aggiehawg said:

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More Cali insanity.

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There goes the inherent advantage of physical distancing that will help the homeless not get infected. Nope, just cram them all into high density housing.

Maybe that's their plan?

I do t think I've ever had the flu either. I have had upper respiratory infections treated with antibiotics.

Son of coronavirus patient at Resort at Texas City where 83 people tested positive, describes mom's condition

HOUSTON Galveston County health officials announced that there are 83 residents and employees of a Texas City senior living facility who have tested positive for coronavirus Friday, which is up from 13 reported Thursday at the same facility.

Health officials tested 146 residents and employees for COVID-19 at The Resort at Texas City after 13 residents and employees previously tested positive for the virus. Some results are still pending, officials say.

"Galveston County Local Health Authority Dr. Phillip Keiser is in the process of issuing a Public Health Order enforcing restrictions on Galveston County long-term care facilities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic," officials wrote

Put em up at the Beverly Wilshire

Numbers out today for Louisiana.

But who will defecate on the sidewalks?!?

Rut-roh.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. As part of an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, the Monongalia County Health Department has issued an order preventing the sale of spirits and hard liquor to non-West Virginia residents until further notice.
The order officially took effect at noon on April 4.
In a press release, the health department cited Pennsylvania, whose governor closed liquor stores last month, because of its proximity to Monongalia County and north central West Virginia and its higher rate of coronavirus infection.
The health department is requiring observance of the following conditions, which all liquor stores, retail outlets or other merchants with specifically designated sections of stores involved in the sale of spirits or hard liquors must abide by:

• Having only essential employees during working hours
• Maintaining a distance of six feet between customers and staff at all times, using floor markings or tape at cash registers or other places where individuals congregate
• Limiting individuals to no more than 10 people, including staff and clientele during store hours or when open for business
• Providing adequate handwashing stations, especially at places where paper or other items are exchanged between staff and clientele
• Frequently wipe down surfaces with 10% bleach solution or similar CDC-approved cleaner anywhere any individual's hands may reach, including telephones, keyboards, light switches, doorknobs, handrails, etc.
• Placing an employee outside the premises where spirits and hard liquors are sold to insure that only those citizens with a valid West Virginia driver's license or West Virginia state identification card be allowed to enter, shop and purchase alcohol
• Purchases are limited to three alcohol items each business day
• Any other common-sense measures that will limit the spread of communicable diseases

Failure to adhere to these orders may result in the closure of a business, according to the release.

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Free hotels for all homeless, paid for by the federal taxpayer.

Lunacy

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...They will have to sign up for an account to accumulate points for the upgrades.

Looks like the curve is flattening. Why are you frowning?

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Looks like the curve is flattening. Why are you frowning?

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Because the appearance of it flattening tends to be on weekends and then numbers take off again on Monday and Tuesday in the past. Maybe this time it will actually keep on the lower trajectory though.

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More Cali insanity.

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Can I get a list of these hotels to avoid? Hopefully they're Motel 6's and such

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"We are definitely almost at full capacity," said Petre of New York City hospitals. "Mount Sinai hospital converted the cafeteria and the lobby [with] hospital beds. There is no floor except one left for other non-COVID cases. The whole hospital is almost 90 percent COVID patients. We still have room, but if you look at the rate of growth of new cases, that's alarming. We're looking at predictions. No prediction model is perfect, but they're very concerning, because we are going to reach a peak in two to three weeks.

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Petre stated, "Right now they are even converting the Javits Center. Initially, it was supposed to be just for non-COVID patients. Now, they realize they'll be so overwhelmed. They're converting it to a COVID center, as well. So yes, we are I would say at 80-percent capacity at this time. I do receive emails [for] the numbers from the hospital on a daily basis."

"I would say that, of the COVID patients, around 15 percent are becoming critically ill and require hospitalization," estimated Petre, "and I would say five percent of those require ICU. I think right now in my site, Mount Sinai we have around 160 patients on a ventilation system on the main institution."

