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  • Denmen185Denmen185 Posts: 7,500 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited July 2020

    But I thought that every case required 2 positive tests (nose and throat swab presumably). If the positives are overstated then the death rate almost has to be understated as it's deaths/cases.

  • dgdawgdgdawg Posts: 242 ✭✭✭✭ Senior
    edited July 2020

    At least two, one in the initial screening and one at discharge. However, if the second one came back negative it wouldn't have the same flag. In about 20% the second came back positive and wasn't counted correctly. That was my concern.

    Edit: You are correct from an overall view. I was looking at it simply 1 to 1.

  • KaseyKasey Posts: 29,697 mod

    Another case record set again today!!

    oh wait, that’s not good 🤔

  • AnotherDawgAnotherDawg Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I mean, if you want good news, it was reported today that the latest batch of MLB tests came back with 0.5% positives in over 2,000 tested. Also the death rate, nationally, seems to be plummeting.

  • KaseyKasey Posts: 29,697 mod

    Deaths typically lag confirmed cases. Deaths this week in total have been up over the previous week. Next few days will tell a lot.

  • AnotherDawgAnotherDawg Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
  • YaleDawgYaleDawg Posts: 7,267 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited July 2020

    Yes, the death rate will plummet when cases spike drastically for a disease that takes several weeks to kill. We won't know the true effect on the death rate for another couple weeks when we can tie case outcomes to this latest spike in cases. Given a higher proportion of younger people are being infected than before, I would expect the overall death rate to go down. However, many people are ending up in the hospital with conditions such as pulmonary embolism which can create chronic health issues and reduce quality of life.

    edit: posted before seeing Kasey's comment

  • RxDawgRxDawg Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Catching up...

    I think there is some major psychological warfare going on against our people. At first I got it, is this the apocalypse? Well we quickly learned that it wasn't. Some have turned something real into an enormous scam... or hoax if you will. Stop being afraid. Life has risks. Be smart and move forward.


  • YaleDawgYaleDawg Posts: 7,267 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    • Heart disease: 647,457
    • Cancer: 599,108
    • Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936
    • Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201
    • **** (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383
    • Alzheimer’s disease: 121,404
    • Diabetes: 83,564
    • Influenza and pneumonia: 55,672
    • Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,633
    • Intentional self-harm (suicide): 47,173

    In a normal year these are the leading causes of death in the US. Only a little over halfway through the year COVID-19 would be the 6th leading cause of death for the entire year. At the current pace COVID-19 will be the third leading cause of death in the US for 2020.

    This graphic is also misleading as it looks at deaths for the entire world when the response to COVID-19 has varied greatly from country to country with varying levels of success.

  • RxDawgRxDawg Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited July 2020

    Holy smokes.... even when faced with the stats you still spin it. Whatever it takes to make everything look as awful as can be so you can win in November huh? You mirror your politicians. And it's a shining example of why I don't support them.

    Edit: 3 DV's. Because if you don't agree with the narrative, you must be silenced.

  • YaleDawgYaleDawg Posts: 7,267 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited July 2020

    Holy smokes... even when faced with the stats you still spin it. Whatever it takes to make everything look as great as can be so you can win in November huh? You mirror your politicians. And it's a shining example of why I don't support them.

  • KaseyKasey Posts: 29,697 mod

    Are you talking about me? If so my PMs are open as always. I try to be cool about everything and keep it on topic. Sometimes my bias and anger gets out but I like to think I’m (mostly) middle of the road on this issue.

    I just want college football in the fall. I want sports back. People know what to do but choose not to for whatever reason. I’ve often stated both sides have politicized this for their own benefit. Why this shocks anyone I’ll never know. This silly infighting has been going on forever. Everyone thinks their side is the good side and the other side is the bad side.

    we got a guy on here who just told us how he checked into the hospital with this thing and other posters saying how it’s not that bad, we gotta live life, you’re more likely to die of heart disease. I’ve heard it all.

    once again I’m convinced no one wants to listen, everyone wants to talk and be right. Myself included a lot of times. Trying to get better. If you wanna talk more, get at me.

    I don’t have covid

  • KaseyKasey Posts: 29,697 mod

    No one is silencing you. They’re disagreeing with you. We welcome your opinions here

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