Exactly what I've been fearing in the deep south. Extreme obesity, virtually no preventative medicine, and millions uninsured. Perhaps rural populations can be spared from some of the brunt, but the US is not homogeneous like Japan, China, or South Korea. Huge disparities in care, access to care, nutrition, etc. This stuff hitting section 8 housing in urban areas could make us look 4th world. Been thinking about it for 2 weeks.Reveille said:
If you look at the numbers, the state of Louisana is rising rapidly and they have a mortality rate that is high at about 2.5% and 3.3% in New Orleans. Need to watch this as they are our neighbors. Time to start praying for them.
Reveille said:
If you look at the numbers, the state of Louisana is rising rapidly and they have a mortality rate that is high at about 2.5% and 3.3% in New Orleans. Need to watch this as they are our neighbors. Time to start praying for them.
Wycliffe_03 said:Reveille said:
If you look at the numbers, the state of Louisana is rising rapidly and they have a mortality rate that is high at about 2.5% and 3.3% in New Orleans. Need to watch this as they are our neighbors. Time to start praying for them.
Is that the true death rate? No way.
Reveille said:Wycliffe_03 said:Reveille said:
If you look at the numbers, the state of Louisana is rising rapidly and they have a mortality rate that is high at about 2.5% and 3.3% in New Orleans. Need to watch this as they are our neighbors. Time to start praying for them.
Is that the true death rate? No way.
Unfortunately, yes but it's hope that drops soon.
adairtexas said:
Lots of street people and drug users in NOLA. Not surprising. Fyi, I lived 8 years in nola.
The implicit caveat is that it is the known death rate as of this point and that there will be many unknowns on both sides of the equation that make that number wrong. Someone smarter than me should be able to use all the global data known to date to use these preliminary numbers to derive an estimate of what the actual death rate is there now.Wycliffe_03 said:How could we possibly know how many total cases there are and have been? Sorry if that's a dumb question. So counting every single person with Covid in La (only God could know this right?) 2-3% of them are dying?Reveille said:Wycliffe_03 said:Reveille said:
If you look at the numbers, the state of Louisana is rising rapidly and they have a mortality rate that is high at about 2.5% and 3.3% in New Orleans. Need to watch this as they are our neighbors. Time to start praying for them.
Is that the true death rate? No way.
Unfortunately, yes but it's hope that drops soon.
I don't see how we could begin to know the mortality rate there. Is it because I'm in real estate and not a doctor?
Thank you for your hard work. I imagine it must be scary to work in what feels like an exposed environment, especially if you go home to a family at the end of the day.nawlinsag said:
It is much worse then the numbers indicate. I intubated 4 pts today in the ER. 3 other pts who came in coding and didnt make it. I am one of 9 providers. Saw at least 18 with the clinical profile in my 10 hour shift. I estimate our ER is seeing at least 90 pts a day with it. Testing a small fraction of those due to restrictions.
Shoulder dislocation with no symptom. Xray shows bilateral pneumonia. Mva with chest and abdominal pain no uri symptoms. Ct showed bilateral pneumonia consistent with Covid 19. We are out of vents, out of icu beds, out of gowns for PPE, out of sterilizing wipes, out of hand sanitizer. We are on the brink of complete collapse of resources.
AgsMnn said:
When was Fat Tuesday?
2 weeks ago right?
nawlinsag said:
It is much worse then the numbers indicate. I intubated 4 pts today in the ER. 3 other pts who came in coding and didnt make it. I am one of 9 providers. Saw at least 18 with the clinical profile in my 10 hour shift. I estimate our ER is seeing at least 90 pts a day with it. Testing a small fraction of those due to restrictions.
Shoulder dislocation with no symptom. Xray shows bilateral pneumonia. Mva with chest and abdominal pain no uri symptoms. Ct showed bilateral pneumonia consistent with Covid 19. We are out of vents, out of icu beds, out of gowns for PPE, out of sterilizing wipes, out of hand sanitizer. We are on the brink of complete collapse of resources.
I am terribly sorry for what you're going through on the front lines of this thing.nawlinsag said:
It is much worse then the numbers indicate. I intubated 4 pts today in the ER. 3 other pts who came in coding and didnt make it. I am one of 9 providers. Saw at least 18 with the clinical profile in my 10 hour shift. I estimate our ER is seeing at least 90 pts a day with it. Testing a small fraction of those due to restrictions.
Shoulder dislocation with no symptom. Xray shows bilateral pneumonia. Mva with chest and abdominal pain no uri symptoms. Ct showed bilateral pneumonia consistent with Covid 19. We are out of vents, out of icu beds, out of gowns for PPE, out of sterilizing wipes, out of hand sanitizer. We are on the brink of complete collapse of resources.
Damn that is rough. Stay safe and try to get adequate sleep.nawlinsag said:
It is much worse then the numbers indicate. I intubated 4 pts today in the ER. 3 other pts who came in coding and didnt make it. I am one of 9 providers. Saw at least 18 with the clinical profile in my 10 hour shift. I estimate our ER is seeing at least 90 pts a day with it. Testing a small fraction of those due to restrictions.
Shoulder dislocation with no symptom. Xray shows bilateral pneumonia. Mva with chest and abdominal pain no uri symptoms. Ct showed bilateral pneumonia consistent with Covid 19. We are out of vents, out of icu beds, out of gowns for PPE, out of sterilizing wipes, out of hand sanitizer. We are on the brink of complete collapse of resources.
Thunder18 said:AgsMnn said:
When was Fat Tuesday?
2 weeks ago right?
It was Feb 25
