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Because the combined death number over the last two weeks is now so low (5) from Nassau and Suffolk Counties (combined population of 2,800,000) this info is getting hard to find. https://projects.newsday.com/long-is...n-long-island/
Last edited by Quick Commenter; 07-22-2020 at 03:31 PM..
/\ Just to add to my own post, approx. 60 folks per day die in Nassau/Suffolk so during the last 15 days approx. 900 people have died on Long Island and 5 of them with Covid-19. So, let's keep things in perspective around here.
I wonder when this is all said and done it will be one of those cases where it just runs it’s course and it moves on? It’s kind of looking that way from the southern states.
I wonder when this is all said and done it will be one of those cases where it just runs it’s course and it moves on? It’s kind of looking that way from the southern states.
I wonder when this is all said and done it will be one of those cases where it just runs it’s course and it moves on? It’s kind of looking that way from the southern states.
Agreed.
I'm not a scientist but I think our infected/recovered numbers are so high in the NYC area that the virus now spreads very inefficiently. Not precisely 'herd immunity' wherein almost nobody gets the virus but something in that direction where it really really slows down. (High infected/recovered numbers + masking/handwashing/distancing = very inefficient spread)
Other parts of the country were not infected (till the last four weeks at least) at nearly our rate and so the disease still spreads very quickly out there (CA, TX, FL, etc.) at this point. Wouldn't surprise me if the largest metro areas in those other states approach NYC area's high infected/recovered rates before slowing down - although testing (virus and antibody) complications will obscure that until a later date.
The later-infected states, even much larger ones such as TX and CA, should do a much better job on the all-important death numbers than we did.
(Note: There are several different factors that might contribute to inefficient spread.)
Last edited by Quick Commenter; 07-23-2020 at 06:24 AM..
I'm not a scientist but I think our infected/recovered numbers are so high in the NYC area that the virus now spreads very inefficiently. Not precisely 'herd immunity' wherein almost nobody gets the virus but something in that direction where it really really slows down. (High infected/recovered numbers + masking/handwashing/distancing = very inefficient spread)
Other parts of the country were not infected (till the last four weeks at least) at nearly our rate and so the disease still spreads very quickly out there (CA, TX, FL, etc.) at this point. Wouldn't surprise me if the largest metro areas in those other states approach NYC area's high infected/recovered rates before slowing down - although testing (virus and antibody) complications will obscure that until a later date.
The later-infected states, even much larger ones such as TX and CA, should do a much better job on the all-important death numbers than we did.
(Note: There are several different factors that might contribute to inefficient spread.)
Immunity hasnt been proven though. Ppl can get it more than once
Immunity hasnt been proven though. Ppl can get it more than once
Immunity has definitely been proven. The length of time you are immune is still up in the air but you definitely develop an immunity to it with neutralizing antibodies and killer T cells.
Regarding people getting it more than once, there have been very few suspected instances of this and it is totally unproven. You really shouldn't be saying its possible as its not grounded in science or fact.
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