by carterklein13 on 6/26/2020, 10:03:46 PM
by tibbydudeza on 6/26/2020, 10:30:45 PM
Wear a mask and do social distancing ... jeepers it is not difficult.
by krapp on 6/26/2020, 9:44:25 PM
Give us liberty, and give us death!
by nine_zeros on 6/26/2020, 9:28:37 PM
This explains it: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1276172320965636099/...
Jokes aside, I'm afraid this is truly the administration and leadership that will take down the US for good. We somehow made it through Bush Jr and Clinton but by golly, this administration cannot do anything constructive.
by fallingfrog on 6/27/2020, 1:22:30 PM
I really don’t understand why we’re not doing full contract tracing right now, especially in for example my state where there are only 50 new cases a day. Are we really going to wait till it’s 5000 to do something? It’s like there’s just literally nobody in a position of power with any initiative whatsoever.
by thearchitect1 on 6/27/2020, 12:47:05 AM
Jeez the protests really took their toll
by redis_mlc on 6/26/2020, 8:48:23 PM
Still flat in Calif., same for months.
by salmon30salmon on 6/26/2020, 11:44:34 PM
We. Shut. Down. Too. Early. In. Most. Places.
For the love of God. Texas didn't have an outbreak when they shutdown! Nor did Oregon, or California. That is the difference. All of Europe shut down _after the virus had already grown exponentially_ in most places. We shut down Oregon when there were fewer than 100 cases. After three months of being shut down in Oregon the curve had nowhere to go but up!
What in the hell did people expect? We shut down before there is spread, wait three months and then reopen. How is that a plan? Did anyone really expect that places where shutdowns were early and strong would somehow come out unscathed?
It has been true since day 1. You either need to shut down HARD until there is a vaccine (not possible, not sustainable, more deaths caused by this) or you deal with the surge of cases and do your best to protect the elderly/vulnerable.
What you don't do is panic, shut down too early, burn through all your money and political capital, reopen and then be all "golly gee there are cases now!". If we had waited until there was growth in cases, we could shutdown and actually flatten the curve enough to handle the shock to the system.
It is so. damn. frustrating. that this isn't more obvious to people. What materially changed between today and March 1?
Lockdowns where a bad idea from there start as there is no way to continue them until there is a vaccine.
I am very curious to see if NY and the other early hot spots avoid a resurgence like Europe has. That is what I am most interested now. If they do, perhaps the folks who are talking about cross-reactive immunity are on to something.
by fallingfrog on 6/27/2020, 1:42:28 AM
47341 new cases yesterday. Skyrocketing fast. But you know, gotta reopen everything to keep the stock market happy.
by vondur on 6/26/2020, 9:01:15 PM
They don’t mention hospitalization or deaths. Those are the two to keep track of. I’m guessing far more people are getting tested than previously, hence the larger numbers.
by ngcc_hk on 6/26/2020, 11:22:22 PM
Need both raw and averages. But not ease for reporter. Stat telling “lies” and the truth at the same time. And said you have to dig in. Like % of test positive per test, death and hospitalised vs recovery. The fundamental is you want to use a number to say it all, but one number cannot tell the truth in many situation. One might not work, even simple like average vs median and mode. And a random bell shaped curve need two parameters.
Multiple angles are hard.
I have to say, living in NYC I'm pretty thankful for the quarantine requirement from anyone coming in from outside the tri-state area. I like to at least think we're on the downswing, although who really knows.
It's not like anyone will listen anyway, but it's a nice thought...