Lurker Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/10/simple-math-alarming-answers-covid-19/ The U.S. has about 1 million hospital beds. At any given time, about 68% of them are occupied. That leaves about 300,000 beds available nationwide. The majority of people with Covid-19 can be managed at home. But among 44,000 cases in China, about 15% required hospitalization and 5% ended up in critical care. In Italy, the statistics so far are even more dismal: More than half of infected individuals require hospitalization and about 10% need treatment in the ICU. If only 10% of cases warrant hospitalization, and the spread of the virus continues at the current pace, all hospital beds in the U.S. will be filled by about May 10. And with many patients requiring weeks of care, turnover will slow to a crawl as beds fill with Covid-19 patients. Edited March 12, 2020 by Lurker 2
Hapless Bills Fan Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Okey doke, love you all and let’s move this to OTW. See “CDC says don’t touch your face” thread, or we can start a new one, you all make the call. It will stay politics free outside PPP. 1
Alphadawg7 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Here’s funny guy Gobert touching all the mics 2 days ago This dude really gonna go down as the man that brought coronavirus to nba...hes the new Bartman of the NBA lol. He wont live this down anytime soon ha
Jrb1979 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Doc Brown said: Will ESPN finally cover hockey now? Probably not. Wish they would but for some reason a lot of Americans don't like hockey.
Chandler#81 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 NHL mulling the same, NCAA playing before crowdless arenas, Wrestlemania cancelled. Nations halting incoming/outgoing traffic. Hell, even The View was crowdless. https://www.wbaltv.com/article/ellen-colbert-the-view-join-growing-list-of-shows-filming-without-studio-audience-due-to-coronavirus/31408865
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Jrb1979 said: Probably not. Wish they would but for some reason a lot of Americans don't like hockey. Howzabout we give the puck a glowing tail, make it easier to see? ?
ALF Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 They won't know the scope of this until more wide scale testing is possible in the US
Beast Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 8 hours ago, MAJBobby said: Gonna get a lot worse. Reports are SCOTUS and Senate briefed that 70-150M Americans could get infected. Run the 3.4% mortality rate by WHO and that is a grim number. Whois reporting that?
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Jrb1979 said: Probably not. Wish they would but for some reason a lot of Americans don't like hockey. Who'd want to miss out on another exciting sabres season? 1
Beast Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 80,000 people in China got it and some here believe 70-150 million American's will get it? Sorry. Not buying into the fear mongering. 1
Cripple Creek Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 9 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said: I don’t know what is a bigger joke. Basketball or everyone being terrified of a cold I'd guess ignorance. 9 hours ago, mead107 said: Over 151,000 die every day around the globe. I looked it up. 100,000 health related I'm curious as to what point you are trying to make?
Cripple Creek Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 9 hours ago, GoBills808 said: And a 20-50x fatality rate but other than that yeah...just like the flu. Don't be hysterical, the common cold. Read that right here.
ALF Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Binghamton Beast said: Who is reporting that? Congressional doctor predicts 70-150 million U.S. coronavirus cases Congress' in-house doctor told Capitol Hill staffers at a close-door meeting this week that he expects 70-150 million people in the U.S. — roughly a third of the country — to contract the coronavirus, two sources briefed on the meeting tell Axios. Why it matters: That estimate, which is in line with other projections from health experts, underscores the potential seriousness of this outbreak even as the White House has been downplaying its severity in an attempt to keep public panic at bay. Dr. Brian Monahan, the attending physician of the U.S. Congress, told Senate chiefs of staff, staff directors, administrative managers and chief clerks from both parties on Tuesday that they should prepare for the worst, and offered advice on how to remain healthy. https://www.axios.com/congressional-physician-predicts-75-150-million-us-coronavirus-cases-fec69e77-1515-4fbc-8340-c53b65c22c53.html
Beast Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 So our country is supposed to get it wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more severe than any other country. Not buying it. 2
ALF Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Binghamton Beast said: So our country is supposed to get it wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more severe than any other country. Not buying it. Trust me everyone is hoping you are right 1
Beast Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, ALF said: Trust me everyone is hoping you are right Why would we get that many cases? China has had 80,000 in a country of over a billion people. And I'm supposed to believe almost half of our population will get it? Somewhere common sense and shitting your pants scared overlapped. Our country has less than 1,400 reported cases. I am aware that number will climb much higher but 70-150 million? No way, no how.
CountDorkula Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, Binghamton Beast said: Why would we get that many cases? China has had 80,000 in a country of over a billion people. And I'm supposed to believe almost half of our population will get it? Somewhere common sense and shitting your pants scared overlapped. Our country has less than 1,400 reported cases. I am aware that number will climb much higher but 70-150 million? No way, no how. They have also only tested less that 5,000 people. Do the math 1200 / 4500 say = That's a 25% positive test rate PLus you have Americans who are acting like this isn't an issue still because a virus that has affected the entire world is apparently just not going to affect America, because 'Murica. The state of Washington is preparing to have over 100,000 cases in the next two weeks.
row_33 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Binghamton Beast said: Why would we get that many cases? China has had 80,000 in a country of over a billion people. And I'm supposed to believe almost half of our population will get it? Somewhere common sense and shitting your pants scared overlapped. Our country has less than 1,400 reported cases. I am aware that number will climb much higher but 70-150 million? No way, no how. the claim is 60 million in the US were effected by H1N1 a decade ago In case people totally forgot about it Edited March 12, 2020 by row_33
frogger Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 9 hours ago, LSHMEAB said: There just has to be more to this story. How are they projecting half the country ends up with this thing? It is only SLIGHTLY more contagious than the common flu. Does HALF the population get the flu and how are they convinced this will not die out in the summer? There just seems to be a lot of noise(from ALL sides of the political equation, so not really a political comment) and dearth of actual INFORMATION. What if it’s not noise, my concern is we don’t truly know the scope of how bad this is. Maybe, they aren’t telling us the whole truth out of fear it could create mass hysteria. On the flip side, maybe they know the potential this has and they are warming everyone as if this is an end times illness, when in actuality, it’s not, but they want to control fast. Either way, I’m taking it seriously. Best case scenario, we laugh about it in a few months. 2
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