Jackson Jambalaya

New day same question. What are these “suspected infections” when tests don’t take long to confirm?

@12:41 Exactly how long is “not long to confirm?” 1 hr? 1 day? 2 days? 10 days?

I would guess a suspected infection would count for the people in the false negative category.

University of Florida says they have an at home test that can give results in an hour. I read the steps you have to go through and it seems too complicated for a lot of folk.

1:03

They are too complicated. I also don't think at home swab tests will work that well because people aren't going to go far enough into their nasal passage.

The Feds probably gave them a call and told them there would be an audit of how they were diagnosing so many of these cases, and were they inflating or exaggerating those numbers to get more Medicare money.....the Mississippi money grabbers will do it until they're caught.

So if hospitalizations are down, we have succeeded flattening the curve. Open this country back up.

Patients with Suspected Infection means just that, they are suspected to be infected, but as of yet do not have a positive resulting test. This could be due to a negative test result in spite of overwhelming symptoms, or it could be due to the fact a test has not resulted yet. Although we are supposed to have systems that allow for test results in around 24 hours, there are other factors that must factor in to when these numbers are released to health officials.

1:53

As we have learned since this thing started, weekend reporting is always low.

I’m kinda worried I’m experiencing a mild case right now with GI issues only. I’m a runner in my 30s, so I think I’d be in that category that doesn’t get respiratory symptoms, especially if I got it from food from a fast food drive thru, which is my most likely route of exposure. But who knows? Cases are still rising in my county. I feel like dog shite. I am so effin ready for this thing to be over, for me and for all of humanity. We need to Leeeroy Jenkins this thing and just get it over with. This slow bleed isn’t stopping the virus; it’s just destroying life.

Suspected infection is like saying bulls eye when thee is no hole from the round on the target. Suspected what infection. There are many things one could be infected from.

Monday numbers. 346k new tests. 20k positive. Positives are down again but with fewer overall tests.

The development of a vaccine showed progress today and numerous companies are working on therapeutic treatments. That is why continuing to flatten the curve is important, many lives can be saved. Besides, what else is there to open up in Mississippi? The only real restriction is you have to keep gatherings to less than 20. Big deal.

@5:37 Ask all these kids who are being impacted. Ask folks with weddings and the affected businesses. Ask churches. The list goes on and on. Open it back up without restrictions including restaurants. This is killing small businesses and our country. The money printing will have a cost down the road although the older folks who are talking about how selfish the younger folks are will not be around to pay the bill.

Most viruses chill out when it gets hot around here. Round 2 starts November 1, are you ready??

Just two years ago Mississippi had 61000 flu infections and 742 deaths according to the CDC.

@9:19 We've already has almost as many deaths in two months despite a significant lockdown than we did with a bad year of the flu. And that is likely with half the number of infections at this point. Without any immunity in the community and no vaccine available like the flu, you would see a much higher infection rate without mitigation efforts.

Multiply the results so far by 20 and you will have a better idea of what we would be facing over the course of a year with COVID.

Enough already!

I don’t know which is sketchier, horrible symptoms, untested
but “presumed” to have COVID (because let’s face it, COVID is the only disease that causes symptoms at all, if you have symptoms of anything at all you have COVID!)

Or

That guy feels completely fine, he looks well, feels well and just ran a marathon, he is ABSOLUTELY COVID positive because a test that doesn’t test for COVID says he has it and he is a walking disease vector and also will probably die.