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I have to wonder if part of the reason Mt Pleasant sees higher numbers is that a lot of health care workers live there. They have a lot more exposure and will be more likely to be tested. I know I am having to do surgery follow up in Mt P because MUSC had to close the West Ashley Ortho center last month after they suspected something like 70 people were exposed to Covid 19. (And they told me exposed not infected- don't want to cause a panic.)
I also have to wonder if Mt Pleasant has more remote workers/business travelers. Its been my experience that a fair number of the early retirees/fifty something transplants moved to town but still work for the previous employers.
I feel quite sure that there are probably double or possibly triple the number of cases that just haven’t been reported from Jan to March. I had a bad cold in Jan with 3 days of fever and keep wondering this myself.
Did anyone else get an emergency alert on their phones this afternoon? It said: “Stay home, don’t go out unless it’s essential. Cases are multiplying in all the counties of SC? “
I have to wonder if part of the reason Mt Pleasant sees higher numbers is that a lot of health care workers live there. They have a lot more exposure and will be more likely to be tested. I know I am having to do surgery follow up in Mt P because MUSC had to close the West Ashley Ortho center last month after they suspected something like 70 people were exposed to Covid 19. (And they told me exposed not infected- don't want to cause a panic.)
I also have to wonder if Mt Pleasant has more remote workers/business travelers. Its been my experience that a fair number of the early retirees/fifty something transplants moved to town but still work for the previous employers.
No grand expertise but food for thought.
Good food for thought.. I didn’t think about it from that angle. It could very possibly be that because of that there was more testing going on in Mt Pleasant in the health care departments.
I thought it really odd that the Isle of Palms and other resort islands showed so few cases with all the tourists coming and going. Do the statistics all boil down to who’s testing?
I feel quite sure that there are probably double or possibly triple the number of cases that just haven’t been reported from Jan to March. I had a bad cold in Jan with 3 days of fever and keep wondering this myself.
Did anyone else get an emergency alert on their phones this afternoon? It said: “Stay home, don’t go out unless it’s essential. Cases are multiplying in all the counties of SC? “
My daughter got that alert today (I didn't). Can you tell where it came from? A branch of government? Google?
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Good food for thought.. I didn’t think about it from that angle. It could very possibly be that because of that there was more testing going on in Mt Pleasant in the health care departments.
I thought it really odd that the Isle of Palms and other resort islands showed so few cases with all the tourists coming and going. Do the statistics all boil down to who’s testing?
I believe higher income, better educated people have the desire and mans to take better care of their health thus will seek medical help and be diagnosed sooner.
Not Mt Pleasant specifically, but the Infection Tracker below shows that for Charleston County, only 1 person has died of Covid-19 among 328 cases. The infection rate is a paltry .08% or less than 1 person infected for every 1000 people.
Not Mt Pleasant specifically, but the Infection Tracker below shows that for Charleston County, only 1 person has died of Covid-19 among 328 cases. The infection rate is a paltry .08% or less than 1 person infected for every 1000 people.
I don't think the infection rate is accurate anywhere in the US due to lack of testing. The mortality rate of known cases vary's wildly from place to place. I'm assuming this is also an issue with testing in that only the very worst of cases are being tested in some places. For instance on the map you linked, Charleston county has 331 known cases and only 1 death while Beaufort County has 191 known cases and 6 deaths, Horry County 132 cases and 7 deaths. Trying to make sense of those numbers is futile at this point.
Nationwide, we have over 20,000 deaths and climbing fast. That's not much in dispute though to put it in perspective, influenza causes an average of ~35,000 deaths annually in the US. This is moving very fast and the picture will be very different in another 2-3 weeks. :-/
Numbers are all over the place and very deceptive. How can one know which one is accurate?
Back in March I began writing down a “diary” of dates and cases. On 3-15 I showed 4 deaths in Charleston Co. On 3-31, I show I wrote 7 deaths. Then on 4-6 I showed 1 death with a couple of question marks. After that I was having a hard time finding any information for the cases in Charleston Co.
Are they changing the cause of death on death certificates? What happened, I kept wondering.
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Emergency alert on Iphone this afternoon
