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Ya all take a break. I might re open this tomorrow
Last chance I will not re open it again
I understand your position but wish that individual offenders could be banned from particular threads rather than punish all. Equally I don't think a Forum wide ban for such individuals is necessarily warranted as it is an emotional topic for many.
Appreciate all you and the other Mods do.
Adult swim is now over - kids, back in the pool!...
SC cases are still creeping in the direction we want them to go. Very encouraging trends - and we are close to calling it a trend. 7 day avg has dropped. % pos rate is easing down (no where near where we need it.
Now, if we can calm down the beach parties in Myrtle and Charleston, and keep the dives closed up here in the Upstate and in Columbia, we might actually keep more people alive.
Hospitalizations are also down due to Covid to around 1400, after a 1775 peak.
Spoke to someone at the hospital yesterday that said it has eased a bit, and their Covid floors were not as crowded.
HOPEFULLY a good trend that will replicate itself all over this great nation.
Headed to play golf with a group of current and retired basketball coaches (responsibly social distanced, of course). Probably 12 of us. Quick math tells me there will be 3500+ wins and 14 rings represented in the group (3 guys combine for 1500 of those alone). The stories (lies?) told will be epic...
Erased it. Not worth it.
I’m a no shutdown, no restrictions of any liberties guy, I feel like that’s been pretty clear. People should be free to live their lives as they choose. If folks want to protest, that’s their right to do so, so long as they don’t break any laws. Cases are going to happen and there’s no way to stop them. Re-opening led to cases, just as protests led to cases. When people gather anywhere, viruses have opportunities to spread. Same as it ever was. To argue over data that is incomplete & therefore inaccurate at best....biased at worst... is a waste of my time.
I understand your frustration but we do not have the permissions to thread ban. Choices are limited on our end. We have been pretty loose but the politics must stay out, keep it about COVID and all will be good.........
7 Day Averages for Tests, Cases and % Positive.
Comparing 8/3 with 7/27
Cal - Tests similar, Cases down 9%, Positives down from 7.2% to 6.6% - Trending slowly better.
La - Test down significantly, Cases down even more, Positives 9.6% to 8.2%. Given the reduced tests very positive trend.
Florida - Tests substantially lower, Cases likewise, Positives 19.1% to 18.4%. Neutral given the testing sites in South Florida (epicenter) have been closed. Awaiting things getting back to normal.
Texas - Tests down 9%, Cases flat, Positive 12.7% to 13.9%. No tests recorded 8/2 so may be understated negatives to be caught up. Neutral - seems to have leveled off at a lower level than 2 weeks ago but still higher than some others.
Georgia - Tests up 8%, Cases down 3%, Positive 14.1% to 12.7%. Trending slightly better although tests fell off slightly towards the end (maybe due to coastal areas limiting testing due to storm?)
Arizona - Tests up 2%, Cases down 16%, Positive 22.0% to 18.2%. Very good trend albeit from a high level.
NC - Tests down 5%, Cases down 7%, Positive 6.5% to 6.3%. Very consistent lower level than the other states.
SC - Tests up 3%, Cases down 4%, Positives 15.5% to 14.5%. Promising trend
Alabama - Tests down 13%, Cases down 6%, Positives 19.0% to 20,6%. Neutral to slight negative as increased positive rate could be in line with lower testing. Still high though.
Miss - Tests down 7%Cases down 6%, positive 23.6% to 23.8%. Seems to have plateaued at a high level.
So essentially "silence anyone that doesn't agree with me...."
This is why I (mostly) stopped following this thread. Enjoy the echo chamber.
It is worth it Tex. Sadly, the game is fixed for now.
Great post. I'm sure the trends for the deaths are going the other way in most states due to the lag effect. Does that sound about right?
Whether we, as Americans, identify as liberal or conservative, there must be some middle ground where we can coexist.
What part of keep it about COVID did you not understand.....
I really appreciate this post. I like the state by state breakdown with the 3 key indicators you listed for each. Seems like there is widespread potential for positive trends in these states. Hopefully it keeps going that way.
Probably but they are more dependent on Hospital/LTC/ME reporting so are more erratic due to weekends (low) Tuesday (high) and some only report 1-2 times per week. Example for Florida 8/1 - 179. 8/2 - 62. 8/3 - 73, 8/4 - 245. The total for the period 8/1-3 (3 days) as reported on 8/2-4 was 380 of which 250 were deaths from July and 1 other that was either June or July 1/2. The actual that have an August DOD in the first 3 days were only 129 but will increase as the data is updated. Look at even July 8th that was 119 on August 1st but has increased every day so far and is now 124. Also look at July 31st which is a typical progression. So, as well as the physical lag from infection to case to death for those that don't recover there is a major paperwork lag in addition.
The ? is numbers that are not reflected in the data shown. If say tomorrow the deaths for July 5th increase by 1 it won't show in the 30 day graph on the dashboard as that drops off after today. So there is about a 30 day lag from case to death but up to 60 days from case to reported death in some instances.
That's not what I said. If I violate the rules give me a warning first offense and suspend or ban me 2nd. I am just saying that everyone shouldn't suffer if 1 person goes over the top and if I throw a wobbly ban me not you.
Enough already we will do what we have to do....end of story
Georgia opened May 1
Protests started May 26-27.
Spikes started showing up 2nd week of June - EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME
Minnesota was on a steady decline until end of May, when that came to abrupt halt. Then the cases started increasing along with everyone else.
Florida and Texas have a combined 50 million people, with 8 major metro areas with over 2 million people - Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Ft Worth.
Minnesota has only one major metro area. A full dose of common sense isn’t required to understand the difference in growth rate.
Data? Come on. You see what you want to see.
Still no data