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

Apr 6, 2020
8:18:46am

Trent Starter

...incentives in media to report however you will get the most eyeballs and clicks independent of degree of truth or what consequences may come.

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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

coug almighty

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

coug almighty

4/5/20 9:00pm

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

coug almighty

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

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