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Thursday, May 14, 2020
181 new cases (12,016 total)
6 new deaths (468 total)
271 hospitalized (65 in ICU; 42 on ventilators)
Total tested prior day: 3,679
I think this may be the lowest percentage of positives we've seen. Just under 5%.
The number of tests was also quite high...I wonder if this reflects something like a "pre-emptive" testing of some facility or institution, on top of the usual testing locations. In which case the 5% wouldn't be that indicative of anything. Pure speculation on my part, of course (and admittedly, the percentage positive has generally been going down recently!).
Retired RI Supreme Court justice questions Raimondo’s use of executive orders
I'm probably going to catch hell for this (and that's OK - free speech and all that), but let us not forget that our civil rights should not be negated at this time. Esp. given the plethora of anti-body studies from Stanford and other reputable sources that demonstrate the mortality rate is probably around .5 percent, and we know the vulnerable populations who need to be protected.
I'm probably going to catch hell for this (and that's OK - free speech and all that), but let us not forget that our civil rights should not be negated at this time. Esp. given the plethora of anti-body studies from Stanford and other reputable sources that demonstrate the mortality rate is probably around .5 percent, and we know the vulnerable populations who need to be protected. https://www.wpri.com/target-12/retir...cutive-orders/
I think of it a bit like the right to drive while drunk. There are places where my civil rights end.
You're definitely correct that there are limits to everything. Don't yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater and such.
But if the mortality rate is what the anti-bodies consistently convey repeatedly, all over the World, why should it inhibit the rights of people who are not vulnerable to the most adverse effects of the virus?
A .5 percent mortality rate, (or possibly less, as some studies have demonstrated), would be a bad flu season. Do we decimate small businesses because of that? Do we watch suicides and drug abuse spike? Economic recessions/depressions precipitate morbidity as well. There has to be a cost/benefits analysis in regard to that.
Don't get me wrong: I don't think I have all the answers. There is still much about this virus that is unknown.
But the media (including the networks here in Rhode Island) often act as if there is no scientific debate vis a vis COVID-19. And that is simply not so. Much of the medical community believes there has been a severe overreaction in terms of the "lockdowns", but these folks don't get equal air-time, if any at all.
It does everyone a disservice when there have been far too many failed predictions and contradictions that go unacknowledged or even forgotten.
That can make a population very cynical indeed.
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Retired RI Supreme Court justice questions Raimondo’s use of executive orders
