WASHINGTON
“At EvergreenHealth Medical Center, two miles from the shuttered Lifecare nursing home... officials say their rate of new covid-19 cases...leveling off at a trickle. On some days, doctors here see just one new case and haven’t seen more than four in a single day since mid-March
“In the state that saw the nation’s first confirmed covid-19 case on Jan. 31, and the first recorded coronavirus-related death on Feb. 29, initial dire predictions of massive spikes have waned even as testing has increased rapidly. While the number of cases in Washington state grew by as much as 28 percent in one day on March 15 — it has since slowed significantly statewide, as have hospitalizations and deaths.
State authorities said there have been 2,580 positive cases and 132 deaths, and as testing in Washington has ramped up, the percentage of positive cases has remained low — holding at about 7 percent. “
LONDON
Dyson designs ventilator in 10 days, making 15,000 amid pandemic
James Dyson, the company’s billionaire founder, confirmed the order in a letter to employees shared with CNN on Wednesday...
...Dyson said the company had designed and built an entirely new ventilator, called the “CoVent,” since he received a call 10 days ago from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
“This new device can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume,” Dyson added, saying that the new ventilator has been designed to “address the specific needs” of coronavirus patients.
Up yours, China
Yes - I’ve seen the charts here and am SO THANKFUL! (I’m less than 3 miles as the crow flied from Evergreen). The other day there were no new deaths in the state!
I think we might have the weaker Chinese strain compared to New York’s Italian strain (some have surmised variations). I think there might be some cultural reasons, and of course we don’t have nearly the high density of people or the large mass transit that NYC has.
That one nursing home getting it early made the early numbers jump. Other nursing places also had it, but a bit later on (the next week?) when it was on people’s radar by then so they managed it better.
Wonderful news!
“officials say their rate of new covid-19 cases...leveling off at a trickle”
Fantastic news.
Mitigation works and CV can be eliminated.
It just takes time and now we can start to figure out how much more.