Quote:
Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
I love this argument. It's made by people who want to feel better about the crisis. "Of course we are getting more positives because we are testing more...."
|
That's math. It has nothing to do with feeling better. We test more, we find more positives. It doesn't mean cases are going up.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
OK yes. But HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE GOING UP! I would agree with the naysayers IF positive tests were going up but hospitalizations were remaining flat but they are not. They are going UP.
|
Yes they are, in some states only. That is much more pertinent information (hospitalizations vs cases) and I'm glad you brought that up. Most people never care to talk about the nuances and multiple factors that make up this pandemic. They only show you a graph of cases and use it to justify whatever response they see fit.
In Florida, it's mostly young people testing positive, which means nothing as they recover quickly. So while cases may be rising there (we don't know for sure but it could be), they don't have the same problem others do. They don't need to be alarmed.
Arizona has a problem. Why though? Inadequate health system? Aging population? Obesity problem? They may have to deal with the opening differently although again, nobody talks about what's going on. What happens there may not happen elsewhere.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
Which means? More people are getting sick! Sure the death rate is lower now because hospitals have figured out (somewhat) effective treatments that are preventing mass deaths. But who wants to be that sick, on a respirator, etc?
Wake up people PLEASE.
|
This is a virus. It's not going away. People are supposed to get sick. We have to manage it and not avoid it because we can't. The more we stay locked down, the longer this will be drawn out and the more devastating the consequences for us all down the road (on top of how bad it already will be because of the 4 months in lockdown already).