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Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 11:14 AM UTC #
Wealth is a vector
That’s what sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom tweeted last week, in reference to the spread of COVID-19 across both the globe and the United States. Wealth is not the cause of every concentrated outbreak dotting the United States. But it’s the common denominator of so much of its spread outside of major urban areas. It’s the reason why so many of the coronavirus hot spots in the Mountain West — Sun Valley, Idaho; Gunnison County, Colorado; Summit County, Utah; Gallatin County, Montana — overlap with winter playgrounds for the wealthy. The virus travels via people, and the people who travel the most, both domestically and internationally, are rich people.
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:00 PM UTC #
US sets record for single day covid19 deaths at at least 1169!


I think Spain has second number at 950

(China? We will never know…)


Space Freely
Joined: December 13, 2014 at 07:28 PM UTC
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:03 PM UTC #
hutch wrote:
US sets record for single day covid19 deaths at at least 1169!


I think Spain has second number at 950

(China? We will never know…)


Where are you getting your numbers? Worldometers has US at 968 yesterday, more the day before.
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:21 PM UTC #
some great visualizations of the data on Covid-19

https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/

somewhat comforting is the Case Fatality Rate in the us (2.6) is a lot lower vs other countries in the world (avg 4.6)
but collection and accuracy of data is suspect

Important note on that graph
CFR is unreliable during an outbreak
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:27 PM UTC #
Comforting?
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:34 PM UTC #
hutch wrote:
Comforting?

somewhat…in that I'm glad to hear that our medical system is helping people to recover better than the global avg, especially when we now have the most cases
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:38 PM UTC #
i don’t know how you can possibly conclude that….
Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:43 PM UTC #
100+ people per day die in traffic accidents in the US daily. 12,000+ are injured enough to require medical attention. That has to be way down these days, right?

More than 38,000 people die every year in crashes on U.S. roadways. The U.S. traffic fatality rate is 12.4 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. An additional 4.4 million are injured seriously enough to require medical attention. Road crashes are the leading cause of death in the U.S. for people aged 1-54.
jrpa
Joined: September 03, 2013 at 03:15 PM UTC
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:51 PM UTC #
#1 wrote:
Wealth is a vector
That’s what sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom tweeted last week, in reference to the spread of COVID-19 across both the globe and the United States. Wealth is not the cause of every concentrated outbreak dotting the United States. But it’s the common denominator of so much of its spread outside of major urban areas. It’s the reason why so many of the coronavirus hot spots in the Mountain West — Sun Valley, Idaho; Gunnison County, Colorado; Summit County, Utah; Gallatin County, Montana — overlap with winter playgrounds for the wealthy. The virus travels via people, and the people who travel the most, both domestically and internationally, are rich people.
Julian's America has never been more under attack.
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 12:53 PM UTC #
I saw that coming…
jrpa
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 02:56 PM UTC #
hutch wrote:
I saw that coming…
Please call your Congressman about sending us aide.
Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 03:57 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
Space wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
Space wrote:
This thing is going to end up killing a hell of a lot of Biden voters.

i think it's going to kill a lot more trump voters.

1) the governors who listened to trump and delayed enacting stay-at-home rules are all exclusively from pro-trump states, as far as i can tell.

2)


I'm talking about inner city (Detroit, New Orleans, Atlanta, etc) diabetic (and other conditions) black people, who disproportionately have existing medical conditions (and 96% of those dying have pre-existing conditions). The older white people (i.e. Trump voters), primarily live in suburbs and rural areas, where they will be able to more easily socially distance. Not saying Trump won't lose some of his flock, but a disproportionate amount of black people are going to die from this.
Anecdotal as hell but I have several aunts and uncles who are huge Trumpers. None are socially distancing. Total survivorship bias.


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/02/michigans-covid-19-deaths-hit-417-cases-exceed-10-700/5113221002/



Lansing — At least 40% of those killed by the novel coronavirus in Michigan so far are black, a percentage that far exceeds the proportion of African Americans in the Detroit region and state.

The first statewide release of mortality by race in Michigan, among the first in the nation, suggests that the actual percentage of blacks killed could be significantly higher — the race of nearly a third killed has yet to be disclosed.

In Michigan, just 14% of the population is black. And while the coronavirus outbreak has been centered in Metro Detroit, African Americans make up less than a quarter of the six-county metropolitan area.


Sidehatch
Joined: October 04, 2011 at 04:33 AM UTC
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 04:56 PM UTC #
well one thing that doesn't really help since we're on lock down

gas prices
in MI, NE and OH and I'm sure a few other places are below $1 per gal!  some place had .69 cents!


I paid $1.69 in the northern Neck VA last weekend and felt like I won the lottery
I don't think I've paid that little in over 20 years
jrpa
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 05:38 PM UTC #
Paid 1.29. Felt the need to take a photo.
sweetcell
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 05:44 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
Paid 1.29. Felt the need to take a photo.

so where is it?!?  you can't TEASE us like that, post the pic already!

(oh my gawd is this what i have become?…)
Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020 April 03, 2020 at 05:47 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
Paid 1.29. Felt the need to take a photo.


Did you remind your chauffeur to wear gloves when pumping the gas?
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