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Could it have been a false positive with those 5?
Honest question: did you know what he meant? Because I'm amazed at the number of people who hear him say things -- admittedly often very inarticulately -- and then latch onto the worst possible interpretation. But I've become resigned to it.
Of course I know what he meant. He meant if we didn’t do any testing there would be no reported cases that he considered positive, even though he might have had tens of thousands of deaths. It’s all about the optics with him.Do you think I got it wrong? Can you think of any positive way to interpret what he said?
Extremely unlikely that those sailors tested positive a second time as a result of a second infectious instance. Much more likely to be two false negatives or one false positive. They are likely still shedding detectable viral load but not at a threshold that is infectious
Yes, I do think you got it wrong. Strongly. And I already explained what I think he was very clearly saying.
Wow - I thought you were joking...both with your interpretation, and with the comment that it would be "good" if interpreted that way.Every epidemiologist on earth agrees that knowing the prevalence of a disease is an absolutely critical metric in combating the disease. Not knowing that would leave us even more blind than we are. We have to test to have any real chance of moving forward.And putting the good/bad part aside...clear communication is a critical and fundamental skill for anyone in a high-level leadership position. If you can't clearly and consistently get your message across in a way everyone can understand, you are destined to be a failed leader because people will spend more time debating what the hell you meant than about the actual policy ramifications of your position.
Oh, for the good old days when Fox News would explode because President Obama wore a tan suit.
I've been thinking about this for weeks. Wondering when they would run a segment, bigger scandal Obama's tan suit or Trump's Coronavirus response and then go into why the suit was unAmerican or something.
Nowhere in Trump's quote did he suggest that we should stop or reduce testing. That's kind of the gist of my annoyance. People are interpreting that comment to mean that he was suggesting we limit testing. I do not believe that is a fair interpretation of his comment. In fact, I think that his focus these days is actually to test as much as possible because, frankly, he seems strangely obsessed with being the world's leader in testing. Also, I agree and have said repeatedly that he is not communicating clearly or leading effectively. I've never once denied that. It's a problem. But, nothing is gained by misrepresenting and distorting what he does say.
Also, I agree and have said repeatedly that he is not communicating clearly or leading effectively. I've never once denied that. It's a problem. But, nothing is gained by misrepresenting and distorting what he does say.
Just curious: do you agree with my earlier comment that good communication skills are critical to being a good leader?
Infectious disease researcher talking about how some who recover from COVID-19 end up experiencing debilitating symptoms weeks, or even months, later: “I’ve studied 100 diseases. Covid is the strangest one I have seen in my medical career."https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article242781491.html?Several months and over 4 million reported cases into the global coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 is still finding new ways to mystify researchers.The latest puzzle: Why are some coronavirus patients suffering symptoms of the disease months after diagnosis?
Yep. This is an awfully strange one. If you just look at the basics of the illness, this looks just like a particularly virulent strain of the flu. But things like the Kawasaki-like illness in young kids, strokes in people around 40 years old, or the months-long course in some otherwise healthy individuals, it appears there is something quite unique about this one that docs still don’t have a handle on.Hopefully they can figure it out soon.
I think it is fairly simple actually. The virus attacks the body through the ACE2 receptor. That is part of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System that quite literally regulates everything from blood pressure to inflammation. It also regulates things like stem cell differentiation, sperm production/quality, and metabolism, and many others (including some we don't even know).The ACE2 receptor also plays a particularly strong role in some metabolic (think obesity), and the inflammation response. For the most part this is centered in the lungs, where the network is known to play a role in ARDS. But there is also a lot of this receptor free-floating in our blood stream, where there are lessor understood roles in global inflammation and metabolism. The result, is that as our body fights this, and as the virus fights us, the whole RAAS system goes haywire. The end result is things like:Disruptions in clotting pathways Altered inflammatory responsesAcute Respiratory Distress Altered renal functionAltered heart functionAnd, because the this network is regulated differently in men, women, and children, you are going to see these aspects vary depending on sex, and age. The problem, is we do not have a great clinical way to predict who will experience what outcomes, so it appears strange. That is most likely because we have no clinical way to identify where the infection first gained hold, lungs, eyes, bloodstream. And we don't have the resources to test for genetic variation in the pathway. Essentially in each person the war (immune system vs. infection) may be fought on different battlefields as this receptor is so widely dispersed in our bodies. The doctors (allies of the immune system), don't know where to show up to fight.
Well since victory has been declared in Wisconsin, I guess news like this doesn’t matter anymore, especially since the Wisconsin thread has been locked and nothing covid related will ever happen there again. I guess you guys can just check out of this forum from now on.Record number of COVID-19 cases reported Saturday in Wisconsin, with 502 infectionshttps://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2020/05/16/wisconsin-coronavirus-record-number-new-cases-reported-dhs/5205710002/
Has nothing to do with the FACT that testing has doubled over the past couple weeks. Need to look at the percentage of positive