Anonymous wrote:According to Harvard's Global Health Institute, only New Jersey and Massachusetts have a larger testing deficit -- the difference between actual testing rate and the minimum testing rate needed -- than DC.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/07/851610771/u-s-coronavirus-testing-still-falls-short-hows-your-state-doing?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

It's as if Bowser wants this lockdown to go on indefinitely.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over the past seven days, DC proper has conducted an average of only 700 tests per day, which is simply dismal. Bowser needs to announce a plan to massively increase testing *now". We have the capacity. We just don't have leadership.

Plus, Bowser says she's going by total case counts, not percentage of tests that are positive. So yeah, we're gonna be under lockdown until next spring unless Bowser gets off her cretinous ass.

https://dcist.com/story/20/05/06/as-virginia-and-maryland-move-toward-reopening-in-may-d-c-wont-commit-to-a-timeline/

She’ll be forced into it when federal workers come back

When do federal workers come back?

Anonymous wrote:'DC proper has conducted an average of only 700 tests per day'

I have not looked at the data in a bit. This can't possibly be true. There is absolutely no way that six weeks into this thing that we are testing fewer than 1,000 a day. If that is the case, can't DC Health just drive down the streets testing door to door? Please tell me that PP botched these stats.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over the past seven days, DC proper has conducted an average of only 700 tests per day, which is simply dismal. Bowser needs to announce a plan to massively increase testing *now". We have the capacity. We just don't have leadership.

Plus, Bowser says she's going by total case counts, not percentage of tests that are positive. So yeah, we're gonna be under lockdown until next spring unless Bowser gets off her cretinous ass.

https://dcist.com/story/20/05/06/as-virginia-and-maryland-move-toward-reopening-in-may-d-c-wont-commit-to-a-timeline/

She’ll be forced into it when federal workers come back

Anonymous wrote:Over the past seven days, DC proper has conducted an average of only 700 tests per day, which is simply dismal. Bowser needs to announce a plan to massively increase testing *now". We have the capacity. We just don't have leadership.

Plus, Bowser says she's going by total case counts, not percentage of tests that are positive. So yeah, we're gonna be under lockdown until next spring unless Bowser gets off her cretinous ass.

https://dcist.com/story/20/05/06/as-virginia-and-maryland-move-toward-reopening-in-may-d-c-wont-commit-to-a-timeline/

Anonymous wrote:After weeks of Bowser saying a spike in cases is right around the corner and that we need to prepare for the worst, she's now changing her tune dramatically, saying DC is seeing far fewer cases than models predicted.

https://twitter.com/Fox5Wagner/status/1252557229460463616

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are restless. Anyone following the actual science here understands that it’s just not particularly scary for non-elderly healthy people, and the death rate is a little higher than a bad flu. Some should shelter, but all of society should not.

Meanwhile people are becoming depressed, stir crazy, and losing everything.

Time for a course correction.

Actually, the death numbers so far for this illness are quite high indeed. Much higher than the flu in an average year. Several times that level. In fact, this year it will be the highest number cause of death in the US. Get real. Opening up right now is a deadly, avoidable mistake.

See NYT numbers I listed above.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/upshot/five-ways-to-monitor-coronavirus-outbreak-us.html

If it's down to your opinion vs science, I'll go with science especially if it will save my mother's life.

Ok. There not that high indeed. Yes they are worse then the flu but I could do the same silly exercise you just did and say well they’re not close to Ebola so they’re not high.

Guess I have to spell it out. Since reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. I've included sources. You might consider doing the same?

US deaths due to influenza in an average year: 8200-20,000
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/qa/how-many-people-die-from-the-flu-each-year-in-the-us

US Deaths so far due to coronavirus: 50,439
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

Total deaths at the end of this year in the US will likely be more than double this number, at least.

How many people did Ebola kill in the US? 2.

We are talking about the US and more specifically the DC area.

Death rate you moron not total number of deaths. You seem to be the person with reading comprehension issues

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are restless. Anyone following the actual science here understands that it’s just not particularly scary for non-elderly healthy people, and the death rate is a little higher than a bad flu. Some should shelter, but all of society should not.

Meanwhile people are becoming depressed, stir crazy, and losing everything.

Time for a course correction.

Actually, the death numbers so far for this illness are quite high indeed. Much higher than the flu in an average year. Several times that level. In fact, this year it will be the highest number cause of death in the US. Get real. Opening up right now is a deadly, avoidable mistake.

