As for me, I'm going to split my check -- should the stimulus ultimately go through -- between the Salvation Army and Samaritan's Purse. I'm still employed and doing fine . . . for now. Other people need that sh*t more than I do.
Deal reached on stimulus; plan provides $1,200 payment per adult
Arkansas surgeon general compares covid-19 to tsunami, warns of coming 'wave' (3/25/20)
Really?
First case announced in Missouri's McDonald County (3/25/20)
Report from NYC:
Streets empty, a siren every now and then, lots of businesses obviously suffering with two signs in the window: WE ARE HIRING! and CLOSED.
The doorman gave me the report from the neighborhood: no one ill in our building of 90 apartments (that we know of, of course), one person ill three buildings down, people in our building from a synagogue that had to be tested are all negative.
Everything still pretty much available. Hand sanitizer signs are back up, along with the others for TP and masks. People observing the 6-foot rule, walking out into the street so as not to walk too close to you.
I’m glad the governor gave out that mental health volunteer number. Some people are going to need it before this is over.
In general, New Yorkers glad for an opportunity to show they care about one another.
Popeyes' new announcement sparks chaos online: ‘It’s a bold strategy’(3/24/20)
Well, not going to THAT chain anytime soon if I can't find things in town!
FDA will allow doctors to treat critically ill coronavirus patients with blood from survivors
She drives an Uber around, taking on all kinds of possibly-infected passengers, and SHE STILL WANTS TO VISIT HER FAMILY???
HEY, NUMBNUTZ, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, GIN RUMMY??? -- aplogies to Stephen King
Anyone taking allergy meds for Allergy flare up wondering if they may actually have the virus?
It does stop my tickle and dry cough.
no fever, breathing fine, been going on about three weeks of claritin.
I am totally sure it’s just allergies....i think.
I would post a hypochondriac thread but, that would be a real magnet for jerks.
2/8
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3814871/posts
2/9
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3815061/posts
2/10
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3815321/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3815664/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3815980/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3816298/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3816613/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3816849/posts
corona 2/17-2/18
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3817272/posts
corona virus weekend thread 2/22/2020
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3818597/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3818863/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3819175/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3819472/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3819771/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3820357/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3820821/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3821104/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3821430/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3821921/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3822365/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3822786/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3823193/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3823556/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3823939/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3824270/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3824800/posts
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http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3825446/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3825807/posts
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http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3826151/posts
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http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3826523/posts
The Great China Plague of 2020 (daily thread #23)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3826809/posts
Corona Virus Daily Thread #24
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3827099/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3827443/posts
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http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3827832/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3828191/posts
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#the-symptoms-of-covid-19
https://data.vcstar.com/coronavirus/
Tracking the Coronavirus Contagion: Active Cases
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
https://ncov2019.live/data
realtime corona virus updates
https://www.globaltimes.cn//content/1177737.shtml
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Corona Virus - COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2: LIVE stats and graphs
https://covid2019.azurewebsites.net/
Johns Hopkins Corona Virus map
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
China, Italy, the USA, Spain, Germany, and Iran all have sufficient numbers of deaths and recovered patients to make a meaningful comparison of deaths to recovered patients (i.e., closed cases).
The numbers below represent the percentage of CLOSED CASES (i.e., cases where the patient has either died or recovered) in those 4 countries:
China - 3,287 / (3,287 + 74,051) = 4.3% (but how reliable is that? Well, we know it's at least as bad as that, since the Chinese would not make the situation look worse than it really is.)
Italy - 7,502 / 7,503 + 9,362) = 44.5%
USA - 1,031 / (1,031 + 593) = 63.5%
Spain - 3,647 / (3,647 + 5,367) = 40.5%
Germany - 206 / (206 + 3,547) = 5.5%
Iran - 2,077 / (2,077 + 9,625) = 17.7%
Now, of course, one of the objections that will be raised is that this includes only diagnosed cases, and ignores people who recovered from COVID-19, but were never officially diagnosed. That is, of course a valid criticism of this statistic.
So let's assume that in each country, the number of recovered cases is actually 10 times higher than reported. The numbers then become:
China - 3,287 / (3,287 + 740,510) = 0.4%
Italy - 7,502 / 7,503 + 93,620) = 7.4%
USA - 1,031 / (1,031 + 5,930) = 14.8%
Spain - 3,647 / (3,647 + 53,670) = 6.4%
Germany - 206 / (206 + 35,470) = 0.6%
Iran - 2,077 / (2,077 + 96,250) = 2.1%
So even if we assume that 10 times as many people have recovered than is reported, 14.8% of the closed cases in the United States have ended in death, 7.4% in Italy, 6.4% in Spain, and 2.1% in Iran.
That, folks, is one reason among many why this is not "just like the flu."
Today’s rate of increase: 24.6%. This is the second straight day where it has been lower than projected.
Average Daily rate of increase in confirmed cases since 2/28: 30.9%
Weekly rate of increase in confirmed cases: 659.9%
Days to doubling of confirmed cases: 2.6
Number of confirmed cases by 11:59 pm tomorrow, 3/26/20: 90,395
Date to pass China in officially confirmed cases: 3/26/20 (Really only symbolic, because, of course, China’s numbers are bogus, but it does serve as a kind of benchmark, given that we know it’s at least as bad as they’ve admitted.)
Date to reach 100,000 cases: 3/27/20
Date to reach 1,000,000 cases: 4/4/20
Numbers are based on the reported confirmed cases by Johns Hopkins and Worldometers.