The Covid-19 Info thread (keep politics out please)

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Originally Posted by Matt3467

I've been working in healthcare now for many years and I'm in no way ignorant.

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Look...no one said emptying out bed pans wasn't a noble profession...thank you for your bravery**

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Originally Posted by deadheaddawg

I guess every year Italy's hospitals start going into crises because of the flu?

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Actually that could be the case. This is an interesting article that I think may shed a little light on Italy's current crisis.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...01971219303285

It appears they barely have the seasonal flu under control over there much less a new, more aggressive virus. Keep in mind that this article doesn't reflect the 2018/2019 flu season which hit them very hard and was appearing to peak in January of THIS year...right as Covid-19 began hitting them. They actually recorded almost 500,000 cases of the seasonal flu in one week in January. Again, this article was published before Covid-19 was news.

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Originally Posted by BeardoMSU

Look...no one said emptying out bed pans wasn't a noble profession...thank you for your bravery**

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Classy response to a man on the front lines who doesn?t agree! That?s awesome! Need a thumbs up? Seriously some of you are ridiculous. Getting in a pissing match over something none of y?all have no answers too.

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Originally Posted by Dawgology

Actually that could be the case. This is an interesting article that I think may shed a little light on Italy's current crisis.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...01971219303285

It appears they barely have the seasonal flu under control over there much less a new, more aggressive virus. Keep in mind that this article doesn't reflect the 2018/2019 flu season which hit them very hard and was appearing to peak in January of THIS year...right as Covid-19 began hitting them. They actually recorded almost 500,000 cases of the seasonal flu in one week in January. Again, this article was published before Covid-19 was news.

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Here's an article about the huge number of flu cases in Italy that hit mid-January

https://ilglobo.com/news/italy-repor...-a-week-46676/

End of January, they confirmed 1st cases of coronavirus. It would be interesting to know if in their death cases did some test positive for flu and coronavirus

Looks like Spain is approaching that point where it really started to snowball for Italy. 344 deaths in 24 hours. Their death rate up to 6% now. This is almost exactly where Italy was a week ago.

March 15 - Italy
24747 cases, 1809 deaths, 368 deaths in 24 hours

March 22 - Spain
28572 cases, 1725 deaths, 344 deaths in 24 hours

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Originally Posted by BeardoMSU

Look...no one said emptying out bed pans wasn't a noble profession...thank you for your bravery**

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That?s real classy there.

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Originally Posted by GreenheadDawg

That?s real classy there.

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Jesus. It's a joke.

140 -> 207 cases in MS. First 2 in Oktibbeha.

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Originally Posted by Saltydog

That rate is going to go up in MS, maybe if only temporarily because there's been atleast one death at NMMC in Tupelo that has yet to be reported and from what I gather, there's more.

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They're still saying only 1 death

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Originally Posted by Dawgcap

Classy response to a man on the front lines who doesn?t agree! That?s awesome! Need a thumbs up? Seriously some of you are ridiculous. Getting in a pissing match over something none of y?all have no answers too.

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Speaking as someone who DOES work in healthcare... the guy Beardo responded to definitely doesn't actually do anything healthcare related. He probably works as a janitor/maintenance in a hospital and calls that healthcare. No way he's "on the front lines". (For the record, I'm not either.)

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Originally Posted by Saltydog

That rate is going to go up in MS, maybe if only temporarily because there's been atleast one death at NMMC in Tupelo that has yet to be reported and from what I gather, there's more.

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When did this happen? A co-worker was sent there last week and tested positive for the coronavirus.

According to a poster on sixpack roughly 1300 people have been tested in Miss. and 1100 were negative.

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Originally Posted by gtowndawg

According to a poster on sixpack roughly 1300 people have been tested in Miss. and 1100 were negative.

