UW Model a few days later

Fire_Marshall_Bill

not grim enough for the media

https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1246825831864963073

PurpleThrobber

Inslee's shills gonna shill.

MikeDamone

Grim milestone

RaceBannon

http://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1246812081925619714?s=19

Annual shut down


Fauci echoed officials who warned that the coming week will be a bad one with the number of deaths expected to increase to a “shocking” degree, but said that social distancing practices will help flatten the curve of cases.


Scoreboard watching. Everyone is on the record. Stack up the bodies time

Bob_C

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

PurpleThrobber

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

The only stat that should matter is hospital occupancy rate.

Loads of people test positive for various viruses/illness.

How many are in the fucking hospital? How many empty beds are there?

WestlinnDuck

Throbber is on it like Eddie's dog Snots. Better let him finish, Clark. What is pissing me off is the lack of testing. In Oregon, we are at less than 5% positive on testing. The big issue is that asymptomatic Wuhan carriers aren't getting tested. I'd like to know how deep this sh*t is in the general population. If a large percentage are infected but with no symptoms, it's time to open up and old people with existing conditions can huddle at home.

MikeDamone

WestlinnDuck said:

Throbber is on it like Eddie's dog Snots. Better let him finish, Clark. What is pissing me off is the lack of testing. In Oregon, we are at less than 5% positive on testing. The big issue is that asymptomatic Wuhan carriers aren't getting tested. I'd like to know how deep this sh*t is in the general population. If a large percentage are infected but with no symptoms, it's time to open up and old people with existing conditions can huddle at home.

If a person is asymptotic why would they get tested?

pawz

MikeDamone said:

WestlinnDuck said:

Throbber is on it like Eddie's dog Snots. Better let him finish, Clark. What is pissing me off is the lack of testing. In Oregon, we are at less than 5% positive on testing. The big issue is that asymptomatic Wuhan carriers aren't getting tested. I'd like to know how deep this sh*t is in the general population. If a large percentage are infected but with no symptoms, it's time to open up and old people with existing conditions can huddle at home.

If a person is asymptotic why would they get tested?

Obviously they don't want to skew the data away from the narrative.

Kaepsknee

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

In most areas around our country, hospitals are ghost towns and they are losing their ass not being able to do elective procedures. There are reports out there that hospitals are coding every illness as a COVid case to extract more federal dollars.

SFGbob

salemcoog said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

In most areas around our country, hospitals are ghost towns and they are losing their ass not being able to do elective procedures. There are reports out there that hospitals are coding every illness as a COVid case to extract more federal dollars.

Add to that the directive from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to count any death tangentially related to COVID-19, and you have to wonder if that number actually holds. That directive reads, “COVID-19 should be reported on the death certificate for all decedents where the disease caused or is assumed to have caused or contributed to death.” (The emphasis in bolding is theirs.)

Kaepsknee

PurpleThrobber said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

The only stat that should matter is hospital occupancy rate.

Loads of people test positive for various viruses/illness.

How many are in the fucking hospital? How many empty beds are there?

In Oregon, the amount of hospitalizations with new cases were dropping so far, that the Oregon Health Authority quit releasing those numbers. All due to tech difficulties of course. WE do know that in OHSU's network of Hospitals there were a whole 6 COVID patients on 04/04/20.

https://www.eastoregonian.com/coronavirus/oha-stops-providing-certain-data-about-hospitalizations-and-hospital-capacity-because-it-doesnt-trust-the/article_101405d0-7603-11ea-8f1f-17f84a55a2c2.html

Alexis

salemcoog said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

In most areas around our country, hospitals are ghost towns and they are losing their ass not being able to do elective procedures. There are reports out there that hospitals are coding every illness as a COVid case to extract more federal dollars.

While driving to my local Lowes for yet another home project (which is not a ghost town by the way, fucking business is booming thank god, since it's all that is keeping me sane) swung by the old Auburn General. From the outside, it is indeed a ghost town. Sneaking a glance in the ER front door, it looked like about 3 people in there. The parking lot was at least 40% (81%?) empty. the parking garage had a few cars in it, but definitely not a normal amount.

Stacked like cordwood.

RaceBannon

Alexis said:

salemcoog said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

In most areas around our country, hospitals are ghost towns and they are losing their ass not being able to do elective procedures. There are reports out there that hospitals are coding every illness as a COVid case to extract more federal dollars.

