Then why haven't we had NY numbers? Where are all the deaths?

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Mar 31, 2020
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The California paradox

Busiturtle

3/31/20 5:19pm

If that’s true and it already worked it’s way through California for months

cougarfann888

3/31/20 5:22pm

Then why haven't we had NY numbers? Where are all the deaths?

SanDiegoCoug

3/31/20 5:40pm

I’ve been saying this all along. The virus was here in CA LONG before January. I suspect it’s run it’s course through a

Mike Honcho

3/31/20 5:23pm

Why no hospitalizations?

Josef K

3/31/20 5:37pm

This. There would have been A LOT of hospitalizations. And someone would have

jkccoug

3/31/20 5:39pm

By many accounts there were more hospitalizations, but it was just attributed to a “worse than normal flu season”

Mike Honcho

3/31/20 5:49pm

Do you have data to show higher than normal hospitalizations in CA for December,

Josef K

3/31/20 5:59pm

Best I could find, from the last week of 2019. Hospitalizations higher than expected levels, and only 28% flu positive

Mike Honcho

3/31/20 6:17pm

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Mike Honcho

3/31/20 6:23pm

California, with the best infectious disease med school in the country and with

Josef K

3/31/20 6:32pm

I don’t know, and I never claimed to have it all figured out. Just showing you the higher than normal hospitalizations

Mike Honcho

3/31/20 6:46pm

Patient zero was mid to late November in China BTW.

jkccoug

3/31/20 7:13pm

*the first identified and confirmed case that China has announced was in mid-November

Mike Honcho

3/31/20 7:53pm

No I think that was an estimate based on the data

jkccoug

3/31/20 7:54pm

It’s more than an estimate, but they don’t know if that person was the true “patient 0”

Mike Honcho

3/31/20 7:59pm

So it’s impossible that a disease present as early as November never made it

BYU '80

3/31/20 8:19pm

We heard the same rumor here in WA last week. There were a couple of units activated, but it was just for

lightmann

3/31/20 5:23pm

We "herd" ...

PJMort

3/31/20 5:26pm

RE: We "herd" ...

squidmark

3/31/20 5:36pm

Serological testing needed ASAP!

PJMort

3/31/20 5:25pm

This. Unfortunately, we have known for at least two monthsCovid was

UpperCirqueUte

3/31/20 5:33pm

It means social distancing is working. SF is a ghost town.

Josef K

3/31/20 5:33pm

Not enough data to conclude that.

Thrill

3/31/20 5:37pm

And there’s data to conclude that everyone is immune because they had it for

Josef K

3/31/20 5:41pm

The data is that I live in SF, and it's a ghost town.

ReyOso

3/31/20 6:19pm

Occam's Razor

Mitty

3/31/20 8:54pm

I live in OC and it’s not a ghost town. Farmers market over the weekend,

Thrill

3/31/20 10:27pm

The article points out the Costco's are still packed

Busiturtle

3/31/20 5:44pm

Look for yourself

Josef K

3/31/20 5:46pm

Here are some live views

Josef K

3/31/20 5:48pm

What about San Jose? And Oakland? And Sacramento?

Busiturtle

3/31/20 5:52pm

Santa Clara county was the second COVID cluster in the US. It’s avoided a major

Josef K

3/31/20 6:03pm

This is true. We've been Costco a few times over the last few weeks and they've

UNLVcougar

3/31/20 6:16pm

The grocery store is not a good litmus test of social distancing

Josef K

3/31/20 6:18pm

And we have all learned you’re never wrong

BYU '80

3/31/20 8:22pm

Social distancing makes people feel good but probably has

kotacoug

3/31/20 6:31pm

Wrong.

ReyOso

3/31/20 6:58pm

According to this site CA is just starting to hit their curve.

Malathion

3/31/20 6:18pm

Chart shows Cali with 500+ deaths today. They had 27. Missed it by a LOT

ALUF 1990

3/31/20 6:59pm

It shows 27 when I look at CA. Where did you learn to read?

Malathion

3/31/20 7:06pm

He’s too busy being upset with Trump.

kotacoug

3/31/20 8:23pm

According to the governor, CA was supposed to be the apocalypse.

UNLVcougar

3/31/20 6:22pm

Well 726 deaths and counting in the US today

coolcats

3/31/20 7:08pm

He is probably the happiest man in the world knowing he has been wrong so far!

Zoobieman

3/31/20 7:47pm

Could be. Or they are counting the numbers different than everyone else.

CougarMandias

3/31/20 7:50pm

More UV light kills the virus???

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