It feels like the curve is about to become something bigger.
Posted on 03/17/2020 8:06:56 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
New York officials say the state’s coronavirus total has jumped to 1,700, with at least 19% hospitalized. They said the number of cases will continue to rise as the state receives more test results. New York has 53,000 hospital beds and 3,000 ICU beds, far short of what state health officials are predicting will be needed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
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The article does not say how many were tested because as we all know, massive test results are coming in nation wide.
Why does it read like an effort to try and score political narrative that Trump is not doing enough? (Damned propaganda, that’s why!)
The numbers of infected is going up because we are testing more.
At some point we will understand how serious this is.
Big jumps in the numbers are scary but, we have been expecting such.
ehhh, did not say they would get two “boats”. Just said they would have dibs. Meaning it will be moored off to the Statue of Liberty.
East Asia, that is.
No one is saying it’s “just the flu” bro. They’re saying it’s not Armageddon and the flu is killing more people. Our country is burning down the house to kill the termites.
If someone goes to tell them, they might get sick and die :O
It’s going to be a long, hot Summer.
as they test more and as people start reporting any symptoms, yes the numbers will go up....
I do not recognize FR or my fellow (so-called) Americans. It's disgusting.
read it again, not a jab
53,000 hospital beds and 3,000 ICU beds
beds are useless without the icu system,
pressurized rooms to prevent germs escaping
they are actually running out of piping and tubes to keep things sterile
this is what happens when you offshore your critical infrastructure
Just a speculation; they have the beds now. They need to get experience with the first in to get protocols worked out. They can afford to give more of these first patients care to get them well before prioritization becomes more critical. The experience will help them learn who to prioritize.
Or not.
Convert the city football stadiums to MASH units - crash train nurses who can monitor vitals and ventilators. Get factories in the ball to start cranking out ventilators.
It’s all we’ve got.
yes there are 85% of people walking around with it ,
the issue is
even with fraction of testing
there are not enough icu units on the planet earth
not to mention all the infrastructure to keep it going
the piping and valves etc etc
maybe chicoms will send us a few slightly used
Imagine if this is still going on, then having to deal with a potential hurricane and all this other bad stuff that happens every year.
spot on
Average has been about 10%.
18%, for NY, is NOT good.
It feels like the curve is about to become something bigger.
So which NYCity report is correct or are both incorrect?
New York City reports 923 coronavirus cases, 10 deaths
The Hill ^ | 03 17 2020 | Zack Budryk
Posted on 3/17/2020, 8:12:54 PM by yesthatjallen
New York’s total number of coronavirus cases is up to 923 with 10 deaths as of Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said.
“The number’s gone up literally over a hundred cases in the course of the day. We’re at 923 cases at th his hour tonight, 10 people who have passed away,” de Blasio said on MSNBC Tuesday evening. It’s unbelievable how rapidly this crisis is growing right now.”
Asked by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow whether the city was still considering a “shelter in place” order akin to that of San Francisco, the mayor responded “This is something, as I said at a press conference today, that could only be done in conjunction with the state of New York. What I’m trying to say to people is, look at this movement, we’re seeing, it’s tragic.”
“The idea of shelter in place has to be considered now, it has to be done between, in our case, the city and state working together, respecting the state’s role,” de Blasio added, saying his intent was to communicate that New Yorkers should “get ready for the possibility, because it’s not so distant an idea at this point.”
SNIP
Good test of whether Cuomo’s mouth can keep up with reality.
yeah, now that we are all pandemic experts.
but in the end does not matter
all our stuff is made in china
and here we are texting away no point to it really
Testing doesn’t matter. The numbers needing hospitalization and ICU do. They will show whether you test, or not.
Probably, a lot reported here as not needing hospitalization, are going to, in the near future.
Many of those hospitalized, now, may recover and be discharged in some amount of time.
It’s all a “numbers game”, and I think only a fool would try to call it now. The “experts” don’t appear optimistic.
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