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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNumbers today will be astonishing.
Michigan count as of 10:AM nearly 2300 cases 43 deaths. Last night they said Beaumont hospital chain was already swamped.
unblock
(52,267 posts)and we'll be quickly adding to the list of overwhelmed hospitals....
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)getagrip_already
(14,768 posts)and preventing patients from showing up in er's. They will be able to stay below critical in-hospital levels, and since they won't test nursing home deaths, they won't be counted.
scarletlib
(3,417 posts)I would just say to him that he cannot hide the dead bodies. And they will start to accumulate. Funeral homes overwhelmed, neighbors and family members dying. It will be seen, noted and known.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)As far as I can tell, CA has tested about 7 per 10,000 people. WA and NY have tested 40 to 50 per 10,000 and are adding about 5 per 10,000 every day (almost the same amount CA has tested overall).
If CA were testing at the same levels, I have very little doubt the numbers would be at least 6 times what is currently being reported.
Johnny2X2X
(19,074 posts)I live here.
The state to watch IMO is Arizona, they've barely done any testing or made efforts at social distancing and their deaths are rising.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)They post at 2:00 PM as of 10:AM. 19 deaths since yesterday. My county has only two so far. I wish I knew how many have been tested.
Johnny2X2X
(19,074 posts)Ugh.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/03/25/michigan-coronavirus-cases-deaths/5079733002/
I've been saying to people, don't watch how the US is tracking to Italy, watch how your individual state is tracking to Italy. Each state right now how the potential to be as bad or worse than Northern Italy.
hlthe2b
(102,304 posts)gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)Their kill rate is alarming.
localroger
(3,629 posts)Thanks to Mardi Gras. One of the positive test results works in the same office of about 20 people that I do. They had to disinfect the building and most of us are now working from home or in the field.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Tucker08087
(621 posts)here in New Jersey. 🤬
BComplex
(8,054 posts)That is the whole reason this country is at such risk. Trump.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)localroger
(3,629 posts)That's the nature of exponential math. Louisiana shut everything down on the 17th. Even if the shutdown totally works we will not see a meaningful decrease in the exponential expansion until early April. That means at least 3 more doublings, to around 15,000 cases (may be more as testing improves) and 500 deaths. Then we'll see if the drastic measures have been effective.
Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)This is going to get bad.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)And I'd like to know how many have been tested by state and county.
scarletlib
(3,417 posts)DeSantis can try but he wont be able to hide it. I took a short auto trip to my sons house today since they had some supplies for me. I didnt get out of the car and the stuff went into the trunk.
I am in Palm Beach County and you wouldnt know there was anything unusual going on. Lots of traffic on the roads and parking lots at shopping centers and businesses full of cars.
Aside from closing schools and selected businesses life goes on as normal.