Monday, April 13, 2020

State Health Officer Says Peak Phase is Upon Us

Governor Tate Reeves is holding a press conference right now.  It is streamed below.


* State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said we are going into a "peak phase" for Covid 19 virus. 124 patients in ICU beds. 84 patients on ventilators. 196 vents are available. Dr. Dobbs said he thinks "we have adequate resources."

* 133 cases per 100,000 in the black community while 55 cases per 100,000 in the white community.

* Discussions about how to reopen are being held.  Governor said 90,000 Mississippians lost their jobs.

* March revenue collections exceeded projections but April is expected to show a major decline. 

31 comments:

Anonymous said...

Delbert has tried a few stunts to somehow interject himself into the crisis but repeatedly has failed. I am wondering when Shad is going to somehow thrust himself into the COVID crisis forefront to let us know that we are safer because of him.

Sarai said...

No, no, no, we cannot “reopen” (whatever that may mean, in whatever increments) just yet, not for the foreseeable future. Yes, indeed, it is bad for small businesses, BUT. Too, too much is unknown as yet, even by our best scientists.

On the other hand...shoot, then go ahead and open it all up! Let COVID19 burn through the population, and thin the herd.

As for me and my house, we shall remain in our sequestered state. Just like Prince Prospero...with perhaps the same end.

Anonymous said...

Sarai, risk of infection wasn't ever the point here. Availability of medical resources was. You are going to be at risk of infection until a vaccine is developed. You want to shut down the economy for a year? Then WE will be eating bats. We are going to have to find a way to be more careful AND resume more normal activities.

Anonymous said...

This is unknown territory for all of us. It's not visible to the eye and it comes out of nowhere. Yes this covid 19 is something else! I am laid off too. My house and many others have needs but it's not the time to reopen our schools and businesses! Seems like this pandemic waits and restarts again. I personally don't want my children used to restart or reentry into school with full classes and staff only to see mine and others sick. The elderly don't need that either. It's common sense!

Anonymous said...

Sarai -

If I had to guess, you are a middle-to-upper class citizen with either a job that has not been affected financially or maybe a state pension retirement? All these people who just casually suggest "no we must stay shut down until there is no risk" have no concept of what many (maybe most?) workers in this state deal with. Many of my employees LITERALLY dont have a way to support themselves and their families without their weekly paycheck. What should they do? This isn't academia, this is the real world - it is a cost-benefit analysis and not a scientific exercise in epidemiological modeling.

Anonymous said...

Tate better remember the lag time between exposure/contraction of the virus and reporting positive cases caused by the 7-14 day incubation period. The numbers that he sees for yesterday reflect exposure that occurred 14 days ago. It can easily climb back up the chart two weeks after Tate lifts his shelter in place order. Just wait and watch!

Anonymous said...

Delbert can't help it. Bless him . . .

Paul Mitchell said...

I'm essential, so this good news really doesn't apply to me so much, because my life has pretty much stayed the same, except for not going to the office. That said, I know there is a contingent of folks that have never actually done anything to try to shut this virus down. Those folks are still walking around like Typhoid Marys because they have not modified their behavior at all. There's going to be another outbreak and no amount of "quarantining" is going to make any difference in that. Stupid people gonna stupid.

I just hope the nursing homes and assisted living facilities know this is going to happen, too. I've gone about three months without seeing my grandmother and if one of the yahoos that is carrying this around, with their six children in tow, gets my grandmother sick, I am going to be pretty bent out of shape about it.

Anonymous said...

Time to get back to work.

The roots are talkin said...

Just open Barnette’s Beauty Shop and the car wash on Lakeland. Everything else can stay closed

Anonymous said...

Many of us are not so terribly worried about the really old people. Before the pandemic, there was a growing problem of the elderly simply being kept alive too long. Daily, the newspaper obituary column lists a frightening number of nonogenarians, and even centenarians, who finally, and mercifully, expired after costing their families no telling how much in exorbitant monthly fees. Show of hands here, in Anonymous Land: who has been secretly relieved when a very expensively-kept old relative died?

There! i thought so! Thanks for your honesty.

MEMO to Fat Melvin said...

NYU Langone Health Center: Largest US study of COVID-19 finds obesity the single biggest 'chronic' factor in New York City's hospitalizations

Anonymous said...

If you don’t want the virus, don’t line up at Kroger and Walmart with all of the other seniors with weak immune systems at 7:00 am every freaking morning. Just because you have the entitlement doesn’t mean you have to flaunt it.

Anonymous said...

@5:28 - yes, that! Other posters on this and other threads say there is much we don’t know, but there is a lot we DO know. If you are sick or have serious underlying medical conditions - stay yo ass at home, the rest of us need to go to work! I don’t want a check from uncle sugar, I want to be a productive part of our economy!

Anonymous said...

Madison schools are set to reopen a week from today

which seems unwise at “peak phase”

wish they’d quit jerking us around so we could plan realistically

Anonymous said...

Let's be honest, this is a war that our government has no intention of winning.

Just like the war on terrorism
just like the war on poverty
just like the war on drugs

There's too much money and power to be had.

