I think a lot of people are incorrectly applying statistics. NYC's hospitals are

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Apr 5, 2020
9:31:25pm

coug almighty Truly Addicted User

I think a lot of people are incorrectly applying statistics. NYC's hospitals are

chuck full meanwhile some are completely empty. Even within Italy and Spain, there are plenty of provinces and cities that haven't been battle-tested by the virus. I hope we will all wake up from this dream soon; currently, I see herd immunity as our most realistic end to this virus.

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1165 today. 3 day rolling average daily growth rate has been single digits for 3

jkccoug

4/5/20 8:37pm

Isn't peaking significantly below hospital capacity an issue? Ideally hospital

4/5/20 8:42pm

Why do you want hospital beds completely full?

PJMort

4/5/20 8:44pm

The theory is that you want the virus to work its way through the population as quickly as possible

kccougar

4/5/20 8:50pm

Funny how peak has quickly become a cliche and a buzz word. The whole idea is

4/5/20 9:00pm

To peak means that you are decreasing the spread of the virus.

4/5/20 8:55pm

So we stop laying off hospital workers

BYU '80

4/5/20 10:24pm

With a death every now and again...virtually all

Trent

4/5/20 8:44pm

It was a panic move.

kotacoug

4/5/20 8:47pm

I'm good with selective opening back up, baby steps. Medical/dental first (since

unctoothman

4/5/20 8:51pm

Yep. Apply some logic to allow optometrists and all sorts of

Trent

4/6/20 12:43am

Schools would be the first thing I'd open back up...

Jingleheimer

4/6/20 3:59am

Yep. The answer as to why we are where we are? Fear mongering + perverse...

Trent

4/6/20 8:18am

I hope so, I would love to see triple digits tomorrow

BigYfan

4/5/20 8:50pm

I will feel a little better after we start getting non-weekend data again & it

Incentivize

4/5/20 9:00pm

Can you really compare the US to Italy and Spain when they are the size of

Tare

4/5/20 9:10pm

We’ll see. But right now we’re following the same pattern. Could change

jkccoug

4/5/20 9:21pm

I think a lot of people are incorrectly applying statistics. NYC's hospitals are

4/5/20 9:31pm

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