Kolek planning to go pro
They can currently test 4,000/day, and are working on increasing capacity further.
I'd like to point out that we just passed the total number of deaths from Ebola without signs of slowing.Ebola was 11,323 total. At the time of this posting, the John's Hopkins tracker hasn't recorded the ones that have passed it, but it should be there shortly.
I'm not sure these comparisons mean much.
Italy making progress..... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-data-logarithm-chart.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes
NYC not making progress: https://apple.news/Ada0L5ntyQ92sk-wA8gVELgJavits Center or MSG turning into coronavirus hospitals?
We just started locking down. I pray this will impact things in 1-2 weeks.
Here’s a blind taste test. Leader A: “I don’t take responsibility at all.”Leader B: “I accept full responsibility”. Which one would you choose? We have a severe, severe leadership crisis, people. People are dying every day because of the inaction, lying, and utter incompetence, and still people are afraid to speak out. Trump declares “We are not your shipping clerk” while hospitals beg citizens to see masks to give to hospitals so they can stop re-using themIf this gets me banned - so be it. PEOPLE ARE DYING!! Speak the f** k up!
Oh jock you are such a self righteous martyr. Getting away with your usual, but I didn’t even say...you are lucky to be on the home team. Or you would be gone faster than you could say chicos
Elon Musk claims he'll be distributing 250K masks and 1K ventilators. Hope this is real. Musk has a history of overly optimistic timelines, but good to see private citizens stepping in to fill the void.https://cleantechnica.com/2020/03/21/elon-musk-should-have-1000-ventilators-next-week-250k-n95-masks-for-hospitals-tomorrow-cleantechnica-exclusive/
GE Healthcare plant in Madison has gone to 24x7 operation to make ventilators and we're putting people in to support and resolve operational breakdowns in real time, all while people have minimal PPE available. May go unnoticed but this is where people in this country shine
FWIW...I don't view Jockey's comment as primarily political, but rather a statement about the seriously flawed personality of the person at the top.Why? I disagreed with many of the policy positions of guys like Cruz or Jeb or Rubio...but I truly believe that if they had been elected, they would be doing the right thing today - assuming responsibility for the current crisis (regardless of "fault"), saying things to calm the country instead of to preserve his feeling of being "right," and generally acting with honesty and humility. Cruz or Jeb or Rubio would be honest with us, consistent in their messaging, relying on the experts, and trying to calm the public. And while I also didn't agree with many of Hillary's or Bernie's policy positions, I believe they would be doing the same as Cruz or Jeb or Rubio. The same that Bush did in the immediate shadow 9/11. So no, I don't view it as political because this historic crisis transcends party lines. I view it as a statement about the fundamentally flawed personality of the person who happens to be at the top.Just my 0.02.
I see tons of social media posts thanking our nurses and doctors, for working with people, while everyone stays home. We do not see the same "thank you" posts for our grocery clerks, delivery drivers, shipping teams, manufacturers, and sanitation workers, many of them making minimum wage, that are also having to work in close contact with people putting them at risk. I tremendously appreciate the work the nurses and doctors are doing for us. They are at high risk, but at the same time, they signed up to do things exactly like this and at least in the case of doctors, are well compensated for it. The grocery clerk did not sign up for this, they are certainly not well compensated, so lets remember to shower some thanks on the unsung heroes keeping our nation afloat.
How can you not separate politics and President Trump? If there is a failure of leadership, then all our leaders are failing. The Governor of California just closed all non-essential work in the state. Who determines what is essential and what is not? There can be a lot of unintended consequences with such a directive, but what alternative is there. This is not the time to fault our leaders regardless of our opinions of them. This is a serious crisis that not only affects our health but our livelihood as well. We should refrain from second guessing every decision they make. Lets hope we can all work together rather than pointing fingers at each other.