Oso planning to go pro
Hospitalizations and deaths Nationally seem pretty stable. Obviously not great that they haven’t decreased measurably, but at least they are not spiking. Which is a more compelling metric to me than cases, given the increasing levels of testing.This isn’t to say all is well and NBD, just keeping things in some sort of positive perspective
Hospitalizations and deaths Nationally seem pretty stable. Obviously not great that they haven’t decreased measurably, but at least they are not spiking. Which is a more compelling metric to me than cases, given the increasing levels of testing.
Numerous states are seeing increases in hospitalizations. Some models are forecasting much bigger increases. Metrics are not good.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/06/24/pence-coronavirus-spike-senate/Here is the article. Cornyn is the speaker and pence is ‘he’ “But he wanted to assure us that they’re continuing to work with the states like mine and others that are seeing some spikes, but that the mix of people is a little different. It’s younger people who are getting the virus, people who are getting tested but may be not actually experiencing any symptoms. So it’s hard to pick one number and say that represents a complete picture.”
Wear a mask.@jduchneskie: Over the last 2 weeks, cases have risen by 84% in states that don't require wearing masks in public. In states where mask wearing is mandatory, cases have fallen by 25%. https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/covid-19-coronavirus-face-masks-infection-rates-20200624.html https://twitter.com/jduchneskie/status/1275789513210703878/photo/1
An analysis of potential hot spots beyond Az, FL & TX. https://mobile.twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1275988101047955456
Those are pretty sobering numbers...especially since we know they aren't as bad as FL, TX and AZ. Cases up over 100% in 4 of the 5 states, and for those who say they don't pay much attention to the number of new cases but focus on hospitalizations, the two-week increases in hospitalizations:GA: +38%MS: +8%OK: +41%NV: +22%SC: +62%Thanks to politicians who don't follow the science and citizens who listen to them, this is going to get a LOT worse before it gets better....
Good thread below digging into hospital census “issue” down in Texas. On the surface it seems real bad but when you dig in 80-90% of folks hospitalized right now are non-Covid.Even here in Wisconsin where we are doing a great job it seems in protecting the most vulnerable hospitals are back to be jam packed with non-Covid patients. Hospitals are always operating at near 100% census so seems a bit intellectually dishonest not to give proper context to the type of patients being seen in these hot spots.https://mobile.twitter.com/aginnt/status/1275868742287634435
People didn't like the new normal where we wear an icky mask when in public so instead we trade masks for deaths. Good call, America.https://twitter.com/SykesCharlie/status/1275937026097983491