Posted on 06/15/2020 7:54:21 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
They are "News Reader" nothing more nothing less. They get paid to look pretty and read the tele-prompterrs.
I was under impression dhims would be happy if Trump and his supporters kicked the bucket
Trump:
The Far Left Fake News Media, which had no Covid problem with the Rioters & Looters destroying Democrat run cities, is trying to Covid Shame us on our big Rallies. Won’t work!
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YES!!!!
Off topic, Does anybody remember O’Bunghole talking about his personal military traIned and armed thug army? Nobody ever seemsto correlate that statement with faggyfa
Fears of a “second wave” of COVID-19, including in parts of the country that have not yet been badly hit, are growing in response to two nearly simultaneous events: the lifting of lockdowns and the wave of protests over George Floyd’s death. The mainstream media is fanning the flames with ominous stories of “spikes” and “surges” in a dozen states. But these sensational reports are focusing on the wrong thing. They emphasize the total number of confirmed cases or total hospitalizations, instead of a much more important figure: ICU utilization rates. The difference between these metrics could be the key to safely reopening America’s economy.
Mainstream news organizations have noted that the total weekly number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases are rising in multiple states. This is the case in Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. But, as the Wall Street Journal correctly pointed out, this often reflects an increase in testing, and not a sudden spike in the spread of the virus.
More importantly, the bare number of positive rest results and non-ICU hospitalizations doesn’t tell us anything about the severity of the disease across different populations and areas. And that is the factor that determines whether a region is experiencing a true public health crisis. The metric that best answers that question, just as in the earlier stages of the pandemic, is what percentage of ICU beds are occupied.
Where there is spare ICU capacity, the system can cope. Where ICU beds are maxed out, the local healthcare system is facing collapse. This was the original purpose of distancing and lockdowns: to “flatten the curve” to avoid overwhelming hospitals, and especially their ICUs. And it remains our best guide to when and how to reopen.
So what are the actual ICU utilization numbers – a subject where the mainstream news media has mysteriously fallen silent? A quick survey of total ICU head counts reveals that they are not nearing crisis levels. Even in Arizona, the media’s current poster child of a “hot spot” – a total of 1,285 patients are in ICUs, including COVID and non-COVID patients. This is around 80% of the state’s capacity — admittedly higher than the routine occupancy rate of around two-thirds, but little changed from the number three weeks ago, and far short of the terrible figures reached in New York City in early April; COVID patients account for just 37%.
In North Carolina, ICU utilization for all causes is at just over half of its total capacity of 3,223, with COVID patients representing 18%. California, another alleged hotspot, has 1,325 COVID cases in state ICUs, taking up 16% of total ICU beds. In Texas total ICU utilization is 44%, including 16% for COVID patients. Mississippi has 160 COVID patients in ICU, equal to 17% of the state’s total capacity.
Other states singled out as experiencing “spikes” and “surges” have even more room to spare. South Carolina has 170 COVID patients in ICU, or about 12% of its total ICU capacity of 1,459. In Arkansas there are 59 COVID patients in ICUs, representing 11% of the state’s 826, while in Alaska only 9% of ICU occupants have COVID. Kentucky has 81 COVID patients in ICU, or 6% of its total 1,300-bed ICU capacity. Utah also has has 6% of available ICU beds taken up by 29 COVID patients . Oregon has 39 cases, under 5% of its capacity. Montana currently has seven COVID hospitalizations, both ICU and general. It has a total capacity of 248 ICU beds.
How many Leftists will show up to attack them?
Goldman Sachs just finished an investor online seminar where their experts forecasted a second wave of the virus.
Has this virus mutated to a less severe form? Is no one researching this?
They will probably using the save tactics as their election workers. Finding results in car trunks, newly found boxes of results in storerooms, envelope stuffers working feverishly stuffing test results in CDC addressed envelopes. Just the typical liberal faux handling. Funny how no surges affected weeks of yuge BLM/commie rallies, just plain funny.
But not due to protests.
Got it.....
BTW, the Texas daily coronavirus deaths have also been steadily DECLINING. I don’t care how many people test positive, the true measure is the death rate which is steadily going down.
Good site on the virus that is updated regularly.
In addition, the adrenaline released in the body when a looter steals
a big screen TV could also be blocking the virus.
kabar wrote:
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Facts about Covid-19
Good site on the virus that is updated regularly.”
Thanks for the link!
https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/
The DNC is terrified of his rallies.
Goldman Sachs is part of the deep state, no surprise there.
Predictable. The problem isn’t covid-19, it’s covfefe-20.
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