it.
Also hearing stories from close friends that takes care of patients who get it.
one minute they are talking to them
a few minutes later they are intubated,
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Hey look, nobody wants to see someone die from this virus. Nonetheless, Executive Orders are unconstitutional in the first place. They can not restrict your liberty. What......are they at war with the virus now? This is unconstitutional and if you don't fight back or resist the bullsh*t then this will continue. No pushback = lick government boots.
You may disagree with me about many of my posts some of you.....but you sit and shelter in place and worry about getting sick.....then we are done. R-E-S-I-S-T! What do I mean? I don't mean do something stupid or wrong. I'm saying go do whatever you want that is legal to do in our normal society. If you get arrested for it, then so be it. Can they arrest all of us?
Do you want to live in a communist China? That's where this is going. You just think things will go back to complete normal? It's a virus with a 3 out of 100 chance you will die. That's ridiculous to stop the whole country.Comment
