Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Still an adversary, though, and not worthy of complete trust. He's too smart for that, and he works against us, too.

As we do with his country. I don't discount your arguments. But at least we don't kill journalists here. Not yet, anyway.

Although rumor has it that we did farm one out to Saudi Arabia.

 

Most of that increase, I'm sure, is New York starting to list home deaths suspected of COVID-19.

To compare apples to apples, the proper measure of death rates is deaths vs. recoveries. Active cases could still break either way and if those numbers are included, they waaaayyyy dilute the death percentages.

 

Stay in your lane! Stick to sports! Etc.

 

So what’s the big story on Fox & Friends this morning
They’re bitching about the Saturday night virtual concert (which was on every network except Fox) because the World Health Organization was the chief beneficiary

 

At least for Italy and Spain (& I expect the worst-hit areas in the U.S.), part of the reason may be that once hospitals are overwhelmed, lots of people die who wouldn't have if hospital care had been available/better. Also, I assume that once things get that bad, testing is less of a priority than dealing with the affected.

One thing that surprises me is how many of the tests in the U.S. are negative. I assume we're still at the point where nearly all of the people who are tested have a pretty good reason to think they may have the virus. Yet for the country as a whole, the positive rate is under 25%. In Alabama, it's 11%. In Alaska, it's just over 3%. (source: covidtracking.com/data) I hope that doesn't mean there are lots of false negatives.

 

I hope that doesn't mean the test kits we rush to produce have flaws.

 

The son of an acquaintance of mine is the only person of whom I have (second-hand) information on testing. His roommate in college had a family member test positive, so when their college was closed in March he was able to get tested. He also had a mild but persistent cough. Test came back negative, but the doctor and nurse who tested him recommended he be quarantined anyway for two weeks just to be sure. After that he again tested negative, but this anecdote certainly implies the medical community has its doubts on the accuracy of current testing.

 

Lol. Not in practice, they aren't. Forced sterilizations of women in China? No free press? Sounds pretty fascist to me.

 

They’re opposed in theory; the same as currently practiced (and every time in history)