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I'm not sure we're handling the virus better than the states you mentioned, it's more of a geographical advantage. All those states have areas of high population density and are heavily reliant on public transportation.

Also, one of the best models being used right now anticipates us having a higher death toll than every state except NY and Florida.

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As the 2nd largest state (29 Million), TX will likely have a high death total. Doesn't make sense that the largest state CA (39.5 Million) is modeled to have fewer deaths than TX.

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If you are looking at the U of W model I would bet that is due to CA issuing a state wide stay at home order and closing non-essential businesses state wide. As opposed to TX which has approached it county by county.

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HOUSTON, Texas An outbreak of the coronavirus in another Texas nursing home spread like grassfire through a Houston-area facility in Texas City. Officials report at least 83 people tested positive for COVID-19.

Galveston County Health District officials announced earlier in the week that 13 people who live or work in The Resort nursing home in Texas City tested positive for COVID-19, the Galveston County Daily News reported. By Friday, that number grew to 70. Officials have not disclosed how many of the infected are residents or staff. All 146 residents and staff members have been tested.

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aggiehawg said:

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Rut-roh.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. As part of an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, the Monongalia County Health Department has issued an order preventing the sale of spirits and hard liquor to non-West Virginia residents until further notice.
The order officially took effect at noon on April 4.
In a press release, the health department cited Pennsylvania, whose governor closed liquor stores last month, because of its proximity to Monongalia County and north central West Virginia and its higher rate of coronavirus infection.
The health department is requiring observance of the following conditions, which all liquor stores, retail outlets or other merchants with specifically designated sections of stores involved in the sale of spirits or hard liquors must abide by:

• Having only essential employees during working hours
• Maintaining a distance of six feet between customers and staff at all times, using floor markings or tape at cash registers or other places where individuals congregate
• Limiting individuals to no more than 10 people, including staff and clientele during store hours or when open for business
• Providing adequate handwashing stations, especially at places where paper or other items are exchanged between staff and clientele
• Frequently wipe down surfaces with 10% bleach solution or similar CDC-approved cleaner anywhere any individual's hands may reach, including telephones, keyboards, light switches, doorknobs, handrails, etc.
• Placing an employee outside the premises where spirits and hard liquors are sold to insure that only those citizens with a valid West Virginia driver's license or West Virginia state identification card be allowed to enter, shop and purchase alcohol
• Purchases are limited to three alcohol items each business day
• Any other common-sense measures that will limit the spread of communicable diseases

Failure to adhere to these orders may result in the closure of a business, according to the release.

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Moonshiners, I mean private distillers, will take up the slack I bet.

I guess the French have a need for immigrants after all.....taking jobs the French won't do.

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Tibbers said:

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Looks like the curve is flattening. Why are you frowning?

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Because the appearance of it flattening tends to be on weekends and then numbers take off again on Monday and Tuesday in the past. Maybe this time it will actually keep on the lower trajectory though.

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IHME model for LA shows peak on April 9. Flatter curve next 4 days would be good news for LA .... but also good news the IHME model proved useful.

NY and LA have similar peak ... so NY should also be seeing a flatter curve.

I have not nor do I know how to verify this. But interesting claim the pneumonia deaths are suspiciously way down this year.

Total USA deaths are down. I suspect we will have lowest death rate in the USA dating back several years.

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Ankle-Monitors Ordered For Kentucky Residents As Crackdown On 'Covidiots' Begins

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Residents in Kentucky are figuring this out firsthand, have already seen an increase in digital surveillance of smartphone tracking by the government to make sure everyone is practicing social distancing. And now, there's a new report that shows anyone refusing to quarantine after virus exposure could be subjected to wearing a GPS/cellular ankle bracelet issued by the courts.


