What stood out to me. The FDA mentality strikes again.
About 30 years ago.
This is my gripe about everyone projecting on the death rate, saying it's like seasonal flu or not as bad as diarrhea, or whatever: we don't have a correct picture, because China and Iran and probably a few others are lying or perhaps don't even know they have people dying from it. Plus it has been around since September in China, but that isn't even six months yet and most stats you see are for a year. The best we can do is take western countries' data and make guesses. It does seem from these indirect measures like urns and SO2 emissions that China has a higher rate than anyone else, and that is a little worrisome. Why? Is it important to us? There is a genome project already forming to explore what DNA might be more or less susceptible.
Plasma from recovered patients. What a fiddly way to go if there is a medicine.
It's poor judgement to prescribe for yourself--narcotics might be illegal, other stuff happens though. I would be in favor of care providers having it prophylactically, because every doctor or nurse or aide down is a burden on the rest.
I agree, he's kept his job so long, he must know how to ride with the current. Besides, that love letter was about how well she did after her "recent illness." (maybe when she had the blood clot or whatever it was?). That sounds like a doctorly thing to say to a patient "Wow, you are doing SUPER! You'll be doing everything soon!" but in a more old fashioned style.
Altering a finished death certificate without some forensic justification seems serious to me, because the cause of death has legal implications at times, usually over malpractice or insurance. If the deceased hadn't been admitted for WF it would look bad for the hospital if he died of it, and if he had been admitted for flu, presumably he was both symptomatic and tested positive so WF is a reasonable guess as to proximal cause of death. Not sure how there could be expected gain to the hospital from pumping up the WF numbers, unless someone wanted to cover up something else.
A tiny pile compared to 39 million. Only about 5500 cu. ft
It's a testimony to the incredible power of social shaming, being conditioned to believe that complaining about other people is racist, unChristian, immoral. And the more different the other people, the nastier it is to reject them.
Why do you think Zero laughed at Mittens when the latter said Russia was our greatest geo-political enemy?
Plus the number of worried well getting in the way. Dealing with panic was not planned for.
Cultural enrichment.
So far, the most authoritative source I have seen was a retweet of some Chinese observation, so it is definitely in the "anecdotal" category. Certainly interesting though.
Nah, she has no shame, like her mother.
Plaquenil is prophylactic. Less understood is why O blood type is less susceptible than B which is less than A. I hadn't seen anything about RH factor before.
Executive Order.
Reserves and retired, not NG.
People are looking at each other more.
If you're white, you ain't right. Time to die so non-white people can have your air and space. You weren't making enough babies anyway, and the world might as well replace you now instead of putting up with you into old age, because they are crowded. If you don't believe me, ask the UN. It's their policy.
I think he has taken names and is kicking butt. Prayer is still good.
And also, he will make his own hay out of this, bet on it. Obviously the CDC needed some big push to get out of political bureaucracy and be ready for serious difficulty. They weren't. Our critical medical supplies were compromised, now everyone knows and is in a mood to change.
He's done with suffering fools. I felt a well suppressed satisfaction today at the briefing.
I found the box my high grade allergy masks come in, and calculated that 39 million would take up 829,861 cubic feet. That would be two 30,000 sq ft warehouses packed solid to 15 feet. Not something you'd overlook.
It's the train-wreck watching fascination with both of them. Watching libs fail vs. conservatives win adds to the attraction.
We're going to have a lot of data about emissions this year that otherwise we wouldn't, due to industry and transportation changes that have been going on over a month already. If only we could trust the interpretation.
There probably will be a second wave all over, that tends to happen. Joke's on them though, we are on to them and sprinting to get ready.