Friday, April 17, 2020

Covid-19 Update: 3,793 Cases, 140 Deaths

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 169 new cases of the Wuhan Virus this morning.  The total number of cases is 3,793.  The virus has caused 140 deaths. 


19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Unconfirmed "probable" deaths by Covid-19. The system of coding these deaths is embarrassing.

Anonymous said...

And trillions of dollars lost and 22+ million jobs lost.

Anonymous said...

And 30,000 US dead, just to date, with another 30,000 imminent; but maybe 2 Million US Lives saved.

No man can serve two masters: for either he. will hate the one, and love the other; or else. he will hold to the one, and despise the other, Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

We know who you serve, 1139. .

Anonymous said...

The number of cases presented is worthless data without knowing the number of tests completed to track along with it.

Anonymous said...

We know the routine. It’ll slow down over the weekend (clinics closed) and then spike again Tuesday.

Anonymous said...

Can you imagine if the government shut down when the Spanish flu hit this country? What a weak nation we have become.

Anonymous said...

We’re going to wind up with well over 100,000 dead by the end of the year. Projections for 60k lives lost assume the virus is completely under control by the end of June. It will inevitably return once people get complacent and/or with a seasonal return in the Fall. Maybe enough responsible people will continue social distancing until a vaccine or reliable treatment is developed, but there are enough selfish people who can’t wait to gather with 50k or more others at large events to guarantee widespread infection throughout America for the foreseeable future.

Anonymous said...

@ 12:56. What he/she said!

Anonymous said...

12:11. Amen!

Dr. Oz said...

12:56 PM Tater Tot & Hillbilly medicine. You got to love it!

Anonymous said...

People forget that approximately 7,500 people die every day in the US. Many of the alleged “COVID19 deaths” were 80+ years old that died with COVID19 and pneumonia and/or other factors. It’s likely many of those would have died with or without COVID19. They would have been included in the 7,500 daily deaths. It’s disingenuous at best to view the situation as “Is it worth killing X of people to reopen the economy?”

Like most things in life, it’s a balancing act where risk/reward must be evaluated - millions of jobs lost, increased drug and domestic abuse, etc vs trying to prevent an unknown # of deaths. We don’t really know the effectiveness of social distancing and shutting down the economy. We do however know the consequences of doing so. Do we continue to take actions with known risks and known consequences to attempt to mitigate an unknown risk with unknown consequences? Doesn’t make sense to me.

Anonymous said...

@1:10 PM: The government reaction to the Spanish Flu is reminiscent of how Chump and his administration initially downplayed COVID-19, dismissing it as no worse than the regular flu. The ignorance and inaction of the governments in 1918 contributed to the huge loss of lives. Today, we are a stronger nation because we have the benefit of 100 years of research into virology and pandemics, which allows us to make smarter choices in preventing similar death counts.

Anonymous said...

It took the U.S. nine days to go from 10,000 COVID-19-related deaths to more than 30,000, which I think should speak for itself. The only way around it is to undermine the validity of the numbers, which some are obviously trying to do by attributing those deaths to other health conditions. That's what we in the legal field call an "alternate theory of causation," and it's one of the oldest tricks in the products liability litigation defense handbook (figuratively speaking).

It seems to me we have fear of sickness and death on one side, and fear of economic insecurity on the other. Outside of this tug-of-war should be the data.

Anonymous said...

I don't understand people protesting to "reopen" the economy. Why don't you protest the fact that our leaders won't give us OUR MONEY when we clearly need it. This is what we pay taxes for, not subsidizing oils companies and acting as a backstop for poor decisions made by corporate America. Maybe the airlines wouldn't need $50B dollars from taxpayers if they hadn't used $45B from the last taxpayer bailout on stock by backs. We have public socialism for corporate risks and private capitalism for profits. If the U.S. doesn't want to provide us with a financial safety net FOR A FEW MONTHS and refuses to get rid of for-profit healthcare and cover us all LIKE EVERY OTHER NON-SHITHOLE COUNTRY ON THE PLANET, that's fine. But don't ask me to bail out another damn corporation. We need to take a real hard look at the tax code when this is over. I don't think we're getting our money's worth.

Anonymous said...

Here, here, 5:28

Anonymous said...

Yup, your exhortation is credible.

Here, here, 5:28

Anonymous said...

3:03 pm We do know and aren't forgetful. The problem is you don't know that irrelevant. This is now the leading cause of death in this country which ADDS to deaths. It doesn't stop deaths that already existed, it ADDS a NEW serious cause.

Unlike old age or cancer, there is no cure or preventive measures.

I would add that testing is so backlogged, including in this State, the figures for Covid19 are UNDERREPORTED.

Please, since you don't understand statistics or epidemiology, will you refrain from giving out false narrative.

Anonymous said...

KF, please do note the fine print on the MSDH coronavirus report that the tests awaiting results are not included.
Would you ask what the backlog is?

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the oblique spelling correction, 10:01 a.m. My point was that I agree with the comment at 5:28 p.m., which I think I made clear in my "exhortation," imperfect thought it was.

I'm sure the people in your life appreciate your mocking attitude, while adding nothing of substance of your own - just pure snark.

-10:43 p.m.


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