Hoosier
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Pritzker is banning indoor dining in Chicago and Mayor Lightfoot doesn't like it https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/rising-covid-19-rates-hospitalizations-in-chicago-hit-illinois-limit-as-most-regions-see-added-restrictions/amp/
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We are actually running a little above the IHME projection... the model that has 2000 US deaths per day in late December. It had ~800 deaths per day right now, and the daily average from the past 7 days is over 800.
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Fwiw, the New Orleans airport (KMSY) is west of the city. So stronger winds likely east of there.
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It's fine to mention that the vast majority of covid deaths happen in people with preexisting conditions, but it's not fine to use it as a way to minimize things. We have a shit ton of people walking around with some kind of condition(s), and a person can live for many years or decades with preexisting conditions.
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Pretty much
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Zeta doing some last minute work. May get an eye passage right over New Orleans. Not everyday that the eye of a cat 2 (maybe even cat 3, who knows) passes over a sizable American city.
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Yes. Thanks. But my question was because I was wondering if Zeta has the potential to match or outgust Katrina in New Orleans.
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Anyone remember what the max gust was in New Orleans during Katrina? I know they were on the western end whereas Zeta is more of a bullseye.
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Have a friend in Metairie, LA (who is currently recovering from covid ) who has lived there for about 5 years. If my memory is right, this may be the most significant storm to hit there in that timeframe... basically a direct hit.
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I should mention that the 13 or 14 percent was on individuals tested. As you know they break it down into 2 categories on the dashboard... individuals tested and total tests performed.
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I think that is actually the cumulative rate. The weekly average has been higher (like 13 or 14 percent) and on the rise.
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Just today I found out about 3 more people who have it. One has actually been in the hospital for a while. Don't know any of them particularly well but it is sort of a microcosm of what is happening in the country with cases on the rise.
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Just here to advise against starting a Midwest Childbearing & Delivery thread.
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Man that is sick.
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Indeed Hospitalizations peaked around 60,000 each time in the spring and summer waves. Pretty clear we are going to fly by that mark, it's just a question of how much. You would hope that people adjust their behavior more as things get more and more serious, but who knows. It is especially tough to give up the holidays.
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Almost 45,000 hospitalizations now nationally.
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I don't see how it won't (especially for people hanging out indoors) but we are on the upswing anyway so it may just blend in to the overall trends.
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We are getting too far off into politics.
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Italy's lockdown was sort of in between what China and the US did.
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Just one factor to consider, but the diabeetus could be playing a role
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Plus our election situation would throw fuel on the fire because one way or another, a lot of people aren't going to like the outcome.
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51 deaths in IN, which is the first time over 50 since June 2. With the amount of hospitalizations we are getting, 50+ may become a weekly occurrence for a while on Tuesdays and maybe some other days.
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Maybe we wouldn't be talking about lockdowns if everybody would take this seriously. I don't think there is a clean end to this. We have come to tolerate about 15,000-40,000 flu deaths (sometimes even more) per year. If we can get this down to that level, then I think people will generally accept it as a part of our lives.
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To actually develop a new medicine (not something already in existence), trial it, then mass produce it... I can't imagine how long that would take.
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One of the bigger breakthroughs would be if we had at home rapid result testing. And ideally at a cost that is dirt cheap.
