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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
The national trends in both new infections and deaths, which yesterday appeared to maybe be flattening out a bit, appear to have resumed their exponential climb, if 1point3acres' numbers are to be believed.

I'm not surprised at the continued upward national trends in both new infections and deaths. But I'm still encouraged by Washington State, which was the first state hit hard, and the "new cases" still appear to be flattening out there.

Things are starting to get ugly here in NJ. My sister in law is a nurse in a maternity ward. One of the nurses on another shift tested positive. So not all, but a good percentage of the nurses on that shift are home and in quarantine. A lot of hospitals are badly understaffed because of this, in some cases dangerously so.

https://www.breitbart.com/heal...r-spring-break-trip/

Five college students from the University of Tampa tested positive for the coronavirus after coming back from a spring break trip, the school announced.

WFLA reported that the students were traveling together with other University of Tampa students before testing positive. The school did not state where the students went during their break or whether they lived in the dorms or off-campus.

The students are currently recovering from the disease and are in self-isolation

The news comes as many college spring breakers had partied on Florida’s beaches despite social distancing orders from officials to limit groups to ten.

Miami Beach shut down its beaches in response to the growing coronavirus pandemic after spring breakers defied officials’ social distancing orders to party on the beach.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put the final nail in the coffin for many spring breakers’ plans when he said Thursday that “the party’s over in Florida” because many of the state’s beaches and bars are closed.

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Essentially our political immune response to a virus will kill the patient (the economy).

The analogy is quite exact. For many diseases including probably Covid-19, the immune system's excessive reaction is actually responsible for the severity of the disease. The political body's reaction to the virus is likely to make the severity of the pandemic worse.

I wondered how long it would take Elon Musk to jump in to save us...

As long as it took Grimes to write her next two CDs.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
I wondered how long it would take Elon Musk to jump in to save us...

What? Link?

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Originally posted by 6guns:

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
I wondered how long it would take Elon Musk to jump in to save us...

What? Link?

https://cleantechnica.com/2020...hnica-exclusive/amp/

"Elon Musk: Should Have 1000 Ventilators Next Week, + 250,000 N95 Masks For Hospitals Tomorrow"

I have to wonder if they will be actual ventilators, or some stupid bullshit that never gets used like his cave rescue capsule.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by sjtill:

The analogy is quite exact...

It is my hope that after 2-3 weeks, when we get a better feel for the numbers, that we can move back to something closer to normal. Thankfully, we have a President that is brilliant in business and in economics, and he is strong enough to make and weather a decision that will being scorn upon him.



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Q There is no way that people in this country will tolerate a lockdown for this amount of time. Q

I believe it is called gradualism, but this is a fast-izm...

Something I've been wondering about, will we see a national uptick in suicides as folks become more stressed about the financial and emotional toll this is putting on their lives, combined with the loneliness and and no hard date of when life might be back to some semblance of normalcy.

I'm watching the press conference on TV - is it just my perception, or does President Trump look very tired?

I wouldn't be surprised if he is. He's working harder than a lot of people half his age would.

Our DimoCrap Mayor of Metro Louisville wants people to bang pots and pans at 7:00pm (or maybe 8:00pm, confusing contradictory reports) to help scare away (my words) (he said to show solidarity) the COVID19-19 virus.

This guy has been spotted locally.

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
I'm watching the press conference on TV - is it just my perception, or does President Trump look very tired?

I wouldn't be surprised if he is. He's working harder than a lot of people half his age would.

I'll bet he's running on 4-5 hrs of sleep tops, and has the health and economic welfare of 300 million people. Not to mention having to deal with all of this constant media BS. I'm sure he's tired.

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Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
Our DimoCrap Mayor of Metro Louisville wants people to bang pots and pans at 7:00pm (or maybe 8:00pm, confusing contradictory reports) to help scare away (my words) (he said to show solidarity) the COVID19-19 virus.

This guy has been spotted locally.

Let's face it. Dude's a step above Lil' Andy on the smarts train.

And that's a really low bar.

Article by Dr. Michael Osterholm. He’s considered one of the ‘go to’ experts on this topic in the world. I’ve been reading ‘everything’ on this pandemic and Osterholm knows his stuff and tells it like it is.
http://www.startribune.com/cor...osterholm/568978932/

^^^^^^

I agree that Osterholm is a tremendous resource for the state. He tends to present worst case scenarios in the context of "If we do nothing, this is how bad it could get". He is sometimes quoted out of context as if that was a prediction.

I was encouraged to see that even he is saying we can't maintain these lockdowns for very long.

YouTube's algorithm is getting the read.