Corona Virus #5

[rswyan]

Wow... been away from this thread all day and it took me a half hour at least to catch up... yeah my wife just sourced some zinc products for some reason. ...

Now just have her get you the other thing and you’ll be all set ...

 

[lman]

I saw there was low priced gas in your state. It's probably cheaper to drive a gasoline powered car.

With the local COVID-19 patient news tonight I just when out and unplugged our Nissan Leaf and kissed her good night on the plug in lid for saving me from those dirty gas pumps.

 

[hawkeye08]

I read above that CA governor asked President Trump to put hospital ship off coast of Los Angeles... Washington governor also asked for hospital ship, park it in harbor at Seattle.. Seattle is hotspot for US, wonder who is going to get it..

 

[newbury]

<snip>
"But there's enough in the whole country for the coming 10 years," he said. "We can all poop for 10 years."

That's good for the survivors.

I read above that CA governor asked President Trump to put hospital ship off coast of Los Angeles... Washington governor also asked for hospital ship, park it in harbor at Seattle.. Seattle is hotspot for US, wonder who is going to get it..

Which locale will provide more votes in November?

 

[MGH PA]

Quick question. Why are all of our infection projections in the 50-150+ million US citizens, when China seems to hold steady at ~86K cases with a population over 3 times ours? I know we're not quarantining as seriously as China was (yet), but I don't get how these numbers are extrapolated over time unless they're basically saying that China's #'s will go back up once the quarantine is lifted.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I saw there was low priced gas in your state. It's probably cheaper to drive a gasoline powered car.

It needing a $13K battery was a clue to the cost of driving an EV.

 

[Gus3120]

I believe a really big test is coming for the US. By that I mean our 2nd amendment is what’s at stake. For years the powers to be have wanted to take away America’s guns, but there isn’t enough public support for this. I fear that if things get really bad and many people are shot and chaos ensues then when the dust settles the public opinion will change against us gun owners. I believe this is the only way they can do it with us having the 2A. So my friends let’s all pray it doesn’t come to this, let’s pray that we can pass this test. Stay safe out there!

 

[newbury]

Statistics
Which can be turned many ways.

 

[rswyan]

Quick question. Why are all of our infection projections in the 50-150+ million US citizens, when China seems to hold steady at ~86K cases with a population over 3 times ours?

That's easy - they are an authoritarian government who quickly clamped down with some pretty draconian measures to prevent the spread and rapidly mobilized a fairly serious "public health-focused" response:

China’s aggressive measures have slowed the coronavirus. They may not work in other countries | Science | AAAS

I know we're not quarantining as seriously as China was (yet),

Heheheh ... yeah ... that's one way to put it I guess ...

... but I don't get how these numbers are extrapolated over time unless they're basically saying that China's #'s will go back up once the quarantine is lifted.

No.

See above ...

 

[pennwalk]

I liked this BBC article about lessons learned in Italy.

Coronavirus: Lessons from Italy's lockdown

"The priorities become clear - food, health, family"