Rather dead in here today...
for those keeping track..pretty sure Bat Woman was also working on the infamous Chapel Hill study
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3836107/posts
Yeah, I don’t know. A lot of regulars quit posting. And I am thinking of discontinuing the state by state updates as I’m not sure they are very helpful. Plus, there is at least one person trying to get me banned from FR because I “have an agenda”. Not sure what that is other than providing info.
Here’s the latest numbers (summarized) from Minnesota...
Per the Minnesota Department of Health, they are reporting 2071 positive tests for COVID-19, an increase of 159 cases from yesterday (Thursday).
17 new deaths were reported, raising the statewide total to 111.
1066 individuals with positive tests are no longer isolating, an increase of 46 from yesterday (Thursday).
Between the Department of Health and private labs, a total of 43053 tests have been conducted, an increase of 1378 tests since yesterday (Thursday).
Currently 223 patients are hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 10 from yesterday (Thursday). 106 patients are in ICU, an increase of 3 from yesterday (Tuursday).
The median age of all reported cases is 54. The median age of all hospitalized cases is 64. The median age of all deaths is 85.
Of all cases, 51% are female and 48% are male.
By ethnicity, whites comprise 64% of all cases and 74% of all deaths. Blacks comprise 11% of all cases and 3% of all deaths. Hispanics comprise 6% of all cases and 3% of all deaths. Asians comprise 5% of all cases and 1% of all deaths.
For more interesting charts and maps, go here:
https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html
I’m out and about in the yard today.
Also cleaning this and that closet and reorganizing.
I think people have become polarized in this matter. Those of us who don’t think it’s a common cold are going about our business wondering what comes next. flubros are angry posting.
‘we’ are supposed to open back up monday, we’ll see. Hopefully we will do so and all will be well.
Oilfield hand neighbor got official notice he’s laid off for good this week. That won’t be improving even if ‘we’ open back up. As long as India and other big importers stay shut down it’s a no go for the oil patch.
And my friend who had the dress store won’t open back up. Nothing coming in from China. She can’t even get in touch with her contacts there. Phone numbers ring off the hook and nobody answers. So she’s jobless for the forseeable future as are her salesgirls. Although for them they’ll just have to wear ‘old’ fashion as most of them worked in exchange for clothes.
The barber will be seeing customers again. He’s been house dad while his wife works.
Everyone is planting a HUGE garden. Which is a good thing in any circumstances. Even IF you have a job and lots of money, growing your own healthy food is a good thing. Plus exercise.
Chicken houses still hauling chickens, cattle farmer still cattle farming, nursery lady has sold ALL her food bearing plants at this point. So has the local tractor supply. No seeds to be found in the county.