Anonymous
Post 01/26/2021 06:40     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


I've noticed this as well. Is it just that we're over our Christmas spike or dare I hope that vaccinations are having an effect? I know not that many people have been vaccinated yet, but the ones who have in the first round were the most exposed (healthcare workers) and the most vulnerable (nursing home residents, elderly). Can we keep going down?


Hold your horses. Fairfax County had 705 new cases today and over 6,000 new cases in VA today.


Look at the 7 day average. The weekends are usually low and those numbers are reported on Monday. B

The nation is trending down. Fairfax is trending down too.


Is it possible we are reaching herd immunity or the virus is weaker? I can’t believe how many people I know who have recently had very mild cases of covid. Almost everyone I know has had it whereas early on in the pandemic I didn’t know anyone.

I also posted on another thread that my parent is at a nursing home and covid rapidly spread through the nursing home. Very few patients got seriously ill and most had asymptomatic cases. This has raised my eyebrows.


My epidemiologist friend told me back in, what, late June(?), that the virus was much weaker but more transmissible, which is a normal, GOOD trend for coronavirus. He was afraid that this virus was not going to take that path and is relieved it did. He has VAST experience working with some of the most dangerous viral infections in the world. FWIW he has taken normal precautions and has not lived his life hiding in fear over the past year.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2021 06:37     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


I've noticed this as well. Is it just that we're over our Christmas spike or dare I hope that vaccinations are having an effect? I know not that many people have been vaccinated yet, but the ones who have in the first round were the most exposed (healthcare workers) and the most vulnerable (nursing home residents, elderly). Can we keep going down?


Hold your horses. Fairfax County had 705 new cases today and over 6,000 new cases in VA today.


Look at the 7 day average. The weekends are usually low and those numbers are reported on Monday. B

The nation is trending down. Fairfax is trending down too.


Is it possible we are reaching herd immunity or the virus is weaker? I can’t believe how many people I know who have recently had very mild cases of covid. Almost everyone I know has had it whereas early on in the pandemic I didn’t know anyone.

I also posted on another thread that my parent is at a nursing home and covid rapidly spread through the nursing home. Very few patients got seriously ill and most had asymptomatic cases. This has raised my eyebrows.


It should raised your eyebrows, pp. I think when the truth gets out about how this virus was used to manipulate the public, it’s going to be ugly.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 23:39     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


I've noticed this as well. Is it just that we're over our Christmas spike or dare I hope that vaccinations are having an effect? I know not that many people have been vaccinated yet, but the ones who have in the first round were the most exposed (healthcare workers) and the most vulnerable (nursing home residents, elderly). Can we keep going down?


Hold your horses. Fairfax County had 705 new cases today and over 6,000 new cases in VA today.


Look at the 7 day average. The weekends are usually low and those numbers are reported on Monday. B

The nation is trending down. Fairfax is trending down too.


Is it possible we are reaching herd immunity or the virus is weaker? I can’t believe how many people I know who have recently had very mild cases of covid. Almost everyone I know has had it whereas early on in the pandemic I didn’t know anyone.

I also posted on another thread that my parent is at a nursing home and covid rapidly spread through the nursing home. Very few patients got seriously ill and most had asymptomatic cases. This has raised my eyebrows.


Now that you mention it, I am noticing the same thing.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 23:38     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


Thanks for sharing!
I am not quite sure why the media isn't celebrating this more... But apparently it isn't going unnoticed by our leaders.

A few states are loosening restrictions (I am specifically thinking of Chicago and LA which are opening limited capacity restaurant dining now)


The media LOVES the doom and gloom for the most part. If it bleeds, it leads.


I literally just saw this on CNN (the reduction in cases and hospitalizations). It has nothing to do with "the media" loving doom and gloom. "The media" are people, many of whom have lost loved ones or colleagues to Covid.


Mind posting the CNN link? I'd love to see it!

Also I don't understand your last line or what it has to with what PP said. It's a simple fact that fear/panic gets more clicks.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 21:55     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


I've noticed this as well. Is it just that we're over our Christmas spike or dare I hope that vaccinations are having an effect? I know not that many people have been vaccinated yet, but the ones who have in the first round were the most exposed (healthcare workers) and the most vulnerable (nursing home residents, elderly). Can we keep going down?


