COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US) (7 Viewers)

[Eeyore]

America's Bible Belt played down the pandemic and even cashed in. Now dozens of pastors are dead

Right to worship emerges as battleground in looming culture war as many congregations hit hard by coronavirus

www.independent.co.uk

 

[bonnjer]

Imagine that

Austria Has 90% Drop in Coronavirus Cases After Requiring People to Wear Face Masks

Austria managed to slow down the rate of coronavirus cases in the country by 90% after requiring everyone to wear a face mask. Meanwhile, other countries are struggling to keep the number of cases and fatalities low.

www.sciencetimes.com

Well shirt, there can't be any correlation there, right?

 

[bonnjer]

You should not be required to obtain your own mask in order to be able to work.

How hard is it to grab an old t-shirt and wrap it around your face? It sounds like that would meet the face covering requirement.

 

[WhoDatPhan78]

How hard is it to grab an old t-shirt and wrap it around your face? It sounds like that would meet the face covering requirement.

What other safety equipment to you feel employees should be responsible for prividing?

 

[Charlie Brizzown]

Does Texas have any metrics that need to be met to reverse their current opening back up or is it full steam ahead no matter what?

 

[DaveXA]

Texas is allowing hair salons, barbers and tanning stores to open this Friday. Gyms will be on May 18th.

Gym? Uh, no, no and no. I'll go for a jog outside or a bike ride, or even a little exercise at home. But a gym where people are breathing hard, sweating and God knows what else. Hard pass.

 

[N.O.Bronco]

Does Texas have any metrics that need to be met to reverse their current opening back up or is it full steam ahead no matter what?

They claimed they were going to take a small step and assess approach, but given incubation period and the time it takes to show symptoms on average, contrasted with them moving up the second phase a week, before that period is even met, they clearly don’t give a sheet....At least until cases spike back up, but given Abbot’s apathy, the most I expect is for him to cease control back to the cities to avoid any chance of accountability. Which has been his operating standard to this point.

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

The number of deaths is now in the ballpark of a sold out Saints game in the Super Dome.

 

[flygirl]

All I can say is that around here, people are adhering to the guidelines, and I haven't seen any yahoos complaining about losing their freedom, either in this part of Pennsylvania or in Delaware where I ventured earlier today. (Gas at $1.82. )

That is my experience as well, in Lancaster County. Virtually nobody is without a mask inside public places. Some stores even provide them upon entrance. I really expected our numbers to jump when the Amish resumed gathering for church, weddings, etc, but it hasnt.

 

[gboudx]

If you're in the DFW area, below is a map of the route the Blue Angels are expecting to take tomorrow. I'm going into the office tomorrow, which is in southern Plano so I should be able to see them.

 

[bonnjer]

What other safety equipment to you feel employees should be responsible for prividing?

Other safety equipment, let's say steel-toe boots, are one thing. You can't really get around those and take protect your feet by wrapping an old t-shirt around your foot. But come on, if an employer is requiring a face covering because we're in a forking pandemic, then grab an old t-shirt and do it. It's really not that difficult. Anybody arguing about this is just doing it for argument's sake.

 

[St. Geezy]

If we don't see a dramatic increase in cases and or fatalities in the coming 2 weeks to 2 months.

Anyone that thinks there is even a remote chance we don't see a dramatic increase simply isn't paying attention, including those in leadership positions.

If we dont, it will be because everyone has taken proper precautions, but it is clear already that this will not be the case.

 

[Turfie]

Let’s move up patient zero to November 10. There are scenarios in which he could be spreading it around immediately after being inoculated - through his physical contact with the virus and him physically touching things right after.

He would also be transmitting the virus through droplets after the virus has replicated itself in him. Patient zero may have been asymptomatic.

November 10 this all happens in my simulation here.

In a population area like Wuhan. Let’s say he successfully inoculated 50 people a day. Let’s say he inoculated them through droplets (so after the virus replicated itself in him). Let’s put this at November 15th he starts inoculating people with great frequency.

Those 50 people start successfully inoculating people on November 20th. That’s now 2500 inoculated people in a population rich area by November 25th.

Thanksgiving is a major travel holiday across the world. Lots of traffic in and out of the US. Many young people in China celebrate it too.

So by Thanksgiving travel, those 2500 inoculated people could give it to 50 people each in a population rich area.

This virus had to have made landfall in the US in early to mid December. And a chance even earlier had one of the first batch of inoculated people ran into an international traveler.

New genetic analysis shows coronavirus quickly spread around the world starting late last year

The global coronavirus pandemic has brought countries around the world to a standstill. Here's the latest updates on worldwide Covid-19 cases, deaths, government responses, and more.

www.cnn.com

The timeline keeps getting pushed earlier and earlier.

 

[gboudx]

Dallas county, 3rd day in a row of a new daily record of cases, today 253. Yes let’s reduce restrictions some more this Friday, governor.

 

[St. Geezy]

2,350 total deaths in the U.S. today. I am actually quite amazed that the death toll has stayed fairly consistently at over 2,000 per day. Relentless.