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I only hope they keep it to themselves and their families, maybe then it will sink in or if not thin the herd. Cold but you can’t save those who don’t want to be saved.
I hate this for the healthcare workers and their families. I don’t have an answer for this that would be socially acceptable .
Just say a prayer for our healthcare workers.
And they were at it past midnight too. So much for the 10PM curfew.Originally Posted by tech70
April 19
23,928 cases 1,296 deaths testing rate at 16.9%
1,748 in hosp 349 on ventilators
Slight uptick of "on ventilators." And we're nowhere even close to being able to enter Phase 1 or reopening. We need 14 straight days of declining new cases, we're still climbing. But...actually, we don't know...someone might know, but we don't...what the true total is of "active" cases. Well, I guess when we get stuck on one number, like the current one of 23,928 cases, and it doesn't increase for 14 straight days, we'll be good to go.
It’s not going to decrease from the pictures I have seen posted. It’s like this never happened to a large group of people and for some they never followed the guide lines. Just look at the cluster areas of infection.
Congressman Mike Johnson was interviewed and he says he is hoping to push for a localized phasing in of reopening for business. His congressional district includes Caddo, DeSoto, and Bossier, all pretty hard hit. I do think there can be some kind of regionalizing of the phase in, else the whole state will suffer with some metro areas who are particularly hard hit.
This stat got me to look up my zip code in Dallas County. Population in my zip code is 40,500 with 17 confirmed cases or 1 case per 2,300 residents. Lincoln Parish has 46,000 folks with 47 cases or 1 case for every 1,000 residents.
Since last Monday 4/13 our numbers hospitalized has dropped from 2134 to 1748 (a drop of 386). On the same date those on ventilators were 461 and as of today its 349 (a drop of 112). I know some is due to deaths but at least we're not replacing them.
Regarding new cases on 4/6 we added 1857 during that week we ranged between 746 and 1857 new cases per day. Since 4/13 we've ranged from 348 (today) to 586 (4/17). I don't know exactly how there going to look at decreasing, are sample results for the same day received back the same day, what if you have 600 cases, it drops to 570 and then the next day 571.
Overall I do think we're seeing declining numbers.
People on the vents are the ones who are dying. Those who survive and have been of vents have lung damage.
Many deaths were prevented by mitigation.
Many deaths could have prevented by focusing on those who are at risk. Instead we destroyed an economy.
Hopefully the needed and easy testing will be "rolled out" to satisfy the alarmists and some sanity will prevail in a future focus on those who are actually at risk instead of the millions who are not.
Very true!
As PawDawg said, the key seems to be keeping people off the ventilators. Have to keep them from getting that bad if possible. We are learning more and more about this disease as time goes on. Hopefully we continue to get better at treatment.
It appears the ventilator is a condemnation to a death sentance. President Trump said as much a week+ ago when he said: the truth is people placed on ventilators are dying at a very high rate. That's when he was advocating for alternatives, like the malaria drug, over the use of ventilators. One drug not mentioned much is Diamox, used to treat altitude sickness. Now I see a doctor has posted a video, which is making the rounds being shared on FB and other Net outlets, where he warns against the use of ventilators too. Says breathing exercises, holding your arms over your head and taking deep breaths works better.
I believe medical science will eventually get it right. It's a shame many had to die to get us there.
It would be interesting to know the number who died from China Flu and already had DNRs in place.
April 20
24,538 cases 1,328 deaths testing rate at 17.3%
1,794 in hosp 332 on ventilators
A few swings in the wrong direction.
If you saw pictures on social media more cases are coming. Imho
April 21
24,854 cases 1,405 deaths testing rate at 17.5%
1,798 in hosp 297 on ventilators
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