Self-isolation Day 56.
Per the Today show the US has 1,362,684 cases with 81,816 deaths.
Trump is trailing Biden by about 5 percentage points nationally, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average, and he is lagging in swing states — including in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida.
I watched today’s 3 ½ hour congressional hearing live on CNN.
Fauci agreed with Sen. Warren (D-MA) that the US currently has 25,000 new infections and 2,000 deaths daily.
Report: US not even among the top 20 of countries in virus testing per capita.
Sen. Kaine (D-VA): US has 7th highest death rate per capita in the world. As an example, he contrasted the different actions and outcomes between the US and S. Korea.
Sen. Romney (R-UT): the difference between the results between the US and S. Korea is that S. Korea acted much quicker with testing while the US tredded water in February and March.
Senator Mitt Romney’s question/comment was so “on point” I have to include it here:
ROMNEY: “I understand that politicians are going to frame data in a way most positive politically because they expect that from admirals but yesterday you [Trump] celebrated we had done more tests per capita than South Korea but ignored fact that they accomplished theirs at the beginning of the outbreak and we treaded water in February and March and as a result by March 6th the U.S. had completed just 2,000 tests, whereas South Korea had conducted more than 140,000 tests, so partially as a result of that they have 256 deaths and we have almost 80,000 deaths. I find our testing record nothing to celebrate whatsoever.”
Braun (R-IN) asked What accountability do the FDA & CDC assume when the US insisted in developing their own test neglecting using others like S. Korea?
Adm. Giroir predicted 40-50 million tests would be available per month by September.
A few highlights of Fauci’s comments:
· Death toll ‘likely is higher’ than the 80,000+
reported.
· ‘Bridge too far’ to think treatment or vaccine
could be ready in time for colleges to reopen in fall.
· ‘Cautiously optimistic’ a vaccine will be discovered.
· Rushing to reopen the country will cause ‘needless
suffering and death’.
· Shouldn’t be ‘cavalier’ thinking kids are
immune to virus.
· ‘Going in the right direction’, but outbreak
not controlled.
· Wide testing, contact tracing key for elders
and caretakers.
I watched some of Gov. Cuomo’s coronavirus update. Sensible talk! Demanding federal help as health officials issue new warnings.
Trump is refusing to release a report that showed virus cases
are surging in the country as the pandemic is spreading from coastal cities to
the heartland and beyond. The 10 top areas recorded surges of 72.4 percent
or greater over a seven-day period compared to the previous week, according to
a set of tables produced for the task force by its data and analytics unit.
They include Nashville, Tennessee; Des Moines, Iowa; Amarillo, Texas; and -
atop the list, with a 650 percent increase - Central City, Kentucky.
The US has 1,373,172 coronavirus cases with 82,161 deaths.
Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 12,272 cases. Medellin has 308 cases, an increase of 5 from May 10th to 11th.
Joke of the day
One day,
there were two boys playing by a stream.
One boy went
over to the bush to check out some noises.
He pointed
out a woman bathing naked in the stream.
So, both
boys decided to stay and watch her.
All of a
sudden the second boy took off running.
The first
boy couldn't understand why he ran away, so he took off after his friend.
Finally, he
caught up to him and asked his friend why he had run away.
The second
boy said to his friend, "My mum told me that if I ever saw a naked lady,
I’d turn to stone. I felt something getting hard, so I ran."
I enjoy your blog. But do you know what the death from the common flu is since Jan 1 2020? I would like to know to see how many people are still dying from the common flu now and could compare it against last years death rate for the common flu for the same period. Also would like to see the death rates for respiratory deaths compared as well.
ReplyDeleteI will try to find out for you. I thought I heard the coronavirus recently passed the flu in number of deaths. Btw, just because we have deaths from the flu doesn't mean we need another serial killer out there.
ReplyDeleteHere's what I found although its not very up-to-date:
ReplyDeleteCDC estimates indicate there have been 13 million influenza illnesses, 120,000 hospitalizations, and 6600 flu-related deaths thus far in 2019-2020 season. January 22, 2020.
Flu seasons vary from year to year and don't have a strict timeline. Last year, flu season was the longest in a decade, lasting 21 weeks.
“In the United States, flu season occurs in the fall and winter. While influenza viruses circulate year-round, most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February, but activity can last as late as May," the CDC website explains.
According to the CDC’s 2018-2019 estimates, there were 34,200 influenza-associated deaths from October 2018 to May 2019.
The CDC estimated 61,000 influenza-associated deaths in the 2017-2018 season.
so, it appears, as I suspected, that they lump the numbers together. we are mislead on the actual # of deaths from covid19
DeleteIn an article September 27, 2018 (CNN)An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ReplyDeleteAnd now we have another serial killer to worry about and its already taken 86,000+ US lives.
DeleteThe point was that there is a lot of conflicting information even from the same entities and if a person is fixated only on a political bias there is no way to get a thorough view .
DeletePobrecito you are so right. The press has seemed to egg this destruction of the US economy on for more than a normal news cycle. The original purpose of the destruction of the US economy was to scale the virus spread so that the hospitals could catch up with capacity. Now that is totally forgotten.
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