https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/202...ing-for-US-to-control-pandemic/9901593363214/
The situation in the US is very scary.
Who will fill the leadership vacuum?
please, no white power tweets
The pandemic is as controlled as it will get. We are testing way more than any other country (50% more than next closest in tests per day)- so of course the case count is rising. But hospitalizations are way down as is the 7 day rolling death average. The vast majority of current "cases" are asymptomatic and people that are getting tested more than once after a positive test.
Even in Florida- they have 7k people hospitalized around the state- the news headlines make it seem as if the world is ending for anyone that lives in Florida. What they don't say is that they have over 70k beds statewide- and that the census is normal at most hospitals. We know exactly who is at risk of dying from Covid- those over age 65 with comorbidities. The risk of death increases significantly as you get older than 65. In NY state- which has the highest death rate (per million people) in the entire world- 33% of those that died were over the age of 90! Death from all causes when compared to previous years is virtually the same- for the most part the people that are dying are sick to begin with.
Another interesting FACT...check the CDC website regarding Covid testing. It clearly states that a positive test might not even be covid and that it could be a common cold. Factor that into the rising "cases". Another FACT...when compared to other nations that are actually testing the USA has one of the lowest death rates per million- you have to adjust the death rate for the population size. The media refuses to do this and instead just focuses on the number of deaths.
So much bullshit and misinformation in one post. Please don't spread information that you've heard on social media without checking the facts first (even if it makes you feel better or goes along with what you want to believe is true).
Would love to see you link to the CDC website where it says a common cold can cause a positive COVID-19 test. I'm sure we'll be waiting, because it doesn't say that. And as for your claim that the US has one of the lowest death when adjusted for population, I'm going to link to Johns Hopkins for you: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
click on "deaths per 100,000" and see how high the US falls. Second only to the UK in countries currently most affected by COVID.
So much bullshit and misinformation in one post. Please don't spread information that you've heard on social media without checking the facts first (even if it makes you feel better or goes along with what you want to believe is true).
Would love to see you link to the CDC website where it says a common cold can cause a positive COVID-19 test. I'm sure we'll be waiting, because it doesn't say that. And as for your claim that the US has one of the lowest death when adjusted for population, I'm going to link to Johns Hopkins for you: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
click on "deaths per 100,000" and see how high the US falls. Second only to the UK in countries currently most affected by COVID.
I work in Florida. The situation is not good in the S. Florida area in terms of ICU beds available:
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/13/8905...lms-intensive-care-units-at-florida-hospitals
Its not as bad as NYC in April but if things don't improve, it will get there.
Again not really. Per the CDC...75% hospital bed occupancy statewide with 14.6% of those patients with a diagnosis of Covid (or suspected). Your ICU beds are at 69.7% capacity. Pretty typical census.
https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/covid19/report-patient-impact.html
Florida is a big state. I'm talking S Florida area. Yes, you can convert regular hospital beds to ICU units and create temporary units but the bottom line is that things are not under control in S. Florida. We have got to get this under better control in Miami-Dade and Brower counties.
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/07/16/hospital-icu-beds-shortage-south-florida-coronavirus/
My wife is an ER Dr. in Brower County- its fine. Don't believe the media hype she is really over this. If you are over 65 take precautions like it is an exceptionally bad flu year.
Calling total bullshit on this. Your wife is not an ER doctor in Brower county, Florida...because it's Broward county, not Brower you idiot. Which means you don't even live anywhere near there or you would know the correct county name. You're just a bullshitting Trump-following idiot who doesn't listen to science for whatever reason.
