I was stunned (and pleased) to listen to some CT officials correctly “talk the talk” today and walk through their contingency plans based on an exponential infection growth.
In their words (not mine)—”doubling every three days”.
Plan A—double up on ventilators and use existing facilities.
Plan B—use several closed skilled nursing facilities as CV care centers.
Plan C—set up ancillary hospital sites for CV using a variety of state owned properties and sites.
Plan D—use university dorms as additional facilities.
It will be a tough plan to execute, but they are definitely on the right track, and understand the numbers and what they mean.
(In this case having a dumb governor may turn out to be an advantage—he let the health care professionals take over—and got out of the way.)
That is good. I heard today that CT has like 84 cases and they think they all came from one South African guy who was in CT and attended a house party with 50 people.
Half of those people at the party have tested positive. The South African didn’t start feeling ill till he was on the plane going home.
Called a “super spreading event.”
Bookmark for tomorrow catch up.
Night all.