the no-nonsense, nothing-but-the-facts-m'am C19 thread

[Halfmiler2]

For what it is worth, the Rt (Replacement Rate) in NJ peaked at 1.51 thus summer and has now fallen to 1.09. It is not yet under 1.0 but seems headed in that direction. And while the cases are up a lot and hospitalizations up modestly, the number of deaths remain low compared to earlier in the pandemic.

[scottmitchell74]

Something I don't understand, and maybe someone with more insider knowledge can educate us: during the early stages of the pandemic one of the absolute biggest causes of concern was the lack of hospital beds. There was a push to get ready, construct M.A.S.H. - like units, etc...where have these all gone? Why are we struggling now 18 months in when this was supposedly all foreseen?

[gm]

Something I don't understand, and maybe someone with more insider knowledge can educate us: during the early stages of the pandemic one of the absolute biggest causes of concern was the lack of hospital beds. There was a push to get ready, construct M.A.S.H. - like units, etc...where have these all gone? Why are we struggling now 18 months in when this was supposedly all foreseen?

If they don't have the people to staff them, it doesn't help to build those temporary units. There's a huge nursing shortage in most hotspots now.

[NotDutra5]

From local paper in Lee County:
There was a 3.9% drop in the seven-day change in hospitalizations on Friday and a decline in new cases by 387 from the day before to 16,163 cases.

The hospital association reported the first dip in seven-day hospitalizations on Aug. 24 of .1% and seven fewer hospitalizations from the day before.

The association uses data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

“Fingers crossed, we may be seeing the beginning of a downward trend in COVID-19 hospitalizations, but new cases remain near all-time highs, so it is much too early to declare victory,” Mary C. Mayhew, president and chief executive officer of the hospital association, said in a news release.

Hospitalizations were over 17,000 a week ago and yesterday were in the mid 15k's. That's where I got the number from.

Cases are accelerating through the schools and will likely mean less hospitalizations for the near future.

[gh]

meanwhile in immunoworld...

Moderna COVID Vaccine Stimulates Twice the Antibody Response as Pfizer-BioNTech

https://www.biospace.com/article/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-stimulates-twice-the-antibody-response-than-pfizer-biontech-s/

[gh]

meanwhile in nomenclature-land....

WHO monitoring new coronavirus variant named Mu

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/01/who-monitoring-new-coronavirus-variant-named-mu?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1630484066

[jeremyp]

meanwhile in nomenclature-land....

WHO monitoring new coronavirus variant named Mu

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/01/who-monitoring-new-coronavirus-variant-named-mu?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1630484066

Is it pronounced MO???

[jeremyp]

Hospitalizations were over 17,000 a week ago and yesterday were in the mid 15k's. That's where I got the number from.

Cases are accelerating through the schools and will likely mean less hospitalizations for the near future.

Florida reported 18 deaths from Monday thru Wednesday.
In my county: "On Wednesday, 13 patients died of COVID-19 complications. On Monday, Lee Health said 18 patients had died, the highest one-day death toll from the virus."
What is DeS hiding?

[Atticus]

What is DeS hiding?

a. Total lack of compassion
b. Low IQ
c. Misplaced Political Ambition
d. All of the Above

[booond]

a. Total lack of compassion
b. Low IQ
c. Misplaced Political Ambition
d. All of the Above

He's not hiding any of those.

[KevinR]

Is it pronounced MO???

Clever. I see what you did there.

Well played.

[gm]

a. Total lack of compassion
b. Low IQ
c. Misplaced Political Ambition
d. All of the Above

FACT: DeSantis was a baseball star at Yale. I had no idea until a few days ago.

[jeremyp]

FACT: DeSantis was a baseball star at Yale. I had no idea until a few days ago.

And George W went to Yale and Harvard!

[scottmitchell74]

This thread seems to be straying...

[NotDutra5]

This thread seems to be straying...

Yeah. You could see that coming.