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In reply to the discussion: 'We blew it': U.S. reaches 'explosive' COVID-19 spread as virus is nearly impossible to control [View all]DeminPennswoods
(15,278 posts)41. Where is all this insight into how
many people are "undetected" coming from? Is it from those very early antibody tests that have since proven problematic? If so, that's a flawed assumption.
Here in Pennsylvania, we have 254k total cases and currently a 70% recovery rate based on no death 30 days after a positive test. That means we have about 76k active cases today. That equates to about .5% of our state population where 1/3 (4M) have been tested to date.
It's a strong indictment of our profit-driven hospital system that we cannot handle half-of-one-percent of our state being sick at one time and an even lower number actually needing to be hospitalized.
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'We blew it': U.S. reaches 'explosive' COVID-19 spread as virus is nearly impossible to control [View all]
Larissa
Nov 2020
OP
Exactly! And they're still not doing what needs to be done. And so simple. Un-f'ing believable.
Evolve Dammit
Nov 2020
#71
Sure they would. The residents of the state would be getting regular federal assistance checks.
PSPS
Nov 2020
#12
How can anyone think that keeping a plague from spreading is a political question?
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2020
#57
Overall there has been no significant difference in infections and death rates
former9thward
Nov 2020
#68
The Aussies seem to be for what is better for the country, like banning guns.
LiberalArkie
Nov 2020
#43
You might want to read up on exactly what Australia and New Zealand have done (and are doing)...
rooboy
Nov 2020
#40
oh, ok, I get ya. I was only using the known infections number from the dashboard.
AZ8theist
Nov 2020
#29
"don't actually know how close we are to having 60% of the popular exposed and (in theory) immune."
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2020
#35
I'm not actually trying to claim that 'that's going to work' without vaccinations
mr_lebowski
Nov 2020
#56
Umm, no. We know exactly what's going to happen, given the actions or inaction of politicians....
paleotn
Nov 2020
#42
The devil's greatest trick was convincing people he didn't exist... and that COVID was no big deal.
Beartracks
Nov 2020
#11