Snownado Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Seems kind of odd that there only 9,000 cases in a country of 330 million especially considering all of the high profile people who have tested positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Snownado said: Seems kind of odd that there only 9,000 cases in a country of 330 million especially considering all of the high profile people who have tested positive. That does point to a much higher number of cases than have been confirmed. Nobody really knows but I have seen estimates that it may be 10x higher at a minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ovweather Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Great article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/world/coronavirus-and-climate-crisis-response-intl-hnk/index.html If only all the people buying into the science of COVID—19 would believe in the science of climate change instead of labeling it inaccurate science or a hoax. Air pollution alone kills 7 million people worldwide every year. Kind of puts things in perspective right now. How many older folks dying from complications of COVID-19 have weakened or scarred lungs from years of air pollution exposure? Just some food for thought. If we can all take appropriate steps to help stop the spread of COVID-19, even if it drastically weakens the economy in the process, then we can all take steps to reduce our carbon footprints, even if there’s an economic toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 22 cases at a nursing home by me in Dupage county. Might be more. 1 death. 60yr old woman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chances14 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 6 hours ago, Indystorm said: Hopefully only until the end of the month from what I have read. We've been directed to cancel our worship services here at least through Easter. Large churches can use live streaming. I'm sending e mail devotions to parishioners and calling seniors asking if they need groceries, things from the drug store, etc. Tough not being able to visit parishioners in hospital or nursing home but relying on phone calls. These social distancing measures are going to last much longer than 2 weeks most likely based on what the top government officials are saying. more like 2 months at the least. I think they are just going in these 2 week intervals as to not cause the public to panic even more than they already are. But hopefully companies can figure out a way to get back up and running in at least some capacity before then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pen_artist Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 some good news to share perhaps though. looks like china has had its first day without cases within the country. all from foreigners coming in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 23 minutes ago, chances14 said: These social distancing measures are going to last much longer than 2 weeks most likely based on what the top government officials are saying. more like 2 months at the least. I think they are just going in these 2 week intervals as to not cause the public to panic even more than they already are. But hopefully companies can figure out a way to get back up and running in at least some capacity before then. If we don't find a drug that works like that malaria drug that may work it could be until a vaccine comes out that we are instructed to social distance (12-18 months) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, pen_artist said: some good news to share perhaps though. looks like china has had its first day without cases within the country. all from foreigners coming in We should go full on Wuhan style lockdown in the United States. It would suck and it may be illegal but short term pain for long term gain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I don't believe a thing that China reports. This is going to come in waves until if/when we have an effective vaccine. Just like violent weather the best thing we can do is be prepared, which this show's we're woefully not. Over the last 30- 40 years we've updated building codes, evacuation plans, invested in public awareness campaigns and in science (like anything now-a-days not enough there) in hurricane prone areas from lessons learned since Cammile, Hugo, Andrew and Katrina all of which have undoubtedly saved thousands of lives. We've done very similar things when it comes to tornado outbreaks. Sure warning times have probably helped the most but without the investments in all of the above warning times would be much less effective. We can go spend 100's of billions to fill our emergency oil reserves during this yet our medical system and infrastructure is nowhere prepared. I kind of look at this as the biological Hugo. There's going to be another one, a biological Andrew, even a Katrina. Just like violent weather we know it's going to happen. Hopefully this will begin a trend to start investing in better "building codes", better "response plans", better "public awareness/education" and better "science" at a public health level. Nobody is 100% sure yet but more than likely this may eventually run it's course with time, maybe even a year or longer. But ones going to come along that is really a nasty one, that it is extremely resilient and resistant to whatever we throw at it. I hope it's not this one but when that bug comes around we better be a lot more prepared than we are now. Telling NY the big white ship with the big Red Cross is coming ain't cutting it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertSul Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 6 hours ago, Snownado said: Seems kind of odd that there only 9,000 cases in a country of 330 million especially considering all of the high profile people who have tested positive. I think part of that might be that high profile people have a higher chance of traveling globally, and likely shake a lot more hands than the Average Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertSul Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Stebo said: Yeah it is not good, the downturn in 08-09 is what put this area into a depression, not a recession. We are just now getting back to what we were in 06-07. https://www.wxyz.com/news/coronavirus/ford-gm-and-fiat-chrysler-will-close-all-factories-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-ap-reports Did Detroit ever diversify its economy? I feel like I heard rumblings about it ten years ago but don’t know about any hard numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I was at the gas station last night holding change and beer. Made me think that everything around is now a risk from this point on. Continuing to wash your hands alone isn’t going to cut it. I believe they’re going to start giving out some type of a card to show you’re tested and clear to allow people back in public places etc. But even then, how will you know if one gets infected the next day? Vaccine. Which isn’t going to be for awhile. Which is going to be bad. The city life, gone. It’s going to be hard to regulate. Also storm season ahead. God forbid something happens on top of it. Rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Jackstraw said: I don't believe a thing that China reports. This is going to come in waves until if/when we have an effective vaccine. Just like violent weather the best thing we can do is be prepared, which this show's we're woefully not. Over the last 30- 40 years we've updated building codes, evacuation plans, invested in public awareness campaigns and in science (like anything now-a-days not enough there) in hurricane prone areas from lessons learned since Cammile, Hugo, Andrew and Katrina all of which have undoubtedly saved thousands of lives. We've done very similar things when it comes to tornado outbreaks. Sure warning times have probably helped the most but without the investments in all of the above warning times would be much less effective. We can go spend 100's of billions to fill our emergency oil reserves during this yet our medical system and infrastructure is nowhere prepared. I kind of look at this as the biological Hugo. There's going to be another one, a biological Andrew, even a Katrina. Just like violent weather we know it's going to happen. Hopefully this will begin a trend to start investing in better "building codes", better "response plans", better "public awareness/education" and better "science" at a public health level. Nobody is 100% sure yet but more than likely this may eventually run it's course with time, maybe even a year or longer. But ones going to come along that is really a nasty one, that it is extremely resilient and resistant to whatever we throw at it. I hope it's not this one but when that bug comes around we better be a lot more prepared than we are now. Telling NY the big white ship with the big Red Cross is coming ain't cutting it In what ways is our infrastructure and medical system not prepared? Or maybe, I should ask what other things do you think that should be in place that would have us prepared for an instance like we are currently expecting? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 A corollary of coronavirus has been the turmoil in the stock markets. If you've got cash sitting in the bank and you've got the stomach for it, a lot of blue-chippers are trading at a steep discount. It feels a little exploitative to even mention it, but hey, that's capitalism. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svrwx Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Jackstraw said: I don't believe a thing that China reports. Fix your post for you. Stay well people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 In what ways is our infrastructure and medical system not prepared? Or maybe, I should ask what other things do you think that should be in place that would have us prepared for an instance like we are currently expecting?Not sure if you're being obtuse.For those who haven't seen the Bill Gates Ted talk:Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 ^ highly informative. Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 New York reported 1,800 new cases since yesterday. Eagerly awaiting Italy’s numbers to roll in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 15 hours ago, Indystorm said: As others have said, thanks for all your hard work maintaining our food supply line. It takes all of us in this fight. Thank you for your kind words, and everyone’s at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Several signs pointing towards a multi-town or multi-county lockdown/shelter-in-place order coming within the next day or so for the area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Latest case around here is a mechanic at a car dealership. He was off work for like a week so at least didn't keep spreading it to other employees and customers all this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 South Bend area going into partial lockdown with only essential travel allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Slight good news out of Italy. Deaths are down from yesterday but still over 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Slight good news out of Italy. Deaths are down from yesterday but still over 400. 8.3% fatality rate... *Italy’s Coronavirus Death Tolls Surpasses China’s *Italy Says 3,405 Infected People Have Died *41,000 People Have Tested Positive for the Virus in Italy so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chances14 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 13 hours ago, Hoosier said: We should go full on Wuhan style lockdown in the United States. It would suck and it may be illegal but short term pain for long term gain. what's scary is that it took almost a two month lockdown of wuhan to get where they are at now and we don't even know for sure if china's reporting is accurate. A lockdown like that will never happen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Indiana schools closed until at least May 1. Not to get political but there is starting to be a conservative backlash against our Republican governor. It is what it is though... there is pretty clear authority for the measures taken so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispus Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Here's a NA-specific site I've been using (in addition to the John Hopkins COVID dashboard). This one seems to get results updated faster than any other site I've checked, and it's easy to see the delta changes. Plus, there's a county breakdown: https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 134 new IL cases, and 422 total now. 3 new deaths, with 4 total now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Missed some of it but sounds like Pritzker is dropping the hammer in IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Missed some of it but sounds like Pritzker is dropping the hammer in IL. He didn't change/do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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