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MSDH reported this morning that of the 1321 that had been tested 207 were positive. The US Surgeon General reported this morning that 90% of the ones tested nationwide, who thought they had it or had been exposed did not have the virus based upon the test results they had received so far.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Here's an article about the huge number of flu cases in Italy that hit mid-January

https://ilglobo.com/news/italy-repor...-a-week-46676/

End of January, they confirmed 1st cases of coronavirus. It would be interesting to know if in their death cases did some test positive for flu and coronavirus

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Great post. Thanks 7.

Not trying to start a pissing match, but if you are in healthcare and you think this is being overblown by the media then 99% of your colleagues disagree with you. I can guarantee your institution is taking it seriously. You can also call it panic, but the natural result of closing restaurants and telling people to stay home is people flooding the grocery stores. You can argue that shutting everything down won't work, but its hard to argue that it is the wrong decision. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that won't ever feel this is a big deal unless someone close to them is affected. The flu comparison is not applicable, and anyone in healthcare should know that. As long as it continues to ravage and escalate in Italy, we should be doing everything we can to avoid that result. Disclaimer: just my opinion and subject to being wrong.

Grocery store raids were happening from day one. Not when things started shutting down. It was straight panic and hoarding.

By the way, the "evidence over hysteria" post was removed from that website for violation of the rules: https://medium.com/six-four-six-nine...9-1b767def5894

Here's a twitter thread that goes more in depth: https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/sta...22140559503360

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Originally Posted by hacker

By the way, the "evidence over hysteria" post was removed from that website for violation of the rules: https://medium.com/six-four-six-nine...9-1b767def5894

Here's a twitter thread that goes more in depth: https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/sta...22140559503360

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LMFAO. Now that is quality.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETrtCcHU...pg&name=medium

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Originally Posted by hacker

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETrtCcHU...pg&name=medium

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Read it again...

"1% of everyone who is tested"; not all who are tested have it.

"2.3% of all cases died"; this is among only the infected

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Originally Posted by hacker

By the way, the "evidence over hysteria" post was removed from that website for violation of the rules: https://medium.com/six-four-six-nine...9-1b767def5894

Here's a twitter thread that goes more in depth: https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/sta...22140559503360

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Wow. So glad Britt Hume was able to assist that shit going viral.

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Originally Posted by deadheaddawg

You are the kind of person that thinks "common sense" is better than the advice of nearly every medical and scientific expert in the world. You are the kids and of guy the when confronted with things he isn't smart enough to understand, he counters with lame old "trigger" and "bless your heart" because you can't even come up with something original.

And you are the kind of guy that has been trying to mock those with concern saying they are scared. Well honey, they arnt scared. They are just smart enough to follow advice. You clearly arnt.

And people like you are the reason we are behind on the response and social distancing. All because you are too stupid to understand. And as the shit hits the fan a lot of the blame LIE SQUARELY ON THE SHOULDERS OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU

In two weeks don't run around trying to blame things on other people. I hope you are man enough to admit you have been wrong and a dangerous fool. But you won't. You will whine and try to blame others.

Because you are stupid

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This message needs to be on repeat on a loud speaker everywhere.

This seems to be a good article to read. At least Brit Hume, of Fox News, thinks so and others who have retweeted it.

Why I Decided to Run for President by Donald Trump


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Originally Posted by msstate7

Read it again...

"1% of everyone who is tested"; not all who are tested have it.

"2.3% of all cases died"; this is among only the infected

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The circled part says "cases" which implies infected. The headline of that section is purposefully misleading.

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Originally Posted by hacker

The circled part says "cases" which implies infected. The headline of that section is purposefully misleading.

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Yeah, it is

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Originally Posted by hacker

The circled part says "cases" which implies infected. The headline of that section is purposefully misleading.

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One of many reasons the article was taken down.

