Dark Man Cometh???

[CptTrips]

Interesting:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

You beat me to it. 

Not quite as promising as I thought from the headline, but every little bit helps.

This is going to be a battle of throwing the kitchen sink at this thing.  From draconian quarantines to a cocktail of various pharma to hold this monster at bay until the vaccine cavalry arrives.

[Firetech]

Twitter is your news source? 

It's one of several.. wait, it isn't one of yours? 


 

[Arlo]

It's one of several.. wait, it isn't one of yours? 

As long as its not Gab.

[FLS]

It's one of several.. wait, it isn't one of yours? 

Twitter is a circle jerk snark fest, it's for laughs.

There are exceptions like government agencies and companies posting actual news but I was referring to the examples you posted.

[icepac]

Some phone answerers for our local hospitals are sending suspected coronavirus cases to small storefront urgent care clinics who have been operating at 100% capacity even before coronavirus arrived.

[FLS]

That's why social distancing at this stage is very important. Flatten the curve to reduce the burden on healthcare.

[Easyscor]

Some phone answerers for our local hospitals are sending suspected coronavirus cases to small storefront urgent care clinics who have been operating at 100% capacity even before coronavirus arrived.

Yikes, usually those doc-in-the-box places have half hour to an hour's wait time unless you show up bleeding.

[CptTrips]

That's why social distancing at this stage is very important. Flatten the curve to reduce the burden on healthcare.

Do what you can, but really we should have started 3 weeks ago, when everyone was rolling their eyes calling this a media hoax.   I think the pain is already baked into the cake at this point. I believe we already have a mass of infected that will be showing up to hospitals in the next 3 weeks.  There is no way to un-infect them before that.


"As of Tuesday night, there are now 6,362 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States (a 36.5 percent increase over yesterday) and 108 deaths (a 27 percent increase over yesterday)."  - (The Morning Dispatch newsletter)

Starting to look exponential to me. 
Do the math.

[Arlo]

Do what you can, but really we should have started 3 weeks ago, when everyone was rolling their eyes calling this a media hoax.   I think the pain is already baked into the cake at this point. I believe we already have a mass of infected that will be showing up to hospitals in the next 3 weeks.  There is no way to un-infect them before that.


"As of Tuesday night, there are now 6,362 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States (a 36.5 percent increase over yesterday) and 108 deaths (a 27 percent increase over yesterday)."  - (The Morning Dispatch newsletter)

Starting to look exponential to me. 
Do the math.

How dare you want this! (I know neither you nor anyone here want this. It's a case of realism and pragmatism.)

[CptTrips]

How dare you want this! (I know neither you nor anyone here want this. It's a case of realism and pragmatism.)

You know, if you are in the forest and see a hungry bear running toward you, all you have to do is turn your back and close your eyes and refuse to look at the bear, then that means he can't eat you.

It's magical. Try it!

[Arlo]

You know, if you are in the forest and see a hungry bear running toward you, all you have to do is turn your back and close your eyes and refuse to look at the bear, then that means he can't eat you.

It's magical. Try it!

I read that in Bill Murray's voice. It works. 

[Firetech]

I read that in Bill Murray's voice. It works. 

I did the same thing 

[FLS]

Do what you can, but really we should have started 3 weeks ago, when everyone was rolling their eyes calling this a media hoax.  ...

Everyone said that? Really?

That's helpful. 

I think the problem is going to be the lack of compliance, regardless of the start date.

[CptTrips]

Everyone said that? Really?

That's helpful. 

Well maybe not everybody.

The common cold is a corona virus. I wouldn't worry.

Remember swine fly, SARS, and MERS?

I hope you washed before typing or we'll all have it.

The vaccine is a cold Corona.

[Brooke]

What did the Doctor say. Did he/she order the test?

Got another piece of info here in Washington State.

A friend of a friend, showing strong symptoms, went in for treatment and was sent home with no test being done.

So, out of the three people I know of who asked for testing (two with strong symptoms, one with mild), none got tested.

# of infections in the US is, I suspect, nearly entirely useless.

# of deaths is probably accurate, though.  People hospitalized without the ability to breath probably are tested.