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I’m not sure if the advise to call 311 applies to anyone outside the NYC area, but the rest of the advise does.

This is a good resource for coronavirus case numbers in every state. It is updated daily with new totals for each state. They stared doing this because the CDC wasn’t reporting complete testing data. But it looks like the CDC website may have finally started reporting more accurate full testing/infected data because they are currently showing more positive COVID19 cases than the covid tracking project. It’s still a good resource though. Here’s the CDC site: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html The reason for the testing ramp in New York is that we now have the capability to make our own COVID19 tests. They have a lab producing test kits for NYS. They should soon be able to test at least 7000 people per day. Its actually quite impressive how quickly NYS has been able to move. They asked for FDA permission to make their own tests on February 28th: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-testing/new-york-scrambles-to-replace-u-s-governments-faulty-coronavirus-test-kits-idUSKCN20N00J They were given permission 7 days ago: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-gives-flexibility-new-york-state-department-health-fda-issues And now can test roughly 7000 people per day. https://www.lohud.com/story/news/health/2020/03/18/why-new-yorks-local-coronavirus-testing-key-covid-19-fight/5068837002/

Quotes from NIAID director Dr. Fauci: So far they are finding that up to 20% of COVID19 patients need hospitalization. If this spreads quickly (as we’ve seen it do) it could easily completely overwhelm out medical facilities and cause needless deaths because there’s not enough ventilators and other needed equipment. https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-new-age-analysis-of-risk-confirms-young-adults-not-invincible/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/18/coronavirus-ventilators-us-hospitals-johns-hopkins-mayo-clinic/5032523002/ https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200318/us-may-not-have-enough-ventilators-for-covid19 Why covid19 is worse than the flu n 1 chart: (1 to 3.4% fatality rate may not sound like a lot, but that is 10 to 34 times more deadly than the flu, and this spreads much faster, none of us have any immunity and we have no treatments yet)

To give an idea of the impact it’s already having on NYC hospitals (in a matter of days): (the sending food part was a joke) They also need blood donations. Red Cross is calling for the same in all of NY state.

https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/a-message-from-one-of-our-doctors-to-his-family-about-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR3rCHLYtrd3yHJc2P41Y35OrhwDSiPeJtDZzA4S_OqD4Hn2HCt3u_42J1A I'm a doctor at Nebraska Medicine. Here's what I'm telling my family about COVID-19. ‘This is an email from Nebraska Medicine critical care anesthesiologist Dan Johnson, MD, to his friends and family about the seriousness of COVID-19. It is shared with permission from Dr. Johnson.’ Also, this is worth reading too: https://god.dailydot.com/high-risk-coronavirus-pandemic/ 24 High-Risk People You Should Practice Social Distancing For During The Coronavirus Pandemic While many may not be in the high risk categories, almost everyone has some friends or family that are probably at higher risk. Also, Things you may not necessarily think about - like being overweight, having diabetes, (both very high in America), or high blood pressure (hypertension), put you at higher risk. Also things like coronary artery disease or any cardiac issues/disease, digestive diseases, or people with compromised immune systems or on drugs (for rheumatoid arthritis, etc) that suppress their immune system. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(20)30076-5/fulltext https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-preexisting-conditions we have to try and protect our more vulnerable citizens.

Hapless post from other thread: Ive attached a graph from the 1918 influenza pandemic showing the difference between Philadelphia and St. Louis. (st. Louis put aggressive social distancing measures in place)

From the previous COVID19 thread: The U.S. is on a similar timeline as the U.K.. The experts are saying that we are roughly 10-14 days behind Italy’s COVID19 timeline. Full twitter thread for above story - There are 20+ tweets so click on the tweet to see the whole thread. Over the last 48 hours in Italy there have been roughly 700 deaths from COVID19. 350+ new deaths in a 24 hour span 2 days in a row. Hospitals are at 200+% capacity. Doctors are telling heart breaking stories of choosing which patients to let die. What we are currently trying to accomplish with these social distancing rules is avoiding what is happening in Italy. There are already stories of hospitals here dangerously short on supplies and beds. Doctors forced to work after being exposed to COVID19. Having to reuse masks for 2 weeks. It is crucial that we do everything we can to flatten the curve now.

From Hapless in the other thread: Edit: and on April 2, we see a similar graph presented by the White House, with some numbers on it. Thank you @MJS The numbers on this version of the graph appear to come from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, or IHME as explained in this NPR report. ——————————————————————————————— WHO executive director Dr. Michael Ryan on what he’s learned from dealing with many previous outbreaks:

Brady effect - https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28925304/players-expressing-interest-joining-tom-brady-buccaneers

Yeah, definitely scary. Scariest part for me is reading about the stories coming from doctors and nurses on the front lines about shortages at some hospitals already. Or reading about people not being able to see dying family members in quarantine. That’s nightmare stuff for me.

