Covid-19

[GoMuskies]

Our deaths continue to decline. As long as that continues, I don't really care if new cases rise.

[muskiefan82]

Somehow we've got to do a little better.
The EU has 100 million more people that we do, and their new case count is down below 5,000.

I wonder if the EU isn't paying hospitals money for COVID patients...….

[STL_XUfan]

I wonder if the EU isn't paying hospitals money for COVID patients...….

I keep hearing this theory and it laughable to me that a hospital would take the risk of faking a COVID result in order to get the 20% surplus from Medicaid on that patient. Has there been any proof to this?

If there was any truth to this you would be seeing whistleblowers left and right filing false claims act cases. They can be giant money makers for both the attorney and the whistleblower. So if you know someone, please have them reach out to me, I would be happy to cash in on that case.

[Xville]

The mainstream media is such an effing joke when it comes to this. Was watching the today show, (I really should stop because most of the "newspeople" on there are such a joke) and it was the sky is falling, cases exploding everywhere including south florida (miami). Of course, during the segment, they kept showing beaches, bars but yet didnt show the protests that been happening down there now for weeks. In fact, there was even a comment in the "news" report that there havent been a spike in cases from the protests, even though there have been reports where the tracers are not even deliberately asking if the person infected participated in protests.

Then my favorite was when they interviewed the miami mayor and basically shamed him for going to a restaurant and taking a picture with someone without wearing a mask....oh the horror!

Something seriously needs to be done about the "press" in our country...the left wing and right wing media need to go the way of the dinosaur and we need to get back to actual reporting of the news in an objective non-sensationalist manner.

[paulxu]

Our deaths continue to decline. As long as that continues, I don't really care if new cases rise.

You are right. Deaths going down is great. Hope it continues, and we're not into a lagging situation vs cases.

[GoMuskies]

Hope it continues, and we're not into a lagging situation vs cases.

Yep, I'm hopeful, but certainly wary of the lagging issue.

[bjf123]

Something seriously needs to be done about the "press" in our country...the left wing and right wing media need to go the way of the dinosaur and we need to get back to actual reporting of the news in an objective non-sensationalist manner.

Good luck with that!


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[xu82]

Yep, I'm hopeful, but certainly wary of the lagging issue.

https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report

Cases are way up, deaths are dropping. Are we treating it better? Or are we on the verge of bad news?

[X-man]

https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report

Cases are way up, deaths are dropping. Are we treating it better? Or are we on the verge of bad news?

My guess is that more testing is being done on younger, healthier people including asymptomatic people. Remember the earliest tests were done almost exclusively on "high risk" and/or symptomatic cases, people with a much higher likelihood of needing hospitalization and/or dying.

This goes back to something I posted earlier. We need more detailed information on who is being tested and who is getting sick. We surely have enough data now to be able to look at different demographic groups (more than simply by age or race) and make more specific risk assessments for each group. What, for example, is the likelihood of requiring hospitalization and/or dying if you are (1) over 65, and (2) without underlying health issues, and (3) not being institutionalized or subjected to extended exposure in a closed environment? It might well be so low that those of us who fall into this group (me, for example) might choose to do more "normal" things and taking that risk. We all need better guidance and information than we are getting at the federal, state, and local level. And we certainly need a President who doesn't actively spew misinformation about such risks if we are to make better choices in dealing with this hell we are currently negotiating.

[Lloyd Braun]

https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report

Cases are way up, deaths are dropping. Are we treating it better? Or are we on the verge of bad news?

I know we’ve covered this before but Georgia’s reporting is intentionally lagged and somewhat skewed. I think their trend on deaths is downward but it’s hard to tell. This graph has more real-time data.
Also check out hospitalizations, as there is a slight upward trend recently. I don’t think it’s unexpected or something to really freak out about but it is not a trend that is truly downward.

Also for good comparison, change the states to see how everyone is doing. Arizona, Florida, Texas, Ohio, California, New York etc are states I find interesting for various reasons.

I personally really don’t pay much attention to new cases unless there’s an unexplained major spike, which I feel has helped my own perspective on the disease state. I can say that locally in NEO we have seen a pretty drastic decline in hospitalizations and deaths yet continued positive testing even in symptomatic patients. So perhaps there is even some regional changes/mutation to the virus itself that we are not seeing (purely speculation on my part). I truly believe we have vastly underestimated the effectiveness in masking/distancing more so than overestimated the serious effects of the virus.