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Originally Posted by chef dixon

Not trying to start a pissing match, but if you are in healthcare and you think this is being overblown by the media then 99% of your colleagues disagree with you. I can guarantee your institution is taking it seriously. You can also call it panic, but the natural result of closing restaurants and telling people to stay home is people flooding the grocery stores. You can argue that shutting everything down won't work, but its hard to argue that it is the wrong decision. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that won't ever feel this is a big deal unless someone close to them is affected. The flu comparison is not applicable, and anyone in healthcare should know that. As long as it continues to ravage and escalate in Italy, we should be doing everything we can to avoid that result. Disclaimer: just my opinion and subject to being wrong.

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Great post

For those of you who continue to blame The Deep State, the Liberal Press, or China, you sound foolish. Please just stop. Go ahead, call me Snowflake, Nancy etc if it makes you feel better, but reality is quickly setting in and you know it. We screwed up big time. Accept that reality and drive on, and above all else, Trust Science.

ALAS, BABYLON!!
(Only kidding)
Airborne,
Dolphus Raymond

This whole damn board sounds foolish. Nothing new there though.

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Originally Posted by Dolphus Raymond

For those of you who continue to blame The Deep State, the Liberal Press, or China, you sound foolish. Please just stop. Go ahead, call me Snowflake, Nancy etc if it makes you feel better, but reality is quickly setting in and you know it. We screwed up big time. Accept that reality and drive on, and above all else, Trust Science.

ALAS, BABYLON!!
(Only kidding)
Airborne,
Dolphus Raymond

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Well, the great Fauchi was on tv this morning saying our response was great. Said we closed off the travel when we should have etc. This is the same guy everyone has been praising.

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Originally Posted by Dolphus Raymond

For those of you who continue to blame The Deep State, the Liberal Press, or China, you sound foolish. Please just stop. Go ahead, call me Snowflake, Nancy etc if it makes you feel better, but reality is quickly setting in and you know it. We screwed up big time. Accept that reality and drive on, and above all else, Trust Science.

ALAS, BABYLON!!
(Only kidding)
Airborne,
Dolphus Raymond

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I trust God.

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Originally Posted by Dolphus Raymond

For those of you who continue to blame The Deep State, the Liberal Press, or China, you sound foolish. Please just stop. Go ahead, call me Snowflake, Nancy etc if it makes you feel better, but reality is quickly setting in and you know it. We screwed up big time. Accept that reality and drive on, and above all else, Trust Science.

ALAS, BABYLON!!
(Only kidding)
Airborne,
Dolphus Raymond

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So much truth in this. Thanks for saying it

Louisiana gov just issued statewide lockdown. Their situation is pretty bad compared to us, but I still think our lockdown will be coming this week.

Mortality rate based on the worldometers numbers is down to 1% today. Down from 1.5% four days ago. But critical cases are up from 0.5% to 2% in the same timespan

This is about to absolutely cripple New Orleans and the surrounding area. Dealing with hospital shortages in an area that's rich in resources is different than dealing with a healthcare crisis in the middle of a poverty riddled region where people don't have access to essential daily supplies. Lawlessness could quickly ensue throughout the region, which will exacerbate the problem 1,000 fold.

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Originally Posted by KOdawg1

I trust God.

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I'm with you. We need to pray.

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Originally Posted by msudawg1200

I'm with you. We need to pray.

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Pray all you want...but still listen to medical experts, please.


Apropos, I just saw where the Michigan Gov exempted churches from the 50+ person ban...what a terrible terrible idea...

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Originally Posted by BeardoMSU

Pray all you want...but still listen to medical experts, please.


Apropos, I just saw where the Michigan Gov exempted churches from the 50+ person ban...what a terrible terrible idea...

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I listen to God. He is the expert.

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Originally Posted by hacker

Louisiana gov just issued statewide lockdown. Their situation is pretty bad compared to us, but I still think our lockdown will be coming this week.

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If you read the lockdown people can still do things like walk outside and go to the park to exercise.

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Originally Posted by msudawg1200

I listen to God. He is the expert.

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God says listen to the doctors he guided in his divine wisdom to be the experts to deal with this crisis.