you do realize... we may always have the late reporting issue... That is why we are comparing the trends... not really concerned about he absolute number. Why do you always try to detract and distract when I post positive news about Covid. and you do realize we are probably doing a boatload more testing... making the trend even more impressive. its the end of the day on the east coast no change in cases. its still 2 new cases in Georgia 2 new deaths in Georgia. Sure glad you let us know how time works.
I'm telling ya', I dealt with this perfect attendance nonsense my entire career. Asshole shows up sick, works at 50 percent capacity, gets everyone else sick, all for a 50 dollar gift card at the end of the year.
Do you realize that May 11th is not even over yet? It is not even the end of May 11th. What happens with all the cases and deaths reported from now 7:37pm EDT to midnight.
Nothing happens as long as they do the tally consistently. The trend is still down. I don't care when the 24 hour period begins. The trend is massively down. Did you even look at the charts on the link. With confirmed cases you could look at the 7 day average. That is massively down. Yeah they could report a few cases late... but we have the 7 day average and its way down. Your fear mongering and red herrings do not work when we have facts and data.
This seems to be the bottom line. We are all going to get it until we have herd immunity because we are not going to lock down for 18 months. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-warns-virus-spread-far-from-over/3108333001/ A high-profile infectious disease researcher warns COVID-19 is in the early stages of attacking the world, which makes it difficult to relax stay-at-home orders without putting most Americans at risk. Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said the initial wave of outbreaks in cities such as New York City, where one in five people have been infected, represent a fraction of the illness and death yet to come. "This damn virus is going to keep going until it infects everybody it possibly can," Osterholm said Monday during a meeting with the USA TODAY Editorial Board. "It surely won’t slow down until it hits 60 to 70%" of the population, the number that would create herd immunity and halt the spread of the virus. Even if new cases begin to fade this summer, it might be an indicator that the new coronavirus is following a seasonal pattern similar to the flu. If COVID-19 retreats only to return in the fall, the number of cases could peak and overwhelm hospitals that must deal with cases of flu and respiratory viruses. Furthermore, Asian nations such as South Korea and Singapore, lauded for strict controls and rapid testing to avoid damage during the first wave, might be vulnerable to a second wave of infections, he said. "It’s the big peak that’s really going to do us in," he said. "As much pain, suffering, death and economic disruption we’ve had, there’s been 5 to 20% of the people infected, ... That’s a long ways to get to 60 to 70%." Still, there are key differences between COVID-19 and the flu. The average incubation period for the new virus is five days, compared with just two days for the flu, according to a Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy report comparing the pandemics. The longer incubation period and a higher transmission rate suggest the COVID-19 virus spreads more easily than the flu. There were nearly 80,000 deaths and more than 1.3 million confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the U.S. at noon Monday, according to the John Hopkins University data tracker. New York state has been hit the hardest with more than 26,000 deaths, and preliminary antibody testing suggests about 20% of New York City-area residents have been infected. Osterholm said only an effective vaccine can slow the virus before a large enough segment of the population becomes infected and develops some level of immunity. Even if a vaccine works, Osterholm said, it's unknown whether it would be durable enough to confer long-lasting protection from SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Most states are easing stay-at-home orders though patchwork measures that vary from one to the next. Georgia began opening in late April amid national criticism, allowing tattoo parlors, bowling alleys and hair and nail salons to reopen with restrictions. California has taken a slower, phased approach, allowing some retailers and manufacturers considered low-risk to resume operations. Governors worry about the economic harm social distancing measures have caused with shuttered businesses and the growing ranks of jobless Americans. Unemployment has reaching 15% nationwide, and a Trump administration economic adviser warned unemployment could soon reach 20%. Osterholm acknowledges that the nation "can't lock down for 18 months" and said political and business leaders need to find a way to resume activities while adapting to a virus that won't soon disappear. He doesn't believe there has been enough of a frank assessment on the economic harm the virus will cause over coming months and its disruption to international supply chains. "We all have to confront the fact there’s not a magic bullet, short of a vaccine, that’s going to make this go away," he said. "We’re going to be living with it. And we’re not having that discussion at all."
