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The charts are not looking good. I sure hope people start taking this seriously.
Many are, but too many are not.
I have a friend in Miami who is saying that even today, a couple of neighbors are having some small gatherings going on, a week ago one had a large birthday party, probably about 50 people or so.
Zero care given, but when they get sick, they will run to the hospital out of hope they can be treated, being obtuse they could have avoided the entire thing in the first place.
Look at the story today, in NJ, they arrested people because they had a large engagement party, AN ENGAGEMENT PARTY!!! As if that is some extremely important event or something, who even has an engagement party anyway?, good god, with people like this, the US is going to be far above the top in the virus numbers.
who is Dr Toomey? Sounds like she was the one in charge of the GA health response. They both should have known, but she's just as culpable.
It's a truly nasty virus. People are already contagious during the incubation period, but also for up to 3 weeks after they are considered cured. Add to that the 2 weeks or so you are indeed sick. So, all in all you should be isolated for 1.5 to 2 months.
That really was the highlight at yesterdays press conf. I'm looking at my computer "WTH?" It's not for the states??? Then who is it for?
I'm no fan of Kushner. He said it summarily, and poorly.
It is true that states should be stocking their own supplies. FL should look at their population, and their projected needs in general and in case of an emergency - and they should handle those needs as determined. FL has to account for some amount for hurricanes, and that they have an older population.
Similarly, TX has a slightly larger pop than FL, but they're much younger. Hurricanes aren't usually a problem, but I'm sure they have their own unique issues ... for example perhaps they should on the state level take some of their oil revenues and stockpile medical supplies.
And there's nothing wrong with some coordination at the federal level, so states learn from each other via the CDC/FDA/FEMA (hey, most states have X per 1,000 population).
But the states should NOT expect that their entire supply of emergency needs comes from the Federal government. It's not the corner store. As an example, if NY State determined in 2015 they should generally have 15,000 more ventilators for say, a total of 25K ... then NY state should be buying those ventilators. And THEN, when a crisis hits and they need an EXTRA 15K ventilators that couldn't be anticipated to borrow from the stockpile - then great, it's there.
As a completely non-COVID example .... FL, GA, SC, and my state NC - we should have a budget item every year that assesses hurricane risk and cost. If every hurricane that hits NC costs an average of $10B (the last big one was a high of $17B), and they happen every 3 years, then by golly it's our job to set aside $3.3B per year. So when a hurricane comes along that's a $15B event, the state's got $10B already, and the Federal Gov pays $5B. It's NOT the Federal government's job to step in after every disaster in disaster-prone areas and solve the issues those states could have and should have planned for better.
I dont think they would have been able to contain the virus like they have done if it was so out of control like WP suggests.
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