Some good news https://apnews.com/89d963958b042cc921e64ab3eff5a74d

I will be positive and say the 2nd wave is not going to be bad as the first wave.  The world is more prepared this time around.  

posted by like_that

Some good news https://apnews.com/89d963958b042cc921e64ab3eff5a74d

I will be positive and say the 2nd wave is not going to be bad as the first wave.  The world is more prepared this time around.  

 

I saw that too and agree this is good news. I also agree I doubt we spike in deaths again as we had in May-April. While the cases in the U.S. are climbing, the death toll is slooooowly trending down. We have been under 1k deaths a day since June 4th. 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

I saw that too and agree this is good news. I also agree I doubt we spike in deaths again as we had in May-April. While the cases in the U.S. are climbing, the death toll is slooooowly trending down. We have been under 1k deaths a day since June 4th. 

I hope you're correct.  The rising cases makes total sense with increased testing.  Hopefully a few months of things being opened up starts to cause some herd immunity to develop.

I had to read that article twice to understand...33% improvement in survivability if you're ventilated, or it saves 1 in 8 people.  So the better news is I guess that means 3 out of 8 people were dying on ventilators, and with this drug it's 2 out of 8.  I thought like 70-80% of people were dying on ventilators.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

I saw that too and agree this is good news. I also agree I doubt we spike in deaths again as we had in May-April. While the cases in the U.S. are climbing, the death toll is slooooowly trending down. We have been under 1k deaths a day since June 4th. 

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I hope you're correct.  The rising cases makes total sense with increased testing.  Hopefully a few months of things being opened up starts to cause some herd immunity to develop.

Hospitalizations have been trending down too.  This has been the case for most of the world.  That's much more important than asymptomatic positives.  The virus is never going away. 
 

posted by gut

I had to read that article twice to understand...33% improvement in survivability if you're ventilated, or it saves 1 in 8 people.  So the better news is I guess that means 3 out of 8 people were dying on ventilators, and with this drug it's 2 out of 8.  I thought like 70-80% of people were dying on ventilators.

It was never 70-80% those were numbers used by corona doomers. I also dunno why these articles dumb everything down. It was actually 40% dying on ventilators and this drug took it down to 28%. I don’t know why they used the 1/8 and 3/8 comparisons instead of the real numbers. 

I hope this is real.

posted by friendfromlowry

I'd imagine not. They may not be asymptomatic, but they may pass the virus to someone who wouldn't be as fortunate. 

Not according to the newest research by the WHO. 

posted by justincredible

I hope this is real.

New York SLUT. I approve.

posted by jmog

Not according to the newest research by the WHO. 

True. But it’s hard to be overly confident when it seems to change every week. 

posted by jmog

Not according to the newest research by the WHO. 

That they’ve already walked back on tho. 

posted by kizer permanente

That they’ve already walked back on tho. 

Feel like no one knows what the hell is going on with Covid. 

At least not the WHO.  They have been complete trash during this entire pandemic. 

posted by kizer permanente

That they’ve already walked back on tho. 

Yeah, political pressure will do that sometimes. 
 

notice the only things they have “walked back” are things that would be good news?

I had the antibody test last week. The results were positive. I was not surprised. My wife tested positive for Covid late April. A week later I had the same symptoms, but tested negative. At that time my Dr. said the Covid test has a 20% false negative rate. My Dr. considered me positive, but I don't think I was added to the number count. 

I am guessing my positive antibody test will be added to the number count, but if so, that count is very deceiving. I would have had it a month and a half ago. Not now like the count would show.

posted by Fred Garvin

I had the antibody test last week. The results were positive. I was not surprised. My wife tested positive for Covid late April. A week later I had the same symptoms, but tested negative. At that time my Dr. said the Covid test has a 20% false negative rate. My Dr. considered me positive, but I don't think I was added to the number count. 

I am guessing my positive antibody test will be added to the number count, but if so, that count is very deceiving. I would have had it a month and a half ago. Not now like the count would show.

Does Ohio count antibody testing in their positive counts? I haven't read anywhere confirming this.

posted by kizer permanente

Does Ohio count antibody testing in their positive counts? I haven't read anywhere confirming this.

I do not know for sure. But I was told the info would go to the Health Dept., so that is my guess.

posted by kizer permanente

Does Ohio count antibody testing in their positive counts? I haven't read anywhere confirming this.

They do.

Ohio counts positive antibody test, as well as "probable" cases in their positive number counts.

posted by justincredible

Ohio counts positive antibody test, as well as "probable" cases in their positive number counts.

Do they differentiate between the two or just classify them both into "positive?"  Pretty misleading if they don't do the former. 

This is from Clark County, but these definitions apply to the whole state.

Basically, the state is making it as hard as possible to find actual reporting guidelines, but Clark county is trying to be transparent about it.

posted by justincredible

Basically, the state is making it as hard as possible to find actual reporting guidelines, but Clark county is trying to be transparent about it.

THis.

I feel like we here about all this 2nd spike stuff.....the only number I would really care about is how many people are actually in a hospital for it.

posted by justincredible

Basically, the state is making it as hard as possible to find actual reporting guidelines, but Clark county is trying to be transparent about it.

So we should probably pay more attention to the new confirmed cases and not total cases.  

DC and other areas around in MD and VA are entering Phase 2. The area has not seen spikes from the protests, further giving evidence that protesting with masks and even being outside does not lead to a wide increase in cases. 

I'm also seeing more and more that wearing masks helps stop the spread.