StormfanaticInd Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 We are only 4% of the world's population yet here we are at the top. America should be ashamed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, nwohweather said: That reminds me, someone in town the other day was doing 75 in a 40 and killed four people with their Wrangler in a t-bone accident That's actually really sad. RIP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ovweather Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 hour ago, StormfanaticInd said: We are only 4% of the world's population yet here we are at the top. America should be ashamed How can China not be in the top-25? After all, it is THEIR virus. India being second makes sense, but then again they do have a billion more people than the US so they’re obviously doing some better than here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just noticed our positivity rate was 10.1 percent in Indiana today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just today I found out about 3 more people who have it. One has actually been in the hospital for a while. Don't know any of them particularly well but it is sort of a microcosm of what is happening in the country with cases on the rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, StormfanaticInd said: Just noticed our positivity rate was 10.1 percent in Indiana today. I think that is actually the cumulative rate. The weekly average has been higher (like 13 or 14 percent) and on the rise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, Hoosier said: I think that is actually the cumulative rate. The weekly average has been higher (like 13 or 14 percent) and on the rise. WOW!!! We only test 19,583 today and still had over 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, StormfanaticInd said: WOW!!! We only test 19,583 today and still had over 2000. I should mention that the 13 or 14 percent was on individuals tested. As you know they break it down into 2 categories on the dashboard... individuals tested and total tests performed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Jonger said: 8,000 Americans die everyday with or without COVID. Here are the excess mortality numbers.The numbers only to go to early September due to incomplete reporting. I look for that curve to increase soon based on the sharp increase in cases. This gives a new view to those here that are still downplaying the seriousness of this virus. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOH Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 9 hours ago, ovweather said: How can China not be in the top-25? After all, it is THEIR virus. India being second makes sense, but then again they do have a billion more people than the US so they’re obviously doing some better than here. Do you think that China is being honest with their numbers ? Just speculation on my part... but the American population as a whole is very unhealthy, and considering chronic conditions play a significant role in deaths I'm guessing that's why the USA is at the top the list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dta1984 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 New study on vitamin D deficiency https://www.healthline.com/health-news/new-study-found-80-percent-of-covid-19-patients-were-vitamin-d-deficient 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 One of our meteorologists just walked in sporting one of these...I know what I'm ordering! https://helicity.co/collections/face-masks/products/radar-face-mask 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Are we really going to ignore obesity rates and how that has played into all of this? 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dta1984 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, Jonger said: Are we really going to ignore obesity rates and how that has played into all of this? Agreed. It's been said many times, this should be a wake-up call to those not practicing a healthy lifestyle. Some just want to ignore that and point fingers at other things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, Angrysummons said: Being fat is a part of the problem. fwiw, you can probably add 100000 onto China's final current number. Still like the rest of Asia, blows the "west" away. China probably has one of the lowest obesity rates on earth. I'm sure their tally is a total lie though. COVID just gave many people on the brink a little nudge off the cliff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb65 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 37 minutes ago, Jonger said: China probably has one of the lowest obesity rates on earth. I'm sure their tally is a total lie though. COVID just gave many people on the brink a little nudge off the cliff. This is not supported by the data. An estimated 2.5 million life years lost in the United States so far and counting. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/health/coronavirus-statistics-deaths.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 59 minutes ago, dta1984 said: Agreed. It's been said many times, this should be a wake-up call to those not practicing a healthy lifestyle. Some just want to ignore that and point fingers at other things. Maybe because there are other things? Yes, obesity increases your risk for a lot of things, no doubt. But it's not like it's just obese people lying in the ICUs or worse. It's not like previously healthy people aren't getting seriously ill. So going too far on this end of the argument just becomes too much of a convenient generalization (no doubt used to downplay the seriousness of the pandemic) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 52 minutes ago, Jonger said: China probably has one of the lowest obesity rates on earth. classic jon https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550451/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 The very fact that America is fat and out of shape is all the reason more to mandate mask 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Lockdown in France. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-28/macron-imposes-new-nationwide-lockdown-in-france-as-cases-surge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 6 hours ago, dta1984 said: New study on vitamin D deficiency https://www.healthline.com/health-news/new-study-found-80-percent-of-covid-19-patients-were-vitamin-d-deficient If you live in the Great Lakes area, the Sun barely comes out in the Fall and Winter lol. Whole lotta vitamin D deficient people in this region. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dta1984 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said: classic jon https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550451/ Usa #12, China #169 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2228rank.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 tth^ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dta1984 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, A-L-E-K said: tth^ By posting facts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Illinois with another staggering 6110 cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOH Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Maestrobjwa said: Maybe because there are other things? Yes, obesity increases your risk for a lot of things, no doubt. But it's not like it's just obese people lying in the ICUs or worse. It's not like previously healthy people aren't getting seriously ill. So going too far on this end of the argument just becomes too much of a convenient generalization (no doubt used to downplay the seriousness of the pandemic) I think its like 96% of the people that have died from COVID had 2 or more chronic conditions. Definitely not a generalization. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/evidence-table.html 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOH Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Jonger said: China probably has one of the lowest obesity rates on earth. I'm sure their tally is a total lie though. COVID just gave many people on the brink a little nudge off the cliff. Smoking keeps the weight off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 It's fine to mention that the vast majority of covid deaths happen in people with preexisting conditions, but it's not fine to use it as a way to minimize things. We have a shit ton of people walking around with some kind of condition(s), and a person can live for many years or decades with preexisting conditions. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dta1984 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 hour ago, StormfanaticInd said: The very fact that America is fat and out of shape is all the reason more to mandate mask 33 states already have mask mandates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 We are hitting 70k like its nothing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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