As a response to the virus outbreak in the state, Jefferson Circuit Court judge Angela Bisig ordered anyone who has been infected by COVID-19 and fails to isolate will wear an ankle monitoring device.CNN affiliate WDRB reported last week that Bisig ordered an individual identified as "D.L." to wear a GPS monitoring device for 14 days after refusing to self-quarantine.

In the court order, D.L. is living with "someone who has tested positive for the illness and another person who is a presumptive case," according to an affidavit from Dr. Sarah Moyer, director of the health department.
D.L. was ordered to self-isolate at home after being exposed to the highly contagious disease, but according to court documents, family members said the person "leaves the house often."
After D.L. failed to respond to Bisig's request, she ordered the Department of Corrections to fit D.L. with a monitoring device. Bisig told the person if they leave the house again, criminal charges would be next.
WDRB said D.L. is not the only Kentuckian wearing an ankle monitor device to mitigate the spread of the virus from non-compliant and suspected carriers. There are three other cases

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https://www.zerohedge.com/health/ankle-monitors-ordered-kentucky-residents-crackdown-quarantine-quitters-begins

Perfect display of the difficulty of finding the truth.

https://apple.news/A8qQ-lDTgQJ2dODNsG25zcQ

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I have not nor do I know how to verify this. But interesting claim the pneumonia deaths are suspiciously way down this year.

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I suspect it's because the flu and other viral/bacterial diseases are being knocked down by social distancing.

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Orrrrrrr....

They're now being classified as covid deaths.

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Yep. This is probably the most likely. We will probably see lower annual death numbers for some of the top natural causes of death due to those people now dying of covid instead.

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Perfect display of the difficulty of finding the truth.

https://apple.news/A8qQ-lDTgQJ2dODNsG25zcQ

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We'll only know when we compare actual deaths during this time period vs last year. That'll probably even understate the deaths as social distancing is lowering ALL deaths, but will be more accurate.

Death's aren't what they predicted. Insert Washington Post Article to explain.

k20dub said:

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Perfect display of the difficulty of finding the truth.

https://apple.news/A8qQ-lDTgQJ2dODNsG25zcQ

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This memo from the CDC website seems to indicate that deaths in which covid is "assumed" as a contributing factor are still counted even if there was no positive test.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/coronavirus/Alert-2-New-ICD-code-introduced-for-COVID-19-deaths.pdf

I may be reading it wrong but it appears to say the opposite.

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The WHO has provided a second code, U07.2, for clinical or epidemiological diagnosis of COVID-19 where a laboratory confirmation is inconclusive or not available. Because laboratory test results are not typically reported on death certificates in the U.S., NCHS is not planning to implement U07.2 for mortality statistics.

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PearlJammin said:

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Madman said:

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I have not nor do I know how to verify this. But interesting claim the pneumonia deaths are suspiciously way down this year.

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I suspect it's because the flu and other viral/bacterial diseases are being knocked down by social distancing.

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Orrrrrrr....

They're now being classified as covid deaths.

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They really died from the flu but just happened to test positive for coronavirus?

Is the lower reported cases of automobile fatalities during quarantine lock down mean that the same number of people are dying from car crashes but are being reported as coronavirus deaths?

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ibdm98 said:

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I have not nor do I know how to verify this. But interesting claim the pneumonia deaths are suspiciously way down this year.

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I suspect it's because the flu and other viral/bacterial diseases are being knocked down by social distancing.

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Orrrrrrr....

They're now being classified as covid deaths.

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They really died from the flu but just happened to test positive for coronavirus?

Is the lower reported cases of automobile fatalities during quarantine lock down mean that the same number of people are dying from car crashes but are being reported as coronavirus deaths?

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No. People that would've died from the flu, or any of a number of other natural causes are instead dying from coronavirus, which then lowers the death count for the other causes. When you see numbers like 100,000 to 240,000 deaths due to coronavirus virus it's likely that a large portion or even a majority of those are people that would've died from natural causes this year anyway.