Numbers

[Rockfish1]

Holcomb has done a really good job IMO. Indiana is in good shape because of the lockdowns, social distancing, etc. I think he has had a really strategic approach to reopening and so far it is working. I'm glad to see that Indy shut down the streets to allow for outdoor dining in the popular areas. Lets hope it continues!

I agree that Holcomb has generally done a good job, even though I don't agree with all of his decisions. Hoosiers staying at home have been bringing new cases down since late April/early May. But now we're re-opening, and I'm doubtful that Holcomb's sensible efforts to gather data and do contact tracing will be sufficiently resourced as state tax revenues plummet. I'd like to see more of my fellow Hoosiers wearing masks, and I hope the federal government does the right thing on aid to state governments.

 

[Rockfish1]

Every 10 years, whether you need it or not . . .

. . . when I had my last one, I liked the propofol anesthesia. Never slept better in my life . . . woke up after a half-hour and thought I'd had the best night of sleep ever.

The worst thing about colonoscopies is the prep. The procedure itself is a breeze. One moment I was chatting with the anesthesiologist, and the next moment I was being awakened. I could've driven home if they'd let me.

 

[iuwclurker]

This place could use some data:

Today's NIH/CDC data:

Maryland is the state with the highest percentage of hospital beds occupied by Covid patients - it is at 12.5% of its beds occupied by Covid patients. Arizona is next highest at 10.8%. Indiana is at 4.5%.

Oddly, they don't give you the amount of ICU beds occupied by Covid patients - just the number of ICU beds occupied by ALL patients. Because, you know, the other number would be relevant and helpful.

Maryland is at 77.2%.
Arizona is at 74.6%
The highest state is Alabam (Roll Tide!) at 77.9%.
Indiana is 61.9%

They also don't tell you what is "normal" - because, you know, that would be relevant and helpful.


Deaths are also still trending downward - these CDC numbers are based on death certificates that report Covid 19 as the cause of death. They lag a couple of weeks behind, so the "most recent numbers" change for a few weeks, but still, at the end of May things were looking better.

Week/Deaths
2/1/2020 1
2/8/2020 1
2/15/2020 0
2/22/2020 4
2/29/2020 5
3/7/2020 32
3/14/2020 52
3/21/2020 548
3/28/2020 3,040
4/4/2020 9,482
4/11/2020 15,652
4/18/2020 16,270
4/25/2020 14,017
5/2/2020 11,502
5/9/2020 10,492
5/16/2020 8,407
5/23/2020 6,142
5/30/2020 4,683
6/6/2020 2,548
6/13/2020 461

Have fun with your hate speeches!

Kentucky’s numbers are single digits — corresponding to two hands.

 

[i'vegotwinners]

as of a late May, (maybe even early June), Btown's death count was 8, then 10, and now 26 a few days later.

wtf.

don't know if a lot of people died recently, or that 8 number was not updated for a long time.

that said, the numbers they give us are a joke, and it's like everything but total confirmed positives and total deaths is a govt secret.

would be more than informative if we knew the age group of those that died, and some additional info such as if they were in a nursing home or jail would be helpful as well.

with something this all encompassing for society, it's beyond belief how secretive the govt and the media are about everything other than total confirmed cases and total deaths.

wtf is going on, that important information is blatantly being withheld from the public on the story of the century. (so far, anyway).

seems the medical community, govt, and media, are all beyond belief tight lipped on this.

so why is this?