COVID-19 in America

[cupid_stunt]

I wonder how reliable the US figures, particularly the death figures, are anyway?Is there any equivalent to the ONS figures or Daily Telegraph careful estimate? If they're only as wrong as ours are they're well past 150,000.

I've read a few reports suggesting the figure is around 30% higher than the official reported figure, such as the one below.

Data from the US is less complete, but many states have reported spikes in excess deaths that have yet to be attributed to the virus, suggesting that the actual number of coronavirus deaths could be around 30% higher. In some states, total fatalities could be twice the current count.

Coronavirus deaths in Italy and US could be up to double the official counts, new research shows

A spate of new research suggests that Italy and a number of US states have underreported their coronavirus deaths.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[editor]

Just look at these fucking pricks

"Some boogaloo supporters see the public health lockdowns and other directives by states and cities across the country as a violation of their rights, and they're aiming to harness public frustration at such measures to rally and attract new followers to their cause," the project's report said.

What is the ‘Boogaloo’ movement?

A new far-right movement may be stoking tensions in US protests. Who are its adherents, and what do they want?

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Dogsauce]

Interesting patch tha guy has: “Live Free or Die HH”

Hmmm....

 

[NoXion]

Interesting patch tha guy has: “Live Free or Die HH”

Hmmm....

I'm sure there are plenty of folks who would be more than happy to help him out with the dying part.

 

[platinumsage]

It’s New Hampshire

 

[Badgers]

This will go well

 

[Shechemite]

This will go well

Insert gambling pun

 

[two sheds]

I thought it said "Las Vegas is officially black" as some weird sort of Black Lives Matter statement, I was confused at all the white people wandering round.

 

[phillm]

Black Matters Live (London) - LIVE

 

[phillm]

Insert gambling pun

Black Jack Matters

 

[phillm]

Statue of slave trader Edward Colston pulled down during Bristol BLM protest | ITV News

Statue of slave trader Edward Colston pulled down as thousands of people attend Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol. | ITV News West Country

www.itv.com

 

[NoXion]

Statue of slave trader Edward Colston pulled down during Bristol BLM protest | ITV News

Statue of slave trader Edward Colston pulled down as thousands of people attend Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol. | ITV News West Country

www.itv.com

Wrong thread. The Yanks shouldn't take credit for stuff that happens over here.

 

[Tankus]

April 25th
Georgia , as of Friday the state has had 22,147 known cases, with 892 deaths ,It'll interesting to revisit these numbers in 3 weeks ...

Well lock down in Georgia has been somewhat relaxed for over a month now
cases have doubled and deaths almost tripled 51,359 / 2,178 with the bulk of the cases still active with less than 3000 people recovered and a flat (reported) death rate of around 30per day for a solid month
..bad , but not as bad as initially thought maybe

 

[High Voltage]

Well that soon added up

Again, sourced from the ever reliable World-O-Meter, the States of America have now clocked up over 2,000,000 cases

I have dear friends and family, as no doubt, do many others. It's criminal what's going on

 

[frogwoman]

https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article243334556.html?fbclid=IwAR21hF1MY3FwmxlyF0rcsx17sqxPJKTrsA_USeKInhj7qkMW0jmWCASw0NU

 

[Supine]

Texas hospitalisation figures are not looking good. Strong upward trend after starting to relax measures.

 

[Tankus]

DC National Guard members called to respond to protests test positive for COVID-19

The D.C. National Guard confirmed Tuesday that multiple members have tested positive for coronavirus following their deployment to respond to protests around the White House in response to the poli…

thehill.com

And so it begins

 

[frogwoman]

Well yeah especially since some of the tactics used by cops end up spreading it around even more (which was pointed out by BLM activists)

 

[ska invita]

And so it begins

So grim, especially as I cant see anyone backing down on re-opening. Lots of this to come:

Doug Ducey, the Arizona governor, who relaxed restrictions two weeks ago, has put the increase down to an increase in testing and insisted that his approach on reopening has been prudent.

The Vegas thing is so unbelievable. Casinos are all about touching things, and the vast majority of people are tourists who will return to places all over the US <it'll be a superspreading bonanaza.

The scale of the BLM protests is going to start showing up this week, if its a factor too

 

[frogwoman]

So grim, especially as I cant see anyone backing down on re-opening. Lots of this to come:


The Vegas thing is so unbelievable. Casinos are all about touching things, and the vast majority of people are tourists who will return to places all over the US <it'll be a superspreading bonanaza.

The scale of the BLM protests is going to start showing up this week, if its a factor too

Shit I really hope not

 

[ska invita]

Shit I really hope not

This was LA yesterday! Over two weeks into the protests



California already spiking today

If Cheltenham horse racing was a factor in spreading in England how can this not be. And this is just one of countless examples.

 

[frogwoman]

This was LA yesterday! Over two weeks into the protests



California already spiking today

If Cheltenham horse racing was a factor in spreading in England how can this not be. And this is just one of countless examples.

Hasn't California being going up for a while though?

 

[ska invita]

Hasn't California being going up for a while though?

I havent followed that, just saw latest figures
but lets see what it looks like in two weeks time

 

[frogwoman]

Really good article by a doctor who supports the protests

 

[Badgers]

MSN

The warnings of a worsening outbreak reinforced alarms sounded by national health officials over the risk of a second wave of infections beyond the initial U.S. hot spots led by New York and New Jersey. Texas has been among the states pushing hardest to ease lockdowns imposed during the first wave of a disease that has killed more than 113,000 Americans.

Not going to go down well this.

 

[Teaboy]

From a selfish perspective I'm getting really quite concerned with the Covid situation in the US.

Our numbers in the UK are still far too high but the general trend is consistently down on every important matrix. Whilst it remains to be seen how effective it is we at least have a track and trace system in place and the semblance of a strategy to how the virus will be managed over the next few months / years. We also have a government that at least acknowledge the virus is a massive danger. The US doesn't seem to have anything like this in many states.

The situation out there in some states looks really grim and getting worse. This is combined with a very bad political situation and a healthcare system which is simply not fit for purpose.

Regardless of all this those transatlantic flights are going to start filling up again and there will be Brits of on holiday and Americans coming the other way. Then there is the business travel. The US and the UK have the makings of our own little bubble. A bubble filled with Covid.

 

[frogwoman]

To be fair some American states do seem to be proceeding really cautiously and have contract tracing in place.

 

[Anju]

Some worrying figures in this article looking at individual states. 25 states where cases continue to increase, 21 after having peaked a while back and 4 where there has never been a period of declining cases.

America Is Done With COVID-19. COVID-19 Isn’t Done With America

 

[Yossarian]

To be fair some American states do seem to be proceeding really cautiously and have contract tracing in place.

The best analogy I've heard for the US state-by-state approach is having a swimming pool where you're only allowed to pee in certain areas.

 

[ska invita]

Some worrying figures in this article looking at individual states. 25 states where cases continue to increase, 21 after having peaked a while back and 4 where there has never been a period of declining cases.

America Is Done With COVID-19. COVID-19 Isn’t Done With America

fuuucked

Here's one state, Nevada, where that death zone of Las Vegas is - and these figures wont yet show the effect of reopening the casinos - reopening where the figures are already peaking


what a tragedy...Trump gets full blame on this one