Anonymous said...

Delbert can help us! He and Phillip Gunn can help by making sure their legislative bodies do not turn and run when we as a state need them the most. The legislators are going to have to come out from their protective caves and finish the session by zoom or whatever measure.
This is when we need the MS legislators! Not When everything this going alone just fine! There will be many needs from local governments to small businesses. There will be federal funding that will need to Be spent wisely. Let’s hope they don’t put it into the general fund! Whatever Aminal that eats from the general fund is already fat enough. Or state another family first black hole. We need to put the federal dollars to Work creating jobs. Repairing state roads and bridges and making sure small businesses get back on their feet quickly is the place to spend the money. The recent spending on state and county bridge repairs has created a stronger state and local economy. I have enjoyed riding around and seeIng my tax Dollars at work.

Anonymous said...

The government wants us to be afraid and dependent and the Wuhan Coronavirus is just the opportunity the deep state has been seeking. In one fell swoop the government is dictating where we can travel (or not), what we're allowed to purchase (or not), if we can worship (or not). In my (new) home state I'm not even allowed to travel to another property that I own and pay taxes on - guess what, I'm not complying and Governor Whitmer can kiss my ass! This is a purposeful attempt to destroy the economy, steal an election and create a society of dependent plebes.

"Resist we much"

Rev. Al Sharpton

Anonymous said...

@3:26

Here's what we know. We can't stop viruses like the cold and flu, this was original planned to "slow the spread" and has turned into "stop the spread". Money is flying around from the government, it's going to cost us a lot more later on than it's going to cost us today, humans develop immunities on their own without needing a vaccine, and this disease will kill less than 1% of the people who get it.

It's time to go back and stop this before government takes too much control.

Anonymous said...

Show of hands here, in Anonymous Land: who has been secretly relieved when a very expensively-kept old relative died?

Wow......aren't you just a Susie Sunshine for the world?

Cynical Sam said...

What does race have to do with this, other than politics? Will they demand COVID-19 reparations?

Oh wait, the virus is racist because it picks on:

Obese people
Seniors
Diabetics
Irresponsible people
HIV patients
Bla bla bla

Anonymous said...

The easiest way to tell if somebody is a snitch is their willingness to depend on government for a check. You know they'll sell you out for some easy money.

Anonymous said...

If this is so dangerous, why would liberals be so hesitant to let conservatives go back to work and "get the virus". Seems to me a great way to get rid of conservatives.

oh, it's because they know it's not really that dangerous. That's why.

Anonymous said...

6:18, let's see how you feel about your statement when you're old and maybe not so healthy...I guess we have your permission to pull the plug when it costs too much to keep you alive? And who makes the decision of what's "too expensive," or "too old?"

Anonymous said...

We need to use logic at address this problem, not fear and shame. There is a very small chance of death of you get this virus, and there is a small population that would benefit from quarantine. Instead of telling only those at high risk to “shelter in place” we have told everyone to do so. Our populous lives paycheck to paycheck and this quarantine is going to have worse repercussions than any ICU bed shortage. I find it scary that learned people are shaming each other for wanting to get back to work. If this continues we will have riots, repos, foreclosures, business failures, looting, food shortages, and eventually martial law. And as for sheltering at home, no one really has done it. Neighbors are still interacting at close range, everyone knows someone in a job that is necessary, and the virus is spreading just as much as it would if you went to barber shop. We are living in a false economy of safety. Flattening the curve doesn’t change the fact that we all will be exposed. Think about that.

Anonymous said...

Look. There’s nuance here. The one principle I keep coming back to is that to open the economy back up means to be accepting of there being little to no available healthcare for your loved ones’ needs if you need it. Not just for COVID-19, but also for your dialysis, cancer treatments, broken bone sets, STI treatments, etc.

The only opinions I don’t respect are the ones that express no comprehension of this being a nuanced matter with no clear answer.

Anonymous said...

Hey, Paul Mitchell. Calm down! I got this. Sincerely,
Charles Darwin

Anonymous said...

I would love for someone in government to compile and release transmission statistics. That include where and when infection most likely occurred. You might see that initially it occured on Spring Break trip, attending Mardi Gras, then second phase includes from household family member, LTC or healthcare setting, girlfriend, etc. retail, school. You might see very tight circles of transmission or you may not. But, I watched a video regarding aerosolized transmission that suggest you have to be close to someone for 15 minutes to be infected, and the vast majority of infections come from surface to hand to face. The stats might bear that out, and if so, lets reopen this thing with mandated sanitizing stations at retail stores etc.

Anonymous said...

I'm not listening to any of this crap from trained professionals. My process is to wait for Delbert to be back on Gallo and update me on real information. And if he won't do it, Dave Hughes will.

Anonymous said...

@9:30 said... "But, I watched a video regarding aerosolized transmission that suggest you have to be close to someone for 15 minutes to be infected"

Let me guess, another facebook video?

Anonymous said...

11:57 It was an ER doc from New York who was actively treating patients. He went on to say that they are no longer wearing face masks in the halls of the hospital, just suiting up fully when treating patients. Google it bro.



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