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Expect a Million Deaths

calamity said:
Bad death day with over 1000 in the books already. But, the case number appears to be trending lower than it has over the past few days at 13,740.
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I go by death numbers rather than case numbers because who knows what kind of testing is being done? It could be simply due to hospitals running out of the test kits they've been given, by using them all up.
 
I just checked the numbers, and unfortunately the death count has already exceeded its highest level yet, so my hopes of a leveling off have been dashed. I have noted, however, that the rate has slowed by about 12-16 hours. At midday GMT, the new cases rate and death rate are diverging (which is expected). That may be an indication of at least a lull in a week or so.
 
NWRatCon said:
I just checked the numbers, and unfortunately the death count has already exceeded its highest level yet, so my hopes of a leveling off have been dashed. I have noted, however, that the rate has slowed by about 12-16 hours. At midday GMT, the new cases rate and death rate are diverging (which is expected). That may be an indication of at least a lull in a week or so.
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We predicted 10,000 deaths per day would be the approximate apex.
 
calamity said:
We predicted 10,000 deaths per day would be the approximate apex.
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We're still working that way. Even low end estimate of 200K dead would be awfully hard to avoid.
 
calamity said:
Yes, a million deaths were inevitable if we had continued to rely on Trump. That much is obvious. Hell, the guy's current solution is to push a quack cure.
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There was no IF in your OP. According to your link it was an inevitable conclusion. Now that its blown up in your face, rather than admit you got over your skies, you're attempting to revise what your original position was. You were wrong and so were the experts you threw in with. This isn't about Trump. Its about the people who blew it. They were wrong and if you had a shred of integrity you would admit that.
Stop blaming Trump and own your ****.

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trouble13 said:
There was no IF in your OP. According to your link it was an inevitable conclusion. Now that its blown up in your face, rather than admit you got over your skies, you're attempting to revise what your original position was. You were wrong and so were the experts you threw in with. This isn't about Trump. Its about the people who blew it. They were wrong and if you had a shred of integrity you would admit that.
Stop blaming Trump and own your ****.

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Bull****. Slavitt clearly illustrated the positive effect of active measures, which many of our governors have done quite well.

Meanwhile Trump pushes quack remedies.
 
trouble13 said:
Are you disputing how many the experts are predicting? A month ago when it was 1.7 million it was considered gospel but now that its 83k its "lets wait and see"???

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Nope. I'm expecting everyone to reopen society way before it's actually okay to do so, and start the whole thing over again.

Because people are dumb, and won't learn.
 
Hamish Howl said:
Nope. I'm expecting everyone to reopen society way before it's actually okay to do so, and start the whole thing over again.

Because people are dumb, and won't learn.
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Especially Trumpers
 
Hamish Howl said:
Well, yes. If I disagreed with you, I'd BE a trumper and that flat-out is never going to happen.
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Lessons learned seems to escape them for some reason.
 
calamity said:
Bull****. Slavitt clearly illustrated the positive effect of active measures, which many of our governors have done quite well.

Meanwhile Trump pushes quack remedies.
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You're lying.

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GreatNews2night said:
Certainly lowering the estimate of the need for ventilators is good news. The one factor that might make the deaths spiral out of control is if our health care system gets overwhelmed and we run short of ventilators.

Good that the total dropped to 80K. I just hope they are taking into account that other hotspots may heat up soon and push up the numbers again.
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Sandy Shanks said:
Are the elderly in nursing homes and hospitals, the poor and the homeless, who were already sick before becoming infected by Covid-19, dying of lung disease, pneumonia, heart disease, diabetes, influenza, etc. or are they dying because of Covid-19?

The evidence points to the former.
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Sandy Shanks said:
Take away New York City, Detroit, and New Orleans and the media wouldn't have much to talk about.
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USA Today reports, "Black Americans are overwhelmingly dying of coronavirus at much higher rates compared to other Americans in some major cities, but most federal officials and states are not keeping track or releasing racial data [or age data] on coronavirus victims, raising concerns about care for the nation's most vulnerable populations.

With coronavirus cases and related deaths soaring in cities with significant black populations, including New Orleans, Detroit and New York, civil rights groups, Democratic lawmakers and the White House have all called on federal health officials to release racial data to ensure resources and information are reaching every community affected by the outbreak." Who is dying from coronavirus? More black people die in major cities

In fact, Trump's government isn't releasing any data of any kind on the victims of the coronavirus.
 

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trouble13 said:
Latest death fatality rate is now at 60k
COVID-19

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Based on what--Trump's optimistic projections?

We'll be at 10,000 deaths per day within two weeks.

Oh wait, there is a miracle drug. Dr Oz said so. :roll:
 
calamity said:
Based on what--Trump's optimistic projections?

We'll be at 10,000 deaths per day within two weeks.

Oh wait, there is a miracle drug. Dr Oz said so. :roll:
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Based on the opinions of experts. You were taking them as gospel in beging of this thread, why the skepticism now?

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Aberration said:
The deaths will continue to rise even as the peak falls off. [emoji849]
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We haven't peaked. We hit 2000 deaths again yesterday. We'll probably hit 5000 by next week.

Watch Florida. It's gonna be the new NY.
 
Weird day for numbers today.

United States Coronavirus: 560,055 Cases and 22,090 Deaths - Worldometer

Massachusetts spiked with over 2600 new cases, pushing it ahead of Michigan, but MI still has twice as many deaths. I did not expect that. Cali picked up 1000 new cases, keeping it in the top 5, as well. I expected PA to overtake them today. Didn't happen.

Illinois, Louisiana and FL are still running neck and neck on total case count, with the first two states running near or over 800 deaths. FL seems to be lagging in that category, but the Miami Harold is alleging shenanigans in the body counting methods used in their state. I suspect they are right.

Ohio's numbers remain low, and I hope they stay that way.
 
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