COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US) (4 Viewers)

[nolaswede]

so I figured Central wouldn't be a high risk area but this is happening 5 miles from me

Central church hosts more than 1,800 people amid covid-19 outbreak

CENTRAL, La. (BRPROUD) — More than 1,800 people came together for Sunday service at Life Tabernacle Church, disregarding an order by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to limit the number of peo…

www.brproud.com

Overall, I have been pretty happy with our Governor. However, this needs to be stopped. Is he scared of offending his Catholic base, or doesn’t he have the right to shut these things down?

 

[Rickboy]

Anyone get this in the mail today?

Got mine yesterday. I thought it was ironic that he doesn't follow his own guidelines.

 

[PurpleBlack&Gold]

literally arguing with an idiot who is an EMS right now about the severity of this...says that the shutdown is just a power grab by the government and claims that the mortality rate in Italy is only .04% because he insists on using total population
right now Italy's mortality rate of those that have gotten it is 9.9% with over 50,000 yet to be determined. Recoveries only outpace deaths by less than 33%

To be fair mortality rate is based on total population. Case fatality rate is the number of deaths versus number of infected. So in this instance he is correct.

 

[HoustonGold]

Anyone get this in the mail today?

Instead of spending money on this flyer(Junk Mail) he could have used it to purchase more masks for hospitals or even probably could have bought more tools and equipment.

 

[Infoman]

Thanks to everyone for all the information and updates... It's great to have all this in one place... you guys are awesome....

To everyone else here to make this political... Andrus has created an entire MB specifically for that...

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Enjoy.

 

[Brennan77]

Overall, I have been pretty happy with our Governor. However, this needs to be stopped. Is he scared of offending his Catholic base, or doesn’t he have the right to shut these things down?

Catholic dioceses including New Orleans have complied with the no public service guideline. There are no public masses going on, though the priests are still offering mass privately. Some of the churches are locked. Some are occasionally open for private prayer, with signs reminding about social distancing.

FWIW, as it is currently stated, the mandates do not allow for stopping of people going to a church for private prayer. Obviously this story is not that.

 

[Charlie Brizzown]

Got mine yesterday. I thought it was ironic that he doesn't follow his own guidelines.

Did you catch California governor’s press conference a little earlier? One person at the podium at a time. The sign language person was in a PiP window in the corner of the screen and the press was remote phoning in their questions. And the information relayed was useful and given in such a way to calm people. Really professional and shows they are taking it seriously.

 

[DaveXA]

To be fair mortality rate is based on total population. Case fatality rate is the number of deaths versus number of infected. So in this instance he is correct.

True, but I rarely have seen people use that version of mortality rate. Most people when they say mortality rate, they mean as a percentage of cases, not overall population.

When having a discussion it's good to be sure both sides agree on what the discussion pertains to.

 

[bclemms]

In other words , we don’t got this,

The US is asking other countries for everything from hand sanitizer to ventilators to help fight the coronavirus

The Trump administration is appealing to countries around the world to give or sell the US items as basic as hand sanitizer and as complex as respirators to combat the surging coronavirus pandemic.

www.cnn.com

Good. Nobody should be bashing him for this, it's a good thing he is asking for help to overcome shortcomings. If we had done the same with testing we could have avoided most of this.

 

[buzd]

We should not be running out

Drive-thru coronavirus testing sites in New Orleans have shut down early every day since opening

New Orleans area drive-thru testing sites have run out of coronavirus test kits every day since they opened on Sunday, as the number of sick residents seeking diagnoses has outpaced

www.nola.com

The NOLA alert system sends out a text message when the testing sites are at capacity for the day. It usually comes around noon.

 

[DaveXA]

The NOLA alert system sends out a text message when the testing sites are at capacity for the day. It usually comes around noon.

They reach capacity at noon? Usually? Wow.

 

[HoustonGold]

Did you catch California governor’s press conference a little earlier? One person at the podium at a time. The sign language person was in a PiP window in the corner of the screen and the press was remote phoning in their questions. And the information relayed was useful and given in such a way to calm people. Really professional and shows they are taking it seriously.

Louisiana was better

 

[nolaspe]

Not sure if it's been posted but some helpful info re: handling groceries and the packaging they come in...

 

[SharonT]

They reach capacity at noon? Usually? Wow.

These are the FEMA "Pilot" sites that don't require prior clearance. You show up, they check for fever, and then test or not.

 

[kat5s]

Hey Wuhan...hold my beer.