So is MOCO just never opening?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The metrics are both mathematically laughable and logistically impossible to attain:

— They want 5% testing capacity per month. That means doing an average of about 1,700 tests in MoCo per day. Statewide we are doing about 3,000 tests per day. No one knows how MoCo will get our testing capacity up to the point where we are doing 50% of what the entire state is doing.

— Amid all this increased testing, they want a 14-day decline in new cases.

— They want a 14-day decline—as calculated by rolling average—in deaths. We are now averaging 12.4 deaths per day. How can we attain a 14-day decline in a metric that is BELOW 14?

— They want a decline in hospitalizations, yet Gayles said last week that he doesn’t even know how many COVID patients we have in MoCo, and our hospitals haven’t been overwhelmed (with the exception of 2 Silver Spring ones).

That’s just 4 examples of the absurdity of these metrics.

Email your governor. I’m in Fairfax County and would love to see MoCo open since the region all seems to be following each other’s lead.

I strongly believe that emailing and calling local governors actually has zero effect and is just a waste of time. They do what they want-just like every other elected official.

Well, I’m pretty sure not emailing does not good.

The county politicians have already made it quite clear that they don't care about what residents think or care about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:75%+ cases in MoCo are nursing home residents and staff. My solution:

quarantine the nursing homes and post MD national guard in front. No one in our out.
Pay the workers triple pay, and let them bring their families in too if they like. Set up trailers in the parking lot if more living space is needed for the families.
Fund all this by taking a portion of the sales tax revenue earned during this period, that would not have been earned if business remained closed instead.

And then let me live my life the way I want! What do those people have to do with me anyway?!

-is actually not a philosophy that I, personally, support

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:75%+ cases in MoCo are nursing home residents and staff. My solution:

quarantine the nursing homes and post MD national guard in front. No one in our out.
Pay the workers triple pay, and let them bring their families in too if they like. Set up trailers in the parking lot if more living space is needed for the families.
Fund all this by taking a portion of the sales tax revenue earned during this period, that would not have been earned if business remained closed instead.

And then let me live my life the way I want! What do those people have to do with me anyway?!

-is actually not a philosophy that I, personally, support

You seem to have zero understanding of how public health policy works.

You cannot stay closed until there is zero risk to everyone.

[Anonymous]

We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

The hospitals aren't empty. Also, the surge did come. Also, models aren't intended to be crystal balls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

Certainly we saved lives by doing the lockdown, but yes — you’re right.

As I’ve posted before, the hospitals in MD have not been overwhelmed, with the exception of Holy Cross Silver Spring and White Oak.

Hogan’s team has been touting today that hospitalizations in the state are at their lowest levels in 3 weeks. Elrich and Gayles need to publish MoCo hospitalization numbers, to justify why we need a continued lockdown, amid all of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

The hospitals aren't empty. Also, the surge did come. Also, models aren't intended to be crystal balls.

Yes, 2 SS hospitals have been overtaxed. Otherwise, the MD hospitals have not been overwhelmed.

You can track it right here:

https://www.miemssalert.com/chats/Default.aspx?hdRegion=5&hdReportRegion=V&hdReport=Hospital%20Summary%20Report

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:75%+ cases in MoCo are nursing home residents and staff. My solution:

quarantine the nursing homes and post MD national guard in front. No one in our out.
Pay the workers triple pay, and let them bring their families in too if they like. Set up trailers in the parking lot if more living space is needed for the families.
Fund all this by taking a portion of the sales tax revenue earned during this period, that would not have been earned if business remained closed instead.

And then let me live my life the way I want! What do those people have to do with me anyway?!

-is actually not a philosophy that I, personally, support

You seem to have zero understanding of how public health policy works.

You cannot stay closed until there is zero risk to everyone.

I'm the PP you're responding to, and I said nothing of the sort.

Could we manage the coronavirus epidemic by locking up nursing homes, everyone who works at nursing homes, and all family members who work at nursing homes? Yes, we could. Should we?

Could we manage the coronavirus epidemic by forbidding everyone to leave their home (if they have one), and enforcing that prohibition with shoot-on-sight orders? Yes, we could. Should we?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

The hospitals aren't empty. Also, the surge did come. Also, models aren't intended to be crystal balls.

Yes, 2 SS hospitals have been overtaxed. Otherwise, the MD hospitals have not been overwhelmed.

You can track it right here:

https://www.miemssalert.com/chats/Default.aspx?hdRegion=5&hdReportRegion=V&hdReport=Hospital%20Summary%20Report

So when the first responders say that critical care beds are almost full, they're just making stuff up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

The hospitals aren't empty. Also, the surge did come. Also, models aren't intended to be crystal balls.

Yes, 2 SS hospitals have been overtaxed. Otherwise, the MD hospitals have not been overwhelmed.

You can track it right here:

https://www.miemssalert.com/chats/Default.aspx?hdRegion=5&hdReportRegion=V&hdReport=Hospital%20Summary%20Report

So when the first responders say that critical care beds are almost full, they're just making stuff up?

Ask them to specify which facilities they’re talking about.

Hogan said the hospitals aren’t overwhelmed and the alert system backs him up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

Certainly we saved lives by doing the lockdown, but yes — you’re right.

As I’ve posted before, the hospitals in MD have not been overwhelmed, with the exception of Holy Cross Silver Spring and White Oak.

Hogan’s team has been touting today that hospitalizations in the state are at their lowest levels in 3 weeks. Elrich and Gayles need to publish MoCo hospitalization numbers, to justify why we need a continued lockdown, amid all of that.

Whatever we have, it's not a lockdown. It's not anywhere close to a lockdown. It's basically a voluntary please-stay-at-home request with schools and some businesses closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

The hospitals aren't empty. Also, the surge did come. Also, models aren't intended to be crystal balls.

Yes, 2 SS hospitals have been overtaxed. Otherwise, the MD hospitals have not been overwhelmed.

You can track it right here:

https://www.miemssalert.com/chats/Default.aspx?hdRegion=5&hdReportRegion=V&hdReport=Hospital%20Summary%20Report

So when the first responders say that critical care beds are almost full, they're just making stuff up?

Ask them to specify which facilities they’re talking about.

Hogan said the hospitals aren’t overwhelmed and the alert system backs him up.

https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO/status/1261979977794441216

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were supposed to shelter until hospitals weren’t overwhelmed. Hospitals are empty. Then the surge was coming. Never came. Then the models predicted devastation. All the models were wrong. We’ve passed the point of common sense.

The hospitals aren't empty. Also, the surge did come. Also, models aren't intended to be crystal balls.

Yes, 2 SS hospitals have been overtaxed. Otherwise, the MD hospitals have not been overwhelmed.

You can track it right here:

https://www.miemssalert.com/chats/Default.aspx?hdRegion=5&hdReportRegion=V&hdReport=Hospital%20Summary%20Report

So when the first responders say that critical care beds are almost full, they're just making stuff up?

Ask them to specify which facilities they’re talking about.

Hogan said the hospitals aren’t overwhelmed and the alert system backs him up.

https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO/status/1261979977794441216

Blue alert happens anytime ANY hospital is overtaxed.

[Anonymous]

OP, you are going to be confined for the rest of your life. There was an official announcement on the matter.

There, is that what you wanted to hear?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP, you are going to be confined for the rest of your life. There was an official announcement on the matter.

There, is that what you wanted to hear?

Well, when they put up mathematically unattainable metrics, like a 14-day decline on deaths, when we’re averaging 12 per day, then yeah — that would imply no end date because the criteria for reopening are not feasible.