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WestlinnDuck
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Time to use some science and open up. Can't play tennis. That will kill grandpa with dementia in the memory care facility. Don't get me started on fishing outdoors on a boat. That reeks of murder. We can't keep it shut down through next season's flu season. Get it now or get it then. Oh, and lay off half on our now unnecessary government workers and all teachers. That's how unserious our scientific illiterate governors are.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/04/coronavirus-in-one-state-19.php
CORONAVIRUS IN ONE STATE (19)
Minnesota’s nursing home crisis deepened yesterday, with 16 of the 19 new deaths attributed to the COVID-19 epidemic occurring among residents of long-term care facilities. The new death numbers amplify the point I have made repeatedly in this series. The epidemic represents a mortal threat mostly to the elderly with significant underlying conditions among the residents of nursing homes and assisted-care facilities. Well over two-thirds of the deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Minnesota have occurred in this specific subpopulation.
The death total attributed to the virus has escalated to 179. The median age of decedents is 83.
Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm provided the demographic profile of the 19 new decedents at yesterday’s daily briefing with Governor Walz and others: two in their 90’s, 8 in their 80’s, 7 in their 70’s, one in his or her 60’s, and one in his or her 50’s (“with significant underlying conditions”).
Does the state need to be locked down to protect this subpopulation? That is one question that wasn’t asked at yesterday’s briefing. The speakers all celebrated the state’s “breakthrough for rapid, widespread testing of COVID-19 in Minnesota” as they “launched a statewide testing strategy to test all symptomatic people, isolate confirmed cases, and expand public health surveillance tools.” Increased testing and contact tracing is “to help improve control of this pandemic and support the safe re-opening of society…”
Backslapping and self-congratulation were the order of the day. The testing is to ease our return to normal, though Walz remains vaguely noncommittal about what he will do when his shutdown order expires on May 4.
The University of Minnesota’s Michael Osterholm was among those who spoke at the briefing yesterday. Osterholm is the former state epidemiologist. He has a distinguished record in public health and is knee-deep in the state’s approach to the epidemic. Osterholm spoke to praise the governor and tout the testing program along with the other guests, but observed that no more than five percent of Minnesotans have been exposed to the virus so far. He assured us that the level of exposure would reach 60-70 percent in due course. He advised that Minnesotans “need to take this seriously.”
I don’t know anyone who’s not “taking this seriously.” Osterholm’s message about the course of the epidemic nevertheless belies the gist of Walz’s daily briefings, which implies that our current sacrifice is necessary to suppress the spread and save lives later. I “seriously” doubt that Minnesotans understand the present devastation is intended only to string things out for some hypothetical benefit later. We have empty beds and excess capacity in our health care system. What are we waiting for? Someone needs to “take this seriously,” but it’s not Osterholm’s presumed audience among the great unwashed.
The current shutdown is devastating the state’s health care system and economy generally. The number of those hospitalized in intensive care with the virus actually decreased yesterday, from 117 to 107. Commenting on part 18 of this series yesterday, a reader wrote: “I am an RN at a hospital in St. Paul and I had my last two shifts cancelled because my unit was overstaffed. I was just sitting at home not working at the hospital in this supposed “crisis” in health care. There is no way we can be more prepared now for treating patients. The justification to ‘flatten the curve’ past this point is doing more harm than good.”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/04/coronavirus-in-one-state-19.php
CORONAVIRUS IN ONE STATE (19)
Minnesota’s nursing home crisis deepened yesterday, with 16 of the 19 new deaths attributed to the COVID-19 epidemic occurring among residents of long-term care facilities. The new death numbers amplify the point I have made repeatedly in this series. The epidemic represents a mortal threat mostly to the elderly with significant underlying conditions among the residents of nursing homes and assisted-care facilities. Well over two-thirds of the deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Minnesota have occurred in this specific subpopulation.
The death total attributed to the virus has escalated to 179. The median age of decedents is 83.
Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm provided the demographic profile of the 19 new decedents at yesterday’s daily briefing with Governor Walz and others: two in their 90’s, 8 in their 80’s, 7 in their 70’s, one in his or her 60’s, and one in his or her 50’s (“with significant underlying conditions”).
Does the state need to be locked down to protect this subpopulation? That is one question that wasn’t asked at yesterday’s briefing. The speakers all celebrated the state’s “breakthrough for rapid, widespread testing of COVID-19 in Minnesota” as they “launched a statewide testing strategy to test all symptomatic people, isolate confirmed cases, and expand public health surveillance tools.” Increased testing and contact tracing is “to help improve control of this pandemic and support the safe re-opening of society…”
Backslapping and self-congratulation were the order of the day. The testing is to ease our return to normal, though Walz remains vaguely noncommittal about what he will do when his shutdown order expires on May 4.
The University of Minnesota’s Michael Osterholm was among those who spoke at the briefing yesterday. Osterholm is the former state epidemiologist. He has a distinguished record in public health and is knee-deep in the state’s approach to the epidemic. Osterholm spoke to praise the governor and tout the testing program along with the other guests, but observed that no more than five percent of Minnesotans have been exposed to the virus so far. He assured us that the level of exposure would reach 60-70 percent in due course. He advised that Minnesotans “need to take this seriously.”
I don’t know anyone who’s not “taking this seriously.” Osterholm’s message about the course of the epidemic nevertheless belies the gist of Walz’s daily briefings, which implies that our current sacrifice is necessary to suppress the spread and save lives later. I “seriously” doubt that Minnesotans understand the present devastation is intended only to string things out for some hypothetical benefit later. We have empty beds and excess capacity in our health care system. What are we waiting for? Someone needs to “take this seriously,” but it’s not Osterholm’s presumed audience among the great unwashed.
The current shutdown is devastating the state’s health care system and economy generally. The number of those hospitalized in intensive care with the virus actually decreased yesterday, from 117 to 107. Commenting on part 18 of this series yesterday, a reader wrote: “I am an RN at a hospital in St. Paul and I had my last two shifts cancelled because my unit was overstaffed. I was just sitting at home not working at the hospital in this supposed “crisis” in health care. There is no way we can be more prepared now for treating patients. The justification to ‘flatten the curve’ past this point is doing more harm than good.”
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So our? punishment for old people dying is to relive their youth?
1 in 5 Americans losing their job is real.
Who is out there in the capitols protesting while the millennials hide under the bed mocking them on twitter?
Seniors were used as propaganda.
But Again read the comments on your local or national stories. Unfortunately on most stories you have to have a Facebook account to do so. So if you don't, I understand why you are not seeing it this way.
I'm not trying to start a generation war. But I'm right on this one despite the tens of grandpas who may have got into their car for a drive by protest.
And while it may seem that everybody does it, not many Boomers on Twitter. Mostly Millenials and X'ers.
About everything
Sorry, I can’t keep up.
there was that one time on that one thing where you were flat out WRONg!