freeman3
But if the virus is less harmful during the summer...we got 1.5, maybe 2.5 months to get the virus under control or we are going to get hit with a coronavirus tsumani in the fall..
There were 66,000 new cases yesterday in the US. Thats a tsunami.
At the current epidemiological rates in the US of those 66,000 it is estimated that:
2,640 will die.
5,500 will suffer major long term damage to their lungs, heart and other organs portending a shorter life.
Over 8,000 more will forever have some impairment to their lungs...
When 3,000 people died on 9/11 the US went nuts. People accepted enormous infringements on liberty through the Patriot Act and restriction on freedom of movement. The nation went to two wars.
Covid 19 hits and for half the population wearing face masks in public areas becomes too big an imposition, too big a restriction on liberty. Its hard to fathom why the reaction is so different. Why isn't it patriotic to wear a face mask?
Freeman, if my metric conversion is right its 115 in Arizona and Florida. Heat sure hasn't slowed the infection rate nor the hospitalization rate. Its only wishful thinking to consider that the mortality rate will go down.
The Italians have gotten their infection rate to about 10 new cases a day per hundred thousand people. Since they finally managed to protect the aged population through aggressive quarantine, their death rate (which was over 15% of infected initially) has plummeted.
The US new daily infection rate is 180 per 100,000 population. (reported infections, meaning people are seeking medical assistance for symptoms) . You aren't in a second wave. This is still the first wave. Its a tsunami now.