See NYT numbers I listed above.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/upshot/five-ways-to-monitor-coronavirus-outbreak-us.html

If it's down to your opinion vs science, I'll go with science especially if it will save my mother's life.

Ok. There not that high indeed. Yes they are worse then the flu but I could do the same silly exercise you just did and say well they’re not close to Ebola so they’re not high.

Guess I have to spell it out. Since reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. I've included sources. You might consider doing the same?

US deaths due to influenza in an average year: 8200-20,000
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/qa/how-many-people-die-from-the-flu-each-year-in-the-us

US Deaths so far due to coronavirus: 50,439
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

Total deaths at the end of this year in the US will likely be more than double this number, at least.

How many people did Ebola kill in the US? 2.

We are talking about the US and more specifically the DC area.

Death rate you moron not total number of deaths. You seem to be the person with reading comprehension issues

Did you want to address the meat of the post, or just pretend you didn't see it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are restless. Anyone following the actual science here understands that it’s just not particularly scary for non-elderly healthy people, and the death rate is a little higher than a bad flu. Some should shelter, but all of society should not.

Meanwhile people are becoming depressed, stir crazy, and losing everything.

Time for a course correction.

Actually, the death numbers so far for this illness are quite high indeed. Much higher than the flu in an average year. Several times that level. In fact, this year it will be the highest number cause of death in the US. Get real. Opening up right now is a deadly, avoidable mistake.

See NYT numbers I listed above.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/upshot/five-ways-to-monitor-coronavirus-outbreak-us.html

If it's down to your opinion vs science, I'll go with science especially if it will save my mother's life.

Ok. There not that high indeed. Yes they are worse then the flu but I could do the same silly exercise you just did and say well they’re not close to Ebola so they’re not high.

Guess I have to spell it out. Since reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. I've included sources. You might consider doing the same?

US deaths due to influenza in an average year: 8200-20,000
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/qa/how-many-people-die-from-the-flu-each-year-in-the-us

US Deaths so far due to coronavirus: 50,439
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

Total deaths at the end of this year in the US will likely be more than double this number, at least.

How many people did Ebola kill in the US? 2.

We are talking about the US and more specifically the DC area.

Death rate you moron not total number of deaths. You seem to be the person with reading comprehension issues

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are restless. Anyone following the actual science here understands that it’s just not particularly scary for non-elderly healthy people, and the death rate is a little higher than a bad flu. Some should shelter, but all of society should not.

Meanwhile people are becoming depressed, stir crazy, and losing everything.

Time for a course correction.

Actually, the death numbers so far for this illness are quite high indeed. Much higher than the flu in an average year. Several times that level. In fact, this year it will be the highest number cause of death in the US. Get real. Opening up right now is a deadly, avoidable mistake.

See NYT numbers I listed above.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/upshot/five-ways-to-monitor-coronavirus-outbreak-us.html

If it's down to your opinion vs science, I'll go with science especially if it will save my mother's life.

Ok. There not that high indeed. Yes they are worse then the flu but I could do the same silly exercise you just did and say well they’re not close to Ebola so they’re not high.

Guess I have to spell it out. Since reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. I've included sources. You might consider doing the same?

US deaths due to influenza in an average year: 8200-20,000
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/qa/how-many-people-die-from-the-flu-each-year-in-the-us

US Deaths so far due to coronavirus: 50,439
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

Total deaths at the end of this year in the US will likely be more than double this number, at least.

How many people did Ebola kill in the US? 2.

We are talking about the US and more specifically the DC area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are restless. Anyone following the actual science here understands that it’s just not particularly scary for non-elderly healthy people, and the death rate is a little higher than a bad flu. Some should shelter, but all of society should not.

Meanwhile people are becoming depressed, stir crazy, and losing everything.

Time for a course correction.

Actually, the death numbers so far for this illness are quite high indeed. Much higher than the flu in an average year. Several times that level. In fact, this year it will be the highest number cause of death in the US. Get real. Opening up right now is a deadly, avoidable mistake.

See NYT numbers I listed above.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/upshot/five-ways-to-monitor-coronavirus-outbreak-us.html

If it's down to your opinion vs science, I'll go with science especially if it will save my mother's life.

Ok. There not that high indeed. Yes they are worse then the flu but I could do the same silly exercise you just did and say well they’re not close to Ebola so they’re not high.