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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

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OHSportsFan said:
Yeah, this also seems like it should maybe, probably be big news!

Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,’ WHO says
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asy...-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html

Then we also have this, so in conclusion, who knows?

Texas reports a record number of hospitalized coronavirus patients after state reopened early
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/tex...irus-patients-after-state-reopened-early.html
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Just kidding. Get your stuff together, WHO. It’ll be 80% by noon at this rate.

 
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OHSportsFan said:
Just kidding. Get your stuff together, WHO. It’ll be 80% by noon at this rate.

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When Andy Slavitt is criticizing your comms strategy... You need to get your lives together.

Anyway, yeah, this WHO release was questionable when they put it out if for no other reason than it blurs presymptomatic and asymptomatic in a way that's not helpful. (Also mild symptom people). Not only do they probably not have very good info from the contact tracing... But there are different categories of "not actively sick"
 
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Taosman said:
It will be interesting to follow how Texas reacts to the state seeing a record number of cases after reopening.
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The amount of cases has indeed risen somewhat since gong into Phase 2 on May 18th (which was to be expected). However, looking at the data, the daily cases rate remined about the same for the first 10 days or so after going into Phase 2, then rose a bit for about a week, and then leveled back off. The 7-day moving average on May 18th was 1,262, and as of yesterday (Jun 9) it was 1,575 (an increase of only about 25%). Also, the death rate had continued its decline until May 28 (10 days after Phase 2), and has essentially leveled off and remained there.
 
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Taosman said:
140,496COVID-19 deaths
projected by August 4, 2020
https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

And obviously this is just after 6 months.
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Well, considering that there are already 115,000 deaths after only three months, an increase of only 25,500 deaths in two months (12,750 a month) instead of nearly 40,000 per month should be seen as pretty encouraging...well, except for fear-mongers. By the way, that projection is based on the current daily death rate of about 800 per day (7-day moving average), which has been dropping considerably and steadily for the last month and a half.

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MililaniBuckeye said:
So, which is it, NPR?

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I think one fundamental difference that I can think of is one gathering is outside, comprised mostly of young people with a high percentage of mask wearing, and it's still too soon to determine what kind of spike resulted from the protests. The other is going to be held inside, comprised mostly of old people with little or no mask wearing.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Ah yes....both events of equal importance. A+ comparison.
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Gawd Damn. Just when I think you cannot be more moronic, you go and outdo your self. "Importance" in your eyes has zero to do with two events comprised of large people in public gatherings in during a pandemic. NPR says one is OK (because they agree with the public unrest) and the other is not (because they despise Trump). It's abundantly clear that the two tweets, only 14 minutes apart, and completely biased.

ORD_Buckeye said:
I think one fundamental difference that I can think of is one gathering is outside, comprised mostly of young people with a high percentage of mask wearing, and it's still too soon to determine what kind of spike resulted from the protests. The other is going to be held inside, comprised mostly of old people with little or no mask wearing.
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:lol: You're giving BN27 a run for his money.

Even if your claim that a "high percentage" of people at protests will wear masks, the cumulative number of those not wearing one will likely outnumber those attending a Trump rally. By the way, The Trump campaign is exploring holding those rallies outside, and providing "MAGA masks" for rallies inside (per NPR themselves). Also, in their full article on Trump resuming rallies, they specifically made a point of how dangerous COVID is: "despite the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which continues to wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of households across the country", while in the article on the WHO saying protests are important even in a pandemic, amazingly there was no mention of how dangerous COVID is was mentioned anywhere in the article--only that protests could lead to an increase in the amount of cases.
 
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I doubt if 70 CoVid testing sites get destroyed by the Trump rallies. Black activists we are worried about the government response to Coronavirus in our communities...then destroy 70 testing sites in the name of what ? Black lives don’t matter unless a white is involved.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Gawd Damn. Just when I think you cannot be more moronic, you go and outdo your self. "Importance" in your eyes has zero to do with two events comprised of large people in public gatherings in during a pandemic. NPR says one is OK (because they agree with the public unrest) and the other is not (because they despise Trump). It's abundantly clear that the two tweets, only 14 minutes apart, and completely biased.


:lol: You're giving BN27 a run for his money.

Even if your claim that a "high percentage" of people at protests will wear masks, the cumulative number of those not wearing one will likely outnumber those attending a Trump rally. By the way, The Trump campaign is exploring holding those rallies outside, and providing "MAGA masks" for rallies inside (per NPR themselves). Also, in their full article on Trump resuming rallies, they specifically made a point of how dangerous COVID is: "despite the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which continues to wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of households across the country", while in the article on the WHO saying protests are important even in a pandemic, amazingly there was no mention of how dangerous COVID is was mentioned anywhere in the article--only that protests could lead to an increase in the amount of cases.
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Good thing nobody uses you as an actual scale for who's smart and who isn't. They literally used the word important, you burnt out lightbulb.
 
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