And here is the book for anyone who has small children to give it to:
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Hopefully any policy changes will be made based on consideration of the R0 value and not just the daily death curve. The governor there does not seem to be an idiot.
Pennsylvania is a relatively large state (around 1/3 the size of Germany) with huge regional variation, and conditions in different parts of the state must be vastly different. I suspect it will be a political nightmare to find a path through policy that will work everywhere.
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Did they deny coronavirus was a problem or say that it would miraculously disappear? Or that everyone who wanted a test could get a test? Or that people should take hydroxychloroquine or bleach or internal sunlight? Orā¦ [and it goes on from there].
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Is it bad that I had to click the link to find out who (Diamond and Silk, or Fox News) was pushing the bonkers conspiracy theories?
It is bad, isnāt it?
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Trumpās sacrificing mightily. Whatās next, heāll have to miss the opening hour of Fox & Friends?
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Apparently Indiana is opening non-essential businesses back up on Saturday. And they werenāt really following proper distancing protocols up to this point.
Do we even deserve to continue as a country?
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I thought they were part of the midwestern bloc?
My mom says Kansas (specifically Wichita and surrounding cities) will be opening up soon, but I think itās more because they havenāt been hit as hard as say, New York or California. Should it be okay for lightly affected places that donāt support as much hub travel to be able to reopen?
I mean Kansas City, MO would be a completely different story.
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Someone correct me if Iām wrong, but it doesnāt matter how hard hit you are now, itās everywhere, and without massive testing and aggressive contact-tracing, still not possible even in smart states, youāre going to play a very ugly version of chess:
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My mom and I both prefer the cautious route, but her new husband will be going back to full time work. I think theyāll be doing staggered shifts, though. Itās a law office.
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This makes me so incredibly sad.
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Yes. I too find it sad that the hospital labeled her a hero, instead of acknowledging that like its other workers, she was a victim.
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I think itās a translation error.
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Trouble is: thatās not the only factor, and we usually donāt have a good estimate. Germany and South Korea were (are??) close to achieving that, but most other countries - no way. Not with the amount of testing applied.
For the record, the RKI shifted from suggesting only ill people with known SARS-CoV-2 contacts to suggesting that shortly anyone with some symptoms should be tested. Thatās due to the diffusion process, for sure.
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Sweden publishes new statistics on coronavirus death toll
Swedenās National Board of Health and Welfare has published a new set of data about deaths caused by the coronavirus, which suggests the real death toll could be 10 percent higher than Public Health Agency figures.
https://www.thelocal.se/20200427/sweden-publishes-new-statistics-on-coronavirus-death-toll/amp
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1 million cases in the US today. And to think if Trump hadnāt spent several weeks in late Feb and early March fucking around (not that he still isnāt) we could have been at a fraction of this.
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Iām pretty sure thereās precedent going back to before First Amendment was a thing, of government having the power and the obligation to enforce quarantines. Sheāll be laughed out of a court, I hope.
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