Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

No idea. Just posted what I found on CDC site

 

not that much larger, not even close.

The EU has 70M or so more people than the US. They live much closer together and use much more public transit. How can anybody try and defend what is happening here under this lack of leadership?

 

Nothing to do with mother nature, everything to do with lack of leadership

 

I was interested in what the latest three day interval would show, given the holiday weekend. There was some concern that numbers would increase due to lower levels of reporting Friday through Sunday. Keep in mind, this is not yet the impact of July 4 celebrations. Here are the the three day increases:

Date.......world cases.....world deaths.....U.S. cases.....U.S. deaths
May3........255,940............14,061...............93,006...........4,731
May6........258,072............16,907...............75,063...........6,212
May9........278,941............15,389...............84,217...........5,238
May12......239,189............12,376...............61,327...........3,388
May15......284,608............15,658...............75,649...........5,082
May18......266,271............11,660...............66,009...........3,474
May21…....303,083……….....14,472………........70,608…….......4,373
May24…....303,683…….....…12,072………........65,534…….......2,946
May27…....291,339…….....…10,756………........59,367…….......2,807
May30…....364,906…….....…13,454………........71,017…….......3,450
June2…...…324,528…….....…11,316………........64,385…....…...2,502
June5…...…365,955…….....…15,934………........84,503…….......3,331
June8…...…349,307…….....…10,486………........60,785…….......1,665
June11…....395,623……….....15,077………........63,208…….......2,979
June14…....394,966…….....…11,489………........72,527…….......1,824
June17…....416,062…….....…16,082………........72,243…….......2,083
June20…....513,453…….....…15,422………........96,107…….......2,039
June23…....431,986….....……12,264………........93,590…….......1,493
June26…....558,418….....……17,896……….......128,788….....….4,167
June29…....535,253…….....…11,239……….......128,855……......1,143
July2...…....574,195…….....…15,882……….......155,378……......2,702
July5...…....573,206…….....…12,875……….......145,739……......1,084
July8...…....610,409…….....…15,274……….......176,004……......2,293

Cases are WAY up, with the largest sum during the data period. This is true for the U.S. and worldwide. World fatalities appear to be increasing, as are U.S. fatalities. The next couple weeks (as we keep on saying) will be increasingly telling, as fatalities lag behind case rates.

 

It is a dangerous and out of control virus, but clearly one we could have managed far better than we have, as countries around the world have shown us. This is a combination of massive failure in political leadership and too many foolish Americans. America is Dunning Kruger.

 

I think your point actually implies the opposite. If our economy is so large and so great it should be better equipped to handle a shutdown. A smaller economy is, by nature, more fragile.

 

apparently some men can do more than others.

 

BS. Our economy fuels the world.

 

Absolutely it does. But that doesn't change the fact that we should be better equipped to handle any kind of shutdown compared to a smaller economy. Literal Economy of Scale.

 

How many 1/100th times should he tell you guys. Who knew Math was hard?!

 

Shutting down the economy again at this stage would be a stupid, stupid idea. We're making huge gains in death rate and one would only have to assume that will continue as doctors get more acquainted with the virus. The other issue is that so many people have the virus now that a shut down of the economy isn't going to stop the spread. It didn't last time and we had fewer people infected. Please stop talking about shutting down our economy again. It is a dumb, dumb idea.. for a multitude of reasons.

 

I’ve told you guys 1/100th of times now, the pee tape is real.

 

For the 0.01th time, Covid is a hoax!!

In fairness, that was not one of the SAT questions that Trump studied so hard for.

 

Also Dunder Mifflin.

 

In other news Melbourne Australia is back in lock down due to a bump in cases.

 

The people will themselves shut the economy once they see the emergency rooms overflowing and counties and cities start burying people in mass graves by the dozens or hundreds. Unfortunately it seems for some, that is what it takes to wake up.

It’s probably economically wise to get on top of things before it gets to that point. The worse the virus spreads the farther away from economic normalcy we get.

 

I'd vote for Michael Scott over Trump all day. At least he bumbled his way to running a successful branch.