Hold your horses. Fairfax County had 705 new cases today and over 6,000 new cases in VA today.


Look at the 7 day average. The weekends are usually low and those numbers are reported on Monday. B

The nation is trending down. Fairfax is trending down too.


Is it possible we are reaching herd immunity or the virus is weaker? I can’t believe how many people I know who have recently had very mild cases of covid. Almost everyone I know has had it whereas early on in the pandemic I didn’t know anyone.

I also posted on another thread that my parent is at a nursing home and covid rapidly spread through the nursing home. Very few patients got seriously ill and most had asymptomatic cases. This has raised my eyebrows.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 21:48     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Biden now hopes for 1.5 million vaccinations a day, a big jump from earlier comments

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-vaccine-coronavirus/2021/01/25/f1ce56dc-5f2e-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 18:17     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


I've noticed this as well. Is it just that we're over our Christmas spike or dare I hope that vaccinations are having an effect? I know not that many people have been vaccinated yet, but the ones who have in the first round were the most exposed (healthcare workers) and the most vulnerable (nursing home residents, elderly). Can we keep going down?


Hold your horses. Fairfax County had 705 new cases today and over 6,000 new cases in VA today.


Look at the 7 day average. The weekends are usually low and those numbers are reported on Monday. B

The nation is trending down. Fairfax is trending down too.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 17:46     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


Thanks for sharing!
I am not quite sure why the media isn't celebrating this more... But apparently it isn't going unnoticed by our leaders.

A few states are loosening restrictions (I am specifically thinking of Chicago and LA which are opening limited capacity restaurant dining now)


The media LOVES the doom and gloom for the most part. If it bleeds, it leads.


I literally just saw this on CNN (the reduction in cases and hospitalizations). It has nothing to do with "the media" loving doom and gloom. "The media" are people, many of whom have lost loved ones or colleagues to Covid.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 17:36     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


I've noticed this as well. Is it just that we're over our Christmas spike or dare I hope that vaccinations are having an effect? I know not that many people have been vaccinated yet, but the ones who have in the first round were the most exposed (healthcare workers) and the most vulnerable (nursing home residents, elderly). Can we keep going down?


Hold your horses. Fairfax County had 705 new cases today and over 6,000 new cases in VA today.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 17:04     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


Thanks for sharing!
I am not quite sure why the media isn't celebrating this more... But apparently it isn't going unnoticed by our leaders.

A few states are loosening restrictions (I am specifically thinking of Chicago and LA which are opening limited capacity restaurant dining now)


The media LOVES the doom and gloom for the most part. If it bleeds, it leads.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 16:59     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


Thanks for sharing!
I am not quite sure why the media isn't celebrating this more... But apparently it isn't going unnoticed by our leaders.

A few states are loosening restrictions (I am specifically thinking of Chicago and LA which are opening limited capacity restaurant dining now)
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 16:04     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


I've noticed this as well. Is it just that we're over our Christmas spike or dare I hope that vaccinations are having an effect? I know not that many people have been vaccinated yet, but the ones who have in the first round were the most exposed (healthcare workers) and the most vulnerable (nursing home residents, elderly). Can we keep going down?
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 14:58     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?


Yep, things have started to trend in the right direction nationally. I think some people (at least I am) are internally hedging what this means against the backdrop of the various variants. My "glass is half full" hope is that so many people have been infected (and magnitudes more asymptomatically infected) that the virus is starting to run out of low hanging fruit to hit.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 14:48     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Why is there not a lot of good news being printed at the national level RE: Covid. Hospitalizations are WAY down (almost 22,000 less hospitalizations over the last 3 weeks), case trend is going down as well.

https://covidtracking.com/data/national

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Seems like news is still gloom and doom but the numbers have been turning positive for a little while now, right?
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2021 14:27     Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My mom got her first vaccine today! My dad is scheduled for next week. I will be so relieved once he gets his.
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Congrats! How's she feeling?

My elderly grandmother got the vaccine (She's about 90) and she's feeling well. Very glad!!


Fine. Said it didn’t even hurt. Her neighbor who is 80 also got one and also said it was fine.