Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New York state has the lowest rate of transmission than any other state in the nation, as of Friday. Pretty amazing how far they have come! Hope for other parts of the uS! 🙏🏻

Once virus runs its course, this is what happens.

But the interesting thing is that about, what? 20%% of New Yorkers have had covid or test positive for antibodies? There is increasing support for the theory that "herd immunity" doesn't require a 60% infection rate (also, see Italy). It also makes me wonder if there is something to the idea that approximately 40% of the population has T-cell immunity through infection from other coronaviruses.

New York's high death rate is largely due to doing a lousy (I would say criminally negligent) job of protecting nursing home residents, and other hospital management issues.

This was posted on another thread, but this paper has data on death risk by age group. If we focus on protecting the vulnerable, the risk to healthy younger people is low.

https://medium.com/wintoncentre/what-have-been-the-fatal-risks-of-covid-particularly-to-children-and-younger-adults-a5cbf7060c49

Hopefully more good news coming on treatments:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/11/873399184/five-coronavirus-treatments-in-development

It is happening.. more and more...

Montgomery County likely to enter Phase 2 of reopening next week!

Alexandria is at 1 positive case today


So back to March 11 stats..

March 11: 1
March 15: 2
March 17: 4
March 20: 6
March 23: 9

Situation has been grim in my southern city (TN) but today we had 10 released from hospital and 253 recovered cases announced. Hoping and praying we're starting to see the end of the worst. https://preview.redd.it/8t1194l69j451.png?width=1214&format=png&auto=webp&s=9678cec090386dfa4c5202df963284fe91579093

Anonymous wrote:New York state has the lowest rate of transmission than any other state in the nation, as of Friday. Pretty amazing how far they have come! Hope for other parts of the uS! 🙏🏻

Once virus runs its course, this is what happens.

New York state has the lowest rate of transmission than any other state in the nation, as of Friday. Pretty amazing how far they have come! Hope for other parts of the uS! 🙏🏻

This NYTimes article explains several promising treatments for the "cytokine storm" that COVID sometimes triggers in otherwise healthy people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/health/coronavirus-cytokine-storm.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Health

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Masks work! No one was infected by the hair stylists in Missouri!

Logic people.. logic!!!

If masks do not work then why doctors and nurses insist on them? The nurses and doctors are in the presence of sick Covid patients often NOT for 20 minute haircut but for 12 to 24 hours in a row. If masks did not work they all would be sick LONG TIME AGO.

Not sure who you are disagreeing with here. The point is that we can open up gradually as long as people can be responsible enough to take precautions like wearing masks.

Third time is a charm?...

Italy current status:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/

Anonymous wrote:Masks work! No one was infected by the hair stylists in Missouri!

Look at the bright side:
- Isolated case or two.
- Happened almost three weeks ago, epidemics weakened by now in many places by a whole lot.
- NO NEW cases have been reported to be linked to those two cases:

Per CNN

Two hairstylists who had coronavirus saw 140 clients. [b]No new infections have been linked to the salon, officials say [/b]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/us/missouri-hairstylists-coronavirus-clients-trnd/index.html

Anonymous wrote:Masks work! No one was infected by the hair stylists in Missouri!

Logic people.. logic!!!

If masks do not work then why doctors and nurses insist on them? The nurses and doctors are in the presence of sick Covid patients often NOT for 20 minute haircut but for 12 to 24 hours in a row. If masks did not work they all would be sick LONG TIME AGO.