I think what you're missing is that the death rate from covid-19 (at least based on what's posted by the CDC) appears to be a lot worse, that most of those who died of pneumonia really died of covid-19. It's possible that the CDC made an error in their tables since this seems counter to the study based on excess deaths (referred to above) so who knows.
But again, just throwing out pure numbers without any context leads to results that may not be telling the whole story. So, yes, 43 percent of US households have preexisting conditions. But included in that definition are things like acne, sleep apnea, anxiety and depression. None of them are anything that anyone would want, but hardly things that people are talking about when discussing it in the corona virus context. Further, one in three people who are 65 plus have what qualifies as a preexisting condition. And we already know that the virus disproportionately affects those that are 65 and older. As you look at the other age groups, the percentages of those who have a condition that would qualify as such, decrease. Further, one third of adults who have such a condition are also considered to be overweight.
How is it misleading? What wrong conclusion can you come to when talking about population statistics? In the US, 25 million have autoimmune diseases and 25 million have COPD and 15 million have asthma.
Are you telling me that what happened in New York nursing homes is not on Cuomo's head? Whose fault is it?
Because saying it blankly ignores the fact that the mortality rate heavily skews toward a certain section of the population
I don't think anyone ignores the reality that older people are more likely to die from just about every cause (I corrected my numbers above).
That was not the initial prediction. It was a result of a study by some school in London who projected what could happen if no safeguards were taken.
Did I say that? It's not an either or situation. All leaders have failed to some degree. Some have failed more miserably than others.
I would say that directly ordering nursing homes to take Covid recovering patients, alongside not being allowed to ask if they are Covid patients is pretty bad. Of the entire death tool, one third is attributed to what went on in the nursing homes.
I don’t disagree one bit. Since early January I’ve been discussing COVID in the BOH and how I thought it was extremely serious. That hasn’t changed.
There is however, a stark difference between a virus with a 3-5% mortality rate and a virus that will likely be .5% mortality rate. As we do inch closer to the latter, I think it is perfectly reasonable to begin to adjust our approach. That is why I went from a “lock everything down” person to a “time to immediately look at reopening in different areas” person.
What is the source for your statistic that a third of all deaths are from NY State nursing homes?
I trust Georgia and Florida’s numbers about as much as I trust Chinas at this point.
No, its pretty much open aside from a few hotspots like Albany. Not sure what they are referencing. I work in Fulton County and we return to work in the second week of June now that our PPE shipments have arrived for all office personnel.
I'll tell you what we're doing, we're bringing back the f***ing pick up at the window where you lineup on the sidewalk. And I'm so here for it.
