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Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by GatorNorth, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. PowerGator

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    I think you know the answer to it. The combination of better treatment, higher identification, and younger patients. Elderly and assisted living facilities know their risk. Also, it's probably better to think of States individually and not as Nation. The downward trend in death is caused by the significant decrease in NE states, which were hit the hardest. However, the good news we have not seen a spike in the southern states and we are past the 2 weeks. The deaths in the southern states seem to be leveling off but clearly no spike which is great news.
     
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  2. buckeyegator

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    my guess is once the initial wave hit, and a lot of at risk people succumbded, the more at risk stayed home, isolated, and in time got well, now we know who is really at high risk of death and they are isolating and staying away from any carrier, like in everything else in life, some had to die for a solution to be seen.
     
  3. dangolegators

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    Deaths in FL are going up and unfortunately will continue to do so for at least a couple of weeks.

    The younger cohort is a huge reason for death rates being lower. And better treatments. I read recently that they are now putting people on blood thinners right away. The blood coagulation stuff that covid causes was killing a lot of people.
     
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  4. tilly

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    This is my thought as well. There is a huge learning curve at play. Our medical folks are just starting to figure out viable treatments.

    I think this, way ahead of any vaccine is the key to normalcy returning. Good sound treatment.
     
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  5. channingcrowderhungry

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    I went back and read the first several pages of this thread and the original international thread that predated this one. Oh my.
     
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  6. pkaib01

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    Please share your thoughts!
     
  7. OklahomaGator

    OklahomaGator Jedi Administrator Moderator VIP Member

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    I took a test last Thursday afternoon and got the results yesterday morning (Wednesday) at 8 am. I was negative, so you can safely read my post and not worry about getting infected.
     
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  8. BigCypressGator1981

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    Louisville was really drinking the Trump koolaid.
     
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  9. buckeyegator

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    according to covid 19 tracking, the average number of deaths in may was 35.6 a day. for june it was 40.1 a day. for the last 10 days, which covers the upturn in cases the average is 39.6. that is about 4 deaths a day increase since the end of may, hardly ny/nj at their peak numbers.
     
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  10. channingcrowderhungry

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    I thought about quoting some but didn't out of fairness. Back then we didn't really know what we were dealing with. We had to find out. It was pertinent to err on the side of caution, but unsurprisingly that mainly broke down party lines.
     
  11. dangolegators

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    Never said FL was going to match NY/NJ. But the death numbers are going to go up. FL has averaged 57 deaths per day over the last 3 days. And the number of new cases today was more than 3 times higher than it was 2 weeks ago today. You don't have that kind of increase in cases without seeing an increase in deaths.
     
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  12. dangolegators

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    He sure was. It's a prime example why folks shouldn't believe anything Trump says.
     
  13. dangolegators

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    We are already at about 40,000 new cases today and that's without TX and CA reporting the bulk of their cases. GA had about 3500 new cases today. Gonna have another record day.
     
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  14. buckeyegator

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    well, according to covid 19, florida has averaged 33 deaths a day over the last 4 days, do not know where you got 57 a day from.
     
  15. PowerGator

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    The 7 day average in Florida has been pretty flat with maybe a slight increase but far from a spike. Not to say it can't happen but has not yet.
     
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  16. dangolegators

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    Well, for starters, I said over the last three days, so I am not sure why you are countering my claim with a number over the last 4 days. I was using WorldOmeter, which has slightly different numbers than covidtracking does. But if you look at covidtracking, Florida reported 58 deaths on Tuesday and 46 on Wednesday. Today's total was 68. So that gives us a 3 day total of 172, which gives us an average of 57.33 per day over the last 3 days.
     
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  17. dynogator

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    I don't know if it's been posted, but Hermann Cain has been hospitalized with the Coronavirus. He attended Trump's Tulsa rally, didn't wear a mask, and didn't social distance. The infection could have come from anywhere, but the odds are greater at large gatherings.
     
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  18. buckeyegator

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    am using covid since it goes back more than 1 day, and it has 104 total deaths mon-wed, today was not posted,, so 104 divided by 3 equals just under 35,
     
  19. RIP

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    We win!
     
  20. channingcrowderhungry

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    No way to know for sure but the timeline adds up I believe.
     
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