I like Foxx’s idea, If you can limit it to a section of the house that you can then clean/disinfect afterwards. The way I look at it - I know what precautions I am taking. I know what precautions those in my household are taking. I DON’T know what precautions other people are taking. So you have to kind of have faith they are taking the recommended measures. What are they doing when they’re not working at your house? That’s my concern. Personally, I am limiting my contact with those I don’t know/trust as much as possible. But I have high risk family members I’m in contact with daily.

Thanks Foxx! I appreciate the info. Definitely encouraging to see.

Are there any experts who think things will be back to normal in a couple weeks? If so I must have missed it (but would LOVE for it to be true). Dr. Fauci said that there is no doubt the U.S. is still in the escalation phase of this virus. Testing still isn’t wide spread so it’s tough to properly contain. Many people still aren’t respecting the social distancing guidelines. Some states aren’t even taking any measures yet. 7 states have no bans on gathering size, no restaurant or bad closures, no state mandated school closing, etc. Dr. Fauci said that we will see this spread unevenly throughout the country. You’ll see states hit hard at different times (like Washington state was hit and like N.Y. is being hit right now (hospitals are being hit hard in nyc, 2 big medical ships are on the way to help with the overflow of expected cases in coming days)). I feel like it would be an absolute miracle if things are back to normal in a couple weeks. Dr. Fauci said it’ll take several weeks just to see what impact the social distancing measures have on the virus spread. I pray that things go back go back to normal soon, but I am not very hopeful.

https://www.americanchemistry.com/Novel-Coronavirus-Fighting-Products-List.pdf ^ ——————————————

Anyone listening to the Adam Silver interview on ESPN? He said part of the reason the NBA decided to suspend play so quickly last Wednesday was to raise public awareness of how serious this situation is. I read NHL insiders saying the same thing about the NHL’s decision. I do think it had a major impact on raising awareness.

Felt like this was worth sharing. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8129633/Being-young-WONT-spare-coronavirus-CDC-study-warns.html It links to a CDC report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e2.htm?s_cid=mm6912e2_w#F1_down

I can’t imagine them getting much value back in return with his contract and health concerns, especially since teams can’t do their own medical exam on his knee.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/coronavirus/2020/03/19/wny-disinfectant-kills-cause-of-coronavirus?cid=share_twitter WNY Disinfectant Kills Cause of CoronavirusWNY Disinfectant Kills Cause of CoronavirusWNY Disinfectant Kills Cause of Coronavirus WNY helping the cause!

Looking forward to this! They will be aired on MSG, and then posted to the Sabres YouTube channel the following day.

Time will tell but it looks better to me. Definitely deeper. I think they’ll be able to rush the passer better and hopefully they’ll be better at stopping the run too.

I know. You are right and I am trying. I honestly am. But it’s hard sometimes. It’s just infuriating to read some of these stories (especially knowing that some of this could have been prevented). And it’s infuriating to still see many people not taking this seriously. I’m just scared, and sometimes that fear and anger get the best of me. Ive said this a couple times now, but all of you healthcare workers on the front lines are heroes in my eyes. Thank you for everything you all do. Stay as safe as you can!

Click on the tweet to read the entire twitter thread, for those interested. Hopefully this national defense act will start fixing some of these issues. Boy do I wish we handled this like South Korea did. Both the U.S. and S. Korea reported their first COVID19 case on the same day. One country took it very serious, the other did very little for a month and a half (except talk about how it was all under control and a big media hoax) and now we are starting to pay the price.

I travel to NYC at least 4-5x per year and have for about the last decade. This is quite stunning to see. I am glad to see it, don’t get me wrong. But it’s still crazy. I feel like this is all some crazy dream. I think i actually have photos of a lot of these same places. I’ll have to take a look when I get a chance.

I think it would do a lot of damage to belichick’s whole “patriot way” if they tanked. If belichick keeps wanting to be a hard ass who rules with an iron fist and doesn’t tolerate mistakes by any player, how can they possibly tank and keep that culture in place? Losing brady, who always took the heavy criticism and led by example, was already a blow to that method. If they start losing, nobody’s going to put up with it. Bills fans need to stop stop worrying about the pats tanking for a #1 OA pick/QB. Pats have always been successful without a top pick at QB.