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hutch

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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2085 on: January 11, 2021, 10:08:03 am »
So the United States has 22% of the world’s diagnosed covid cases and 20% of the world’s confirmed deaths from covid

I don’t know that we really can say our health care system is doing a bang up job

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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2086 on: January 11, 2021, 11:23:33 am »


I don’t know that we really can say our health care system is doing a bang up job

Who said that?

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« Reply #2087 on: January 11, 2021, 12:40:45 pm »
I think that's more of an indictment of a federal government that fails to lead and a general population that won't give up their "Freedoms".


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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2088 on: January 11, 2021, 01:23:14 pm »
I think that's more of an indictment of a federal government that fails to lead and a general population that won't give up their "Freedoms".



Agreed.

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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2089 on: January 11, 2021, 01:26:09 pm »




This is not about whether government encourages mask use.. it’s about what happens once people are sick


Once people get covid how are we doing in America compared to the rest of the world?

Anyone know?

« Last Edit: January 11, 2021, 01:29:04 pm by Just give it to me »

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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2090 on: January 11, 2021, 01:33:28 pm »
Back of the envelope rough calculation

US death rate about 1.66%
Israel death rate 0.75%
Argentina death rate 2.5%
Mexico death rate 9%
Germany 2%
Canada 2.5%


So maybe our health care system is doing a good job particularly given the strain


Mexico probably has done the worst job.. case count accuracy probably varies greatly with countries that don’t test a lot probably looking worse..
« Last Edit: January 11, 2021, 01:41:18 pm by Just give it to me »


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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2092 on: January 11, 2021, 08:39:22 pm »
Anne Arundel now has the worst rate of coronavirus spread among the 8 most populous Maryland counties

Not surprising considering its concentration of insurrectionist types.
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« Reply #2093 on: January 12, 2021, 01:22:41 pm »
84 deaths reported today in Virginia



Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2094 on: January 12, 2021, 01:59:50 pm »
I hope this vaccine doesn't become an annual thing

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine expected to provide immunity for at least 1 year
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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2095 on: January 12, 2021, 02:38:56 pm »
I hope this vaccine doesn't become an annual thing

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine expected to provide immunity for at least 1 year


All signs point to this being an annual thing. Also, the current slate of vaccines may only be 60% effective against the new South African variant. Expect more mutations that may or may not be controlled by the vaccine. We'll always be playing catch-up developing vaccines to deal with new strains, and it will become a guessing game as to what mix of vaccines should go in the shot.

This is exactly what is happening with the flu shot. COVID-19 is the new influenza.

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« Reply #2096 on: January 12, 2021, 02:44:47 pm »
I hope this vaccine doesn't become an annual thing

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine expected to provide immunity for at least 1 year


All signs point to this being an annual thing. Also, the current slate of vaccines may only be 60% effective against the new South African variant. Expect more mutations that may or may not be controlled by the vaccine. We'll always be playing catch-up developing vaccines to deal with new strains, and it will become a guessing game as to what mix of vaccines should go in the shot.

This is exactly what is happening with the flu shot. COVID-19 is the new influenza.

Is it time to let only the strong survive? At this rate, life will never be back to normal with multiple strains, mutations, refusal to get the vaccine, etc... Le sigh.

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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2097 on: January 13, 2021, 04:41:28 pm »
I have a strong compulsion to buy an XBox all of a sudden.
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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2098 on: January 13, 2021, 04:56:38 pm »
Back of the envelope rough calculation

US death rate about 1.66%
Israel death rate 0.75%
Argentina death rate 2.5%
Mexico death rate 9%
Germany 2%
Canada 2.5%


So maybe our health care system is doing a good job particularly given the strain


Mexico probably has done the worst job.. case count accuracy probably varies greatly with countries that don’t test a lot probably looking worse..

There are other contributing factors (age, pre-existing conditions, etc). Numbers alone don’t tell the story.

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Re: COVID-19 2020
« Reply #2099 on: January 13, 2021, 05:03:55 pm »
I have a strong compulsion to buy an XBox all of a sudden.

My offspring received a switch over the holidays and I've been enjoying it as well.