COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US) (37 Viewers)

[St. Geezy]

The coronavirus has mutated and appears to be more contagious now, new study finds

The new coronavirus strain began spreading in Europe in early February before migrating to other parts of the world, including the U.S., becoming the dominant form of the virus across the globe by the end of March, researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory found in a new study.

www.cnbc.com

 

[superchuck500]

 

[superchuck500]

The coronavirus has mutated and appears to be more contagious now, new study finds

The new coronavirus strain began spreading in Europe in early February before migrating to other parts of the world, including the U.S., becoming the dominant form of the virus across the globe by the end of March, researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory found in a new study.

www.cnbc.com

So that report is getting a lot of chatter, been posted a few times here - it's interesting but it should be noted that it being "more contagious" is speculation based on its presumed enhanced binding capability, not based on any infection data (other than the observation that the variant tends to take over in a given area, which suggests greater transmissibility). And other virologists have cautioned to not interpret it too dramatically, as variation in coronavirus is common but not very "wide". In other words, the two "strains" might be identifiably different in structure but not meaningfully different in human transmission and pathology.

who knows.

 

[SaintsFanInLA]

What happens if too many employees test positive; more than the institution is unable to run without?

 

[EGLSShin]

Making the rounds on twitter

 

[0rion]

Ok @superchuck500 ......here we are at Sunday again with the reports. Lowest daily cases and deaths reported since March 29th. What do you see happening in the next 2 days?

 

[Goatman Saint]

Wow! Who could have seen this coming?

72 got COVID-19 after being at large event

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 70 people who tested positive for the coronavirus since an April 24 rally at the Wisconsin state Capitol indicated they had attended a large gathering, but the state …

www.wearegreenbay.com

Only part of this that makes me feel bad is that now
More doctors and nurses will have to put their health on the line
For these idiots.

 

[N.O.Bronco]

Ok @superchuck500 ......here we are at Sunday again with the reports. Lowest daily cases and deaths reported since March 29th. What do you see happening in the next 2 days?

I’m gonna jump in here too.


Cases going back up. Sunday and Monday are always the low point.

Many cities barely even report numbers(2/3rds of my current city didn’t report anything today and we are the fourth largest city in the country) and most facilities are on skeleton crews for processing. Then Mondays are spent catching up and Tuesday/Wednesday are when the dump is made.

We know we have bent the curve in the hottest area of the country, and that hot area is largely being cautious in their next steps. But 14 days from now is the real test as many states are forcing themselves open without meeting any of the minimum guidelines and as their case load was still increasing. For a net re-increase not to happen would basically require the current hotspots to drastically fall off relative to the places that are likely to see an uptick, or it would defy all evidence we have of this virus and it’s spread up to this point.

Very good chance this next week or two is the low point before a possible resurgence gets under way.

 

[Rickboy]

When keeping it real goes wrong. Or something.

I’m gonna jump in here too.


Cases going back up. Sunday and Monday are always the low point.

Many cities barely even report numbers(2/3rds of my current city didn’t report anything today and we are the fourth largest city in the country) and most facilities are on skeleton crews for processing. Then Mondays are spent catching up and Tuesday/Wednesday are when the dump is made.

We know we have bent the curve in the hottest area of the country, and that hot area is largely being cautious in their next steps. But 14 days from now is the real test as many states are forcing themselves open without meeting any of the minimum guidelines and as their case load was still increasing. For a net re-increase not to happen would basically require the current hotspots to drastically fall off relative to the places that are likely to see an uptick, or it would defy all evidence we have of this virus and it’s spread up to this point.

Very good chance this next week or two is the low point before a possible resurgence gets under way.

You can’t fix stupid and you can’t stop crazy.

But you sure as heck can fire their arse.

 

[saintmdterps]

I just shake my head. It's almost unfathomable that people are this stupid, but they are.

At some point you just have to see it as people proving Darwin was right. It's a culling of the herd.

 

[James Spader]

At some point you just have to see it as people proving Darwin was right. It's a culling of the herd.

Exactly. I am reminded of what George Carlin said about dumb people.

 

[superchuck500]

 

[superchuck500]

Ok @superchuck500 ......here we are at Sunday again with the reports. Lowest daily cases and deaths reported since March 29th. What do you see happening in the next 2 days?

Counts will be back up by Wednesday - daily numbers are interesting, with the weekend effect being curious. But 7-day averages are more revealing. I can't imagine that the 7-day averages don't start climbing significantly over the next two to three weeks.

 

[superchuck500]

Russian outbreak trajectory steepening.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Covid or no Covid, that's nasty.

I'm curious to see what the numbers look like for Texas this week. Speaking anecdotally from what I've seen on Facebook and heard from friends, the "soft" re-opening from the government had the effect if giving people cover to stop being as cautious as everyone had been. I think a lot of people are "over" all of the precautions, and depending on the person they see it as a green light to get back to doing what they normally do. Bars and restaurants were packed this weekend, and there are a bunch of bars, particularly outdoor type places in exurbs/rural areas that are not taking the 25% capacity thing seriously at all. In those places, there's really nobody that is going to enforce it. I'm withholding judgement until I see what happens to the numbers over the next week or two.