Well said. And yeah, increased depression, suicides, child abuse, the economics, etc are the negative consequences of shutting so much down, especially if it goes on for a while. It is a tough spot for decision makers to be in.
The swine flu deaths took like a year or more to get to the 12,000+ number, iirc. We'll see where we are with covid19 in early to mid 2021. Hopefully it will be a lower death toll in the US... if it is, it will be because of the current measures and some very effective/widely available/low cost treatment option.
New map of confirmed cases from Indiana's virus page
Obviously there is undercounting because of testing issues. It is no surprise that Marion county/Indianapolis leads the state, but another thing that stands out are the very low numbers in the donut counties around there. A lot of people commute into Indianapolis from those counties, though less now than a couple weeks ago with many companies putting emphasis on working from home.
This is a pretty good site
China specifically
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/
You are right to treat them with skepticism. For various reasons I think it will be more telling to watch how long it takes Europe to turn the corner for a better idea of what we're facing here in the US.
Third death in Indiana with less than 100 confirmed cases in the state. That is the same number of deaths as Michigan, which has confirmed over 550 cases. I just read a story that the husband of the woman in critical condition that I posted about a few days ago has been having symptoms and even he has not been tested yet. You'd think he of all people would be able to get one.
There is a lot of blame to go around on leaders in this country and elsewhere. The original sinner in all of this is China because of their disgraceful coverup of what was going on there before they couldn't hide it anymore.
Been doing a good job of keeping politics out of this thread for the most part and would like that to continue. Whatever you think of the response to this pandemic or anything else, we have a chance to decide our path in less than 8 months, like we do every 4 years.
I am hitting the store again today just to avoid the real chaos later. Indiana has been lagging Illinois a bit on many of these restrictions so I am figuring shelter in place in IN is coming.
I think just a couple towns went into lockdown first before it became widespread? Can't remember.
Hard to put a lot of positive spin on the numbers, but just think how it would be if it were business as usual.
The testing has to get A LOT better so we can track it better and just have better data. Sure, it is not quite as limited as a few weeks ago, but there are still a lot of stories about symptomatic people who can't get tested. As an example, there have been less than 600 people tested in the entire state of Indiana. That has got to change fast.
For all that has been learned so far, still more to learn. The thing about those with type A blood type perhaps being more at risk of contracting it than type O is interesting.
I am either type A or O. Not sure which.