CoronaVirus in US - Updates & Discussion

[Pax Ottomana]

Coronavirus is turning the zuperpowa USA into the world's laughing stock.

 

[grey boy 2]

On pace reaching the next grim milestone of "700,000" much sooner than expected
Updates: "677,700" along with "34,840" death toll

 

[khansaheeb]

The situation is burning hot in the US when you look at the number of infected cases, way hotter than anywhere else. The US is now completely naked as the crisis reveals how incompetent it is.

They will put a spin on it:-click here for BBC report

 

[F-22Raptor]

Check out this shocking death spike of a total of "33,875", i thought the "Wannabe White American" was insisting.....
"Statistical trends must be difficult for you to comprehend. New cases and deaths are DECLINING."
"New cases dropped again today, and new deaths remained flat."
Anyway newest updates: "666,949" total cases along with "33,875" death toll
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The data was underreported last weekend due to the holiday which is why you saw a spike in deaths in Tuesday and Wednesday’s reports. Cases still remain flat and deaths are averaging around 2,000 a day over the last 5 days. Deaths lag behind, because the people that are dying are the ones intubated 1-2 weeks ago. So the US is still riding the peak of the flattening curve.

 

[grey boy 2]

I believe its safe to say it will hit the grim milestone of "700000" within 24 hours or less, not looking good at all
Updates: "695,107" along with "36,576" death toll

 

[grey boy 2]

Some ajustment needed in a span of half an hour, getting extremely close.....
Newest updates: "699006" total cases along with "36,849" death toll

 

[riscol]

530.000 to 699.000 in 6 days , an increase of 169.000 newly infected cases. A week ago the McDonald clown here said the number of newly infected cases and deaths are dropping. Does not look anything like dropping to me.

 

[ghazi52]

The daunting reality of getting US back to normal

Katty Kay
Presenter, BBC World News @KattyKayBBCon Twitter

• 16 April 2020

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What will 'normal' look like?
President Trump says "we'll be the comeback kids", but scientists warn easing restrictions won't be quick or easy - the US still lacks the capacity to test and track infections on the scale needed.

Americans are watching anxiously as Europe slowly opens back up from lockdown. There is intense pressure from the White House and business leaders here to get things moving again as soon as possible. But proposals to do so are fragmented and unclear.

There is a general recognition that it may take the US longer to get out of this than other countries, partly because the country is so large and partly because it responded later than other countries. Shutting down late meant the virus had already spread and so it takes longer to get it out of society.

"A late mover is the worst of all worlds," says Tom Bossert, former national security adviser to President Trump.

Mr Bossert helped develop the pandemic response plan that President George W Bush asked for back in 2005. He has been obsessed with the threat of a pandemic like this ever since and raised the alarm to the White House at the end of February, but didn't get much of a hearing.

What can be done before we have a vaccine?

Experts agree the Holy Grail is a vaccine to prevent infection or medical therapies to cure it. "It's over when we have a vaccine," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at his daily press conference on Wednesday. But, he added, that vaccine is 12-18 months away.

In the meantime, US scientists want more data before they will be confident they can reopen the economy without the virus flaring right back up again.

They want to know how many people are infected. They want to know more about whether people who've been infected are then immune and if so for how long.

Dr Peggy Hamburg, who ran the Food and Drug Administration under President Obama, says the idea is that "we can test for antibodies (immunity) and then send people back into the economy." But she warns, "we're not there yet to do that with confidence."

But she says two upcoming studies from Westchester country, New York, and Santa Clara county, California, could provide more information on antibodies and immunity.


How do we build up immunity if staying at home?

The longer the country is shut down the more the economy suffers but also the fewer people are infected. That's good for protecting the health system but health experts point out that there's some conflict because it doesn't allow people to develop immunity in large enough numbers to reach so-called herd immunity.

The former head of the Centers for Disease Control, Tom Frieden, believes that even in the hotspots like New York, only 5-10% of people have been infected. To get herd immunity 60% of the population needs to have been infected.

 

[grey boy 2]

The "700,000" grim milestone is right before our eyes, whats next?
Newest updates "700,234" total cases along with "36,922" death toll

 

[riscol]

New York and New Jersey have high numbers of infected cases which is very close to the location of Fort Detrick.

 

[grey boy 2]

Wow, adding another "5,000" new cases in a twenty minutes time span, something has gone seriously wrong

 

[ghazi52]

...................................;;;;;;;;;;;;.Cases…per 100K residents Deaths
New York.................................... 223,699.... 1,150........... 17,131
New Jersey................................ 78,467...... 883............... 3,840
Massachusetts.......................... 34,402....... 499............ 1,245
Michigan .................................30,023 ,,,,,,,301.............. 2,227
Pennsylvania...........................29,888......... 233............. 921
California............................ 28,888................ 73...... 1,021
Illinois................................. 27,578 ............218....... 1,132
Florida................................. 24,759.......... 115.......... 725
Louisiana............................. 23,118........ 497.......... 1,213
Texas................................... 17,803........ 61....... 447
Georgia............................... 17,194........ 162....... 650
Connecticut.......................... 16,848 ..........473.... 1,036 Maryland............................... 11,572....... 191 ......334
Washington........................... 11,387....... 150....... 592
Indiana .................................10,154....... 151...... 522
Ohio..................................... 9,110 .........78........ 418
Colorado................................ 8,675............ 151..... 372
Virginia................................... 7,491........... 88....... 231
Tennessee............................... 6,263............. 92...... 141
North Carolina.......................... 6,029............ 57...... 176
Missouri................................. 5,371.............. 88...... 184

 

[riscol]

Where is our McDonald clown F22-Raptor explaining to us that the numbers are flattening and dropping?

 

[Aspen]

Where is our McDonald clown F22-Raptor explaining to us that the numbers are flattening and dropping?

 

[riscol]

709.000 already, that number keeps on increasing rapidly an extra 4000 new cases within 2 hrs