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Wow.. the COVID-19 talk is getting so bad that mother nature wants to shut us all up for a moment by giving us a snow threat

I feel especially bad for the people who are living in those nursing homes, I'd imagine there's a sense of paranoia in those environments :/

Remember that these estimates bump up the death toll and amount of cases by a considerable amount. You are picturing it like these death tolls should've been estimated at higher numbers, when in reality the estimations are likely accurate. However, when comparing those confirmed deaths at the time to those of COVID-19 currently, there's almost no comparison. Especially when considering that there have likely been a lot of explained deaths before when COVID-19 took off in the U.S This also happened with H1N1, where confirmed deaths were a mere fraction of the "estimated" death toll of 12,000 ^ Outdated graph but it gets the point across quite clearly (as of April 3rd in the graph)

Estimated numbers after the fact tend to bring up both the deaths and infections, and I'd imagine that'll give us a better picture. From what I remember, there were 3,000 confirmed H1N1 US deaths, but that number ended up being bumped up to something around 12,000 after the fact.

Makes you wonder. Must've died to the flu or something

Well first off, I guess that depends on your definition of "young people". According to New York City Health (as of April 14th), 4.5% of all deaths there were in the age range of 18-44. The fatality rate of a similar age group in the US (20-49), is 0.3%, compared to the annual flu's 0.02%. And of course while a big contribution to these deaths is that many who die have pre-existing conditions, how healthy do you think the general American population is? 1 out of every 3 Americans likely has pre-diabetic or diabetic symptoms (where 80% of those with prediabetes are unaware that they have it). 39.8% of all adults over 20 are obese. 18.2 million adults above the age of 20 have Coronary Artery Disease. 25 million Americans have asthma. Of course while many of these conditions overlap, that makes it especially worse for those people. This isn't just one particular old age group that is affected. If you've checked a population pyramid lately, an incredibly large portion of Americans are between the ages of 40-70. You can't exactly cut off one group of people who are at risk and expect the situation to be resolved, as so many of those people who are at risk but fall out of the (as you put it obese 80 year old) group, they still need to make a living. I guess from that perspective there isn't exactly a winning solution on either end.

I wonder how much of a concern there is for a 2nd wave in the fall? Spanish Flu had it, H1N1 had it, both ended up being worse & more fatal than the 1st wave. Could be especially bad considering that many would be reluctant to go into a 2nd series of shutdowns in the fall

Incredibly sorry to hear this, sending my thoughts to your family and extended family, and hopefully the other two members of that family will turn for the best

Hey, at the very least I nailed IAD?

BWI: 11/19 IAD: 11/2 DCA: 11/19 RIC: 11/19 Tiebreaker: 10.23" Indian Summer

Seems about in line with me.

About the same here. 10.0" from the storm compared to 10.6" last winter. Pretty incredible actually.

Measured 10" on the dot. Likely final total, unless that band from the south wants to pay a visit. Not likely.

Absolutely incredible.

9.7" in McLean. Still decent rates, so I think there's a chance I can crack double digits.

I swear when I'm inside I can see snow falling. Not snow falling outside, snow falling inside. I don't think this has happened before.

9.05" and still heavy snow. Have a good shot at 10" before all is said and done.

7". SN, borderline +SN

8.9" would allow me to beat last year's total. Should easily beat that. Anything more is gravy.

Nice!! Measured 5.7" here half an hour ago. Probably have crossed the mark as well. Cannot wait for the bands to roll in following sunrise.

5.7" in McLean

Hopefully the first of many! Radar looks loaded to the SW.

Looks like some yellow by you Yup. Flakes aren't too big but still decent rates. Things are heating up!

5.2" in McLean. 2.2" since midnight.

I'm on tap talk app Oh, okay. No worries.