While driving to my local Lowes for yet another home project (which is not a ghost town by the way, fucking business is booming thank god, since it's all that is keeping me sane) swung by the old Auburn General. From the outside, it is indeed a ghost town. Sneaking a glance in the ER front door, it looked like about 3 people in there. The parking lot was at least 40% (81%?) empty. the parking garage had a few cars in it, but definitely not a normal amount.

Stacked like cordwood.

Deathweek 2020

BE there!

GrundleStiltzkin

salemcoog said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

In most areas around our country, hospitals are ghost towns and they are losing their ass not being able to do elective procedures. There are reports out there that hospitals are coding every illness as a COVid case to extract more federal dollars.

I'm tempted to say fuck off with your conspiracy bullshit, but I can absolutely see that happening. An incentive has been created.

PurpleThrobber

salemcoog said:

PurpleThrobber said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

The only stat that should matter is hospital occupancy rate.

Loads of people test positive for various viruses/illness.

How many are in the fucking hospital? How many empty beds are there?

In Oregon, the amount of hospitalizations with new cases were dropping so far, that the Oregon Health Authority quit releasing those numbers. All due to tech difficulties of course. WE do know that in OHSU's network of Hospitals there were a whole 6 COVID patients on 04/04/20.

https://www.eastoregonian.com/coronavirus/oha-stops-providing-certain-data-about-hospitalizations-and-hospital-capacity-because-it-doesnt-trust-the/article_101405d0-7603-11ea-8f1f-17f84a55a2c2.html

The hospitals already have disaster and alternate care facility plans in place. As well, their medical personnel will be otherwise busy taking care of COVID patients, so the next logical question is, who is to be the medical staff at these field hospitals?

They can't use retired physicians - they are in the at-risk age group. Perhaps military doctors but then who takes care of military personnel?

This is a big tail chasing exercise and chance for the state and local bureaucrats to be attention whores and show their big dicks. When they've not been asked to show their big dicks by the local medical community.

Fuckingly stupid. As fuckingly stupid as banning fishing because the WDFW wants to show how woke they are to Gov. Jay's fear mongering.

Kaepsknee

GrundleStiltzkin said:

salemcoog said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

In most areas around our country, hospitals are ghost towns and they are losing their ass not being able to do elective procedures. There are reports out there that hospitals are coding every illness as a COVid case to extract more federal dollars.

I'm tempted to say fuck off with your conspiracy bullshit, but I can absolutely see that happening. An incentive has been created.

Just as you will start to see employee shortages at critical locations like grocery stores and warehouses once one of their laid off buddy starts taking home double the money that He did when He was working. The incentive for the lower wage worker to actually work will soon be gone.

PurpleThrobber

salemcoog said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

salemcoog said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

In most areas around our country, hospitals are ghost towns and they are losing their ass not being able to do elective procedures. There are reports out there that hospitals are coding every illness as a COVid case to extract more federal dollars.

I'm tempted to say fuck off with your conspiracy bullshit, but I can absolutely see that happening. An incentive has been created.

Just as you will start to see employee shortages at critical locations like grocery stores and warehouses once one of their laid off buddy starts taking home double the money that He did when He was working. The incentive for the lower wage worker to actually work will soon be gone.

When your hospital staff start taking stocking jobs at Albertsons and Amazon for $2 more per hour, the whole house of cards starts collapsing.

Invisible hand shit, man.

Crazy how people tend to behave in their own self interest.

SFGbob

salemcoog said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

salemcoog said:

Bob_C said:

Inslee touting positive test % over total tests is slightly increasing and signaling that is a problem. Yet total positive tests per day are decreasing. Not smart enough to know why the positive rate stat even matters, seems like it could be illnesses with similar symptoms going down, which is likely a biproduct of social distancing and seasonality of flu. All of it means that tests per day taken are going down as well.

What am I missing here?

In most areas around our country, hospitals are ghost towns and they are losing their ass not being able to do elective procedures. There are reports out there that hospitals are coding every illness as a COVid case to extract more federal dollars.

I'm tempted to say fuck off with your conspiracy bullshit, but I can absolutely see that happening. An incentive has been created.

Just as you will start to see employee shortages at critical locations like grocery stores and warehouses once one of their laid off buddy starts taking home double the money that He did when He was working. The incentive for the lower wage worker to actually work will soon be gone.

Of course nobody could have ever seen that coming.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/handful-gop-senators-threaten-delay-senate-coronavirus-bill-over-drafting-n1168766?cid=eml_nbn_20200325