Covid-19 Stats: hospitalizations and deaths are reliable.

AnnieA

AnnieA

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That's all I look at and thankfully, at least for now, my state is dropping rapidly in both those indicators to the point I'm about to loosen up a little on restrictions. I don't look at cases because of ever increasing testing availability. I'll still wear a mask in crowded stores but may start eating out at places that have outside tables. May dispense with the mask with a few friends and family who haven't been strictly isolating.

I use this site from the University of Washington.
 

Numbers were holding in Texas for quite a while, and I guess people around here were feeling like teflon .... and now as of today, the numbers are sky-rocketing. ... Saw on the news, 5000 new cases in the area in 24 hours. The hospitals are filling up!
I don't know of anyone with the virus, but who knows who has it and who doesn't! ... just hope people are at least wearing their masks.

And so much for the theory that hot weather slows the virus. Arizona, Florida and Texas all spiking.
 
My region is doing fine so far and is scheduled to move to stage 4 of reopening on Friday.

The total hospitalizations are hovering around 40 cases with approx. 15 of those in the ICU.

The total is inflated by approx. 14 senior citizens who have recovered and are awaiting test results that will allow them to be released to local assisted living and nursing homes.

I've been going out a little more often to run errands but I stick with the basic precautions of social distancing, wearing masks, hand sanitizer/washing, etc...

IMO the basic precautions will be a fact of life until at least next spring/summer.
 

Nothing about this virus makes sense, because it has no rules! ... first, the whole system on testing people is flawed. They want you to go and get tested, but there are many different testing methods. And apparently some (very few) are accurate, and the others seem to be a waste of time, because the results aren't accurate. That's what I'm hearing on the news.
And then, finding a place to even get tested is next to impossible. Around here it is.

So, testing or no testing, it seems that people fall in 3 groups .... those who get really sick and end up in the hospital .... then the next group who are somewhat sick, stay home in quarantine, and the last group, they run around in public and spread it.
That's the way I see the whole thing. This virus is something else!
 
There is another indicator called the N number. It is calculated as the number of people one infected person passes the virus to. If it is just 1 then the virus is not out of control but anything higher will tend towards exponential growth which is a big concern.

Suppose N=2, then one person infects two others, these 2 go on to infect 4, the four infect 8 and so on. Very soon you have 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 … and the graph starts to look like the RHS of a parabola.

Most people's eyes glaze over when experts talk numbers but N needs to be less than 1 before people start getting complacent. We were patting ourselves on the back in Australia about our COVID-19 success but over the last week the N value in several areas in one state has exceeded 1 and these hot spots have the potential to undo the good work that has been going on.
 
They call it Contact Tracing around here, and have devoted personnel on different levels to do that task.
Don't know how that is working out.
 
Bonnie said:
They call it Contact Tracing around here, and have devoted personnel on different levels to do that task.
Don't know how that is working out.
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Contact tracing works best if started early when there are just a few infected individuals. Later on when there are hundreds or thousands of active cases it becomes much more difficult. That is why it is essential to have lots of test kits available to see where the hot spots are and to track down as many potential carriers of the virus as possible. The virus doesn't wait for us to get our act together.

I'm still staying home most of the time, because if I become infected, so does my husband, and through us, our family. I have been swabbed several weeks ago and found negative. I don't plan to do that every 2 weeks so I try to limit my exposure risks.
 
win231 said:
Today's news said if you have Type "O" blood, you may be protected from Coronavirus.
If that's true, I'm going to ask a doctor to drain all my blood out & replace it with magic "O."
Then I'm going to visit Coronavirus patients without a mask & kiss all of them to see if it's true.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/blood-type-coronavirus-protection-study
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The latest cure for the virus is Copper! (maybe somewhat helpful) ... https://www.insider.com/does-copper-kill-germs-and-viruses
  • Copper can kill viruses and other germs by disrupting the protective layers of the organisms and interfering with its vital processes.
  • A new study found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic, is no longer infectious on copper within 4 hours, whereas it can survive on plastic surfaces for 72 hours.
  • Copper has many applications in hospitals and other places where germs are likely to spread.
  • This article was medically reviewed by Tania Elliott, MD, who specializes in infectious diseases related to allergies and immunology for internal medicine at NYU Langone Health.
  • This story is part of Insider's guide on How to Kill Germ

I sleep on a copper infused memory foam mattress ... that's my secret .;) ... I really bought it for its coolness in hot weather.
... they make copper gel infused mattress toppers
 
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Bonnie said:
The latest cure for the virus is Copper! (maybe somewhat helpful) ... https://www.insider.com/does-copper-kill-germs-and-viruses
  • Copper can kill viruses and other germs by disrupting the protective layers of the organisms and interfering with its vital processes.
  • A new study found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic, is no longer infectious on copper within 4 hours, whereas it can survive on plastic surfaces for 72 hours.
  • Copper has many applications in hospitals and other places where germs are likely to spread.
  • This article was medically reviewed by Tania Elliott, MD, who specializes in infectious diseases related to allergies and immunology for internal medicine at NYU Langone Health.
  • This story is part of Insider's guide on How to Kill Germ

I sleep on a copper infused memory foam mattress ... that's my secret .;) ... I really bought it for its coolness in hot weather.
... they make copper gel infused mattress toppers
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Ah.......that explains why I'm immune to Coronavirus, despite going out every day. Last year, I had a complete copper repipe. :)
 
Not cheap, but you can buy copper infused face masks .. I see them advertised on TV.

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There is NO more effective advertising tool than fear.
 

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