Sounds like another doomer. "Going to do us in". Really? Done in, it's over. What exactly is done in? Two hundred thousand dead, half a million, a million, maybe two million? None of that is "done in". Done in is tens of millions dead by years end, that's done in. More modeling bullshit based on nothing of substance.
I realize the media wants us to see it as doom. But, it does look like we will develop herd immunity if enough of us get it. If you are in a low risk group... for instance my kids... the probabilities are its the flu. My age its a bit more risky but if you have strong immune system its the flu. (probabilities wise) As you get old or in high risk groups... this is scary and you should probably stay in and have family members observe serious protections when they return home.
Georgia admits that its COVID-19 data for the recent weeks is entirely fake and vows to correct it. There is no downward trend. Problems include fake charts with days mis-ordered, deliberately ignored counties, and many other faults. Talk about a f@ckup. ‘It’s just cuckoo’: state’s latest data mishap causes critics to cry foul https://www.ajc.com/news/state--reg...uses-critics-cry-foul/182PpUvUX9XEF8vO11NVGO/ Where does Sunday take place twice a week? And May 2 come before April 26? The state of Georgia, as it provides up-to-date data on the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latest bungling of tracking data for the novel coronavirus, a recently posted bar chart on the Georgia Department of Public Health’s website appeared to show good news: new confirmed cases in the counties with the most infections had dropped every single day for the past two weeks. In fact, there was no clear downward trend. The data is still preliminary, and cases have held steady or dropped slightly in the past two weeks. Experts agree that cases in those five counties were flat when Georgia began to reopen late last month. DPH changed the graph Monday after more than a day of online mockery, public concern and a letter from a state representative. Gov. Brian Kemp’s office issued an apology and its spokespeople said they’d never make this kind of mistake again. “Our mission failed. We apologize. It is fixed,” tweeted Candice Broce, a spokeswoman for the governor. This unforced error — at least the third in as many weeks — is confounding observers who have noted sloppiness in case counts, death counts and other measures that are fundamental to tracking a disease outbreak. Georgians check the data daily to decide whether it’s safe to reopen their businesses or send their children to daycare. Policymakers use it for decisions affecting the health of more than 10 million Georgians. In recent weeks, DPH data issues caused confusion over whether novel coronavirus deaths had topped 1,000 — they are now more than 1,490. The agency erroneously posted at least twice that children died. Some of these errors could be forgiven as mistakes made during a chaotic time. But putting days in the wrong order, as the recently withdrawn chart did, makes no sense. “It’s just cuckoo,” said state Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-Atlanta, who sent the letter outlining his concerns to the governor’s office on Monday. The bar chart that stirred the latest controversy was revised shortly afterwards. “I don’t know how anyone can defend this graph as not being misleading. I really don’t.” A spokeswoman for DPH told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the chart was incorrect because of an error in how it sorted dates. An aide to the governor told Holcomb that a software vendor caused the problem, Holcomb said. A tweet from a Kemp spokesman said the data team behind the chart published it because they thought it would be “helpful.” Kemp spokeswoman Broce said the office does not dictate what data DPH publishes. “We are not selecting data and telling them how to portray it, although we do provide information about constituent complaints, check it for accuracy, and push them to provide more information if it is possible to do so,” said Broce. Others worry the data is being portrayed in a way that favors Kemp’s early easing of restrictions. A separate graph on DPH’s page has led readers to think that cases were dropping dramatically, even though lower case numbers were the result of a lag in data collection. “I have a hard time understanding how this happens without it being deliberate,” said State Rep. Jasmine Clark, D-Lilburn, who received her doctorate in microbiology and molecular genetics at Emory University. “Literally nowhere ever in any type of statistics would that be acceptable.” =================== Yes, I have to agree. This type of screw up with false data can only be deliberate and driven by the political motivations of the Georgia governor trying to make the COVID-19 stats look good as he re-opened the state. The level and duplicity of this faulty COVID-19 data is beyond the scope of what can be attributed to inadvertent human error. It is deliberate.