It is going to look read bad when Europe and other regions start banning american travelers. Canada will need to build a wall and have America pay for it.
I think the key is to make slow progress. From what I've seen the US went from lockdown to "open for business", instead of opening them progressively depending on the service and sort of leading the way in. Then you have the nuts that wanted to go to the gym and stuff so here we go.
We’re not doing so hot here in California either dude. https://deadline.com/2020/06/califo...-covid-infections-in-past-2-weeks-1202970053/
New York, Jersey and Connecticut already has. Those 2 and about 10 other states (all flyover, republican states if I'm not mistaken). Well, not a strict "ban" but muppets from those states need to quarantine for 14 days.
What still seems unclear is to what extent cases are actually increasing and how much of the reported increase is a result of detecting people that 2 months ago weren't getting tested at all. I mean, the death count is decreasing steadily. I know its a lagging indicator, but that doesn't explain why its decreasing so rapidly. Even before this recent surge in positive cases, the # of cases was not decreasing. It was stable all through May and early June. Unfortunately the media is of no help in answering to these points. On one side the media is trying to scare everyone shitless. Just digging, digging, digging to find any kind of bad news they can. They won't even mention the declining death count. I mean, its only the most important statistic out there, so why mention it? Don't worry, we're not gonna think Trump is doing an amazing job just because the death count declined. And on the other side, the media are saying that the whole thing is a hoax.
That's also my problem, there is a competition on social media, between the "my friend/relative had it and his lungs are absolutely destroyed and he can't walk for 5 minutes" and "i had it and i'm back to normal after two weeks". I heard the most balanced, sensible take 2 days ago on a german podcast. Every answer made sense and was easily digestible, but unfortunately the data simply doesn't translate to a completely different healt and social system.
Cases rising in the us, but Hospitals are empty. Make what you want out of it. Clearly states have reopen too soon, but test efficiency have also gone up. Again, make what you want of it. I can't read or hear news in CNN or fox. They are all canceling each other, pathetic journalism at its best .
Hospitals are empty is a vary blanket statement for a whole country. Some places are reporting to be at capacity or close to it.
https://www.wbrc.com/2020/06/26/alabama-hospital-association-says-icu-beds-are-use/ just so you know, you don't even need fingers any more if you see something questionable online just say... hey Siri/ok Google... followed by the claim
2 second google search https://abc3340.com/news/local/82-of-alabamas-icu-beds-full-as-covid-19-cases-soar I find the whole “ the media is either far left or far right” thing so stupid. Reminds me of The now even more idiotic sounding “Hillary is just as bad as Trump” nonsense. We are all technologically savvy people. We scour the internet for transfer rumors and press conferences and all that, but it’s really that hard to weed through the more extreme news sources? On twitter alone you can find medical professionals and journalists that report the facts Day to day. Some of them associated with mainstream media sources like the NYT or MSNBC. If you can only turn on CNN (they suck) or Fox (******** them hard) then that’s on you. Andy Slavitt and Scott Gotlieb are good twitter follows for straight information about reopenings and the numbers associated with it. https://mobile.twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD https://mobile.twitter.com/ASlavitt?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
NBA schedule looks super loaded with games starting at 1:30 or 2 pm eastern time daily. Good gsmes every day since most teams are good
So they have a bit over 1000 ICU beds for the whole state? That is interesting... Shows how little I know about this stuff I would have guessed most states have like 50,000 ICU beds or something like that.
Alabama actually ranks fairly high on number hospital beds and ICU beds per 1000 population. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/23/map-places-america-with-most-fewest-icu-beds/ https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/beds-by-ownership/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel={"colId":"Location","sort":"asc"}
Fair enough, even worse that they are at 80+% capacity currently. I was mostly referencing their overall healthcare rankings, which are pretty poor. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama