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K.Mooneyham wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:12 am Germany's numbers, taken from a coronavirus "dashboard": 53,037 (confirmed) - 351(deaths) - 11,311(recovered) - 939 (serious)
South Korea's numbers: 9,478 (cases) - 144(deaths) - 4,811(recovered) - 0(serious)

So, why do those two countries have numbers that look like that? Someone really, really needs to find out, and quick.

Edited for a grammar/clarity mistake.

Here's an article about Germany.
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/82059548 ... -countries

Key takeaways:

1. Germany's version of the CDC makes recommendations to the states, but each of Germany's 16 states have the responsibility for their own testing (decentralized, rather than centralized at the federal level. Ours in the U.S. seems to have been modified in response to COVID-19 from centralized to decentralized). Thus they had more labs, & more testing earlier on.

2. Germany tested early & often. This likely captured minor cases to include within the numbers.

3. The end of the article implies that the disease is on the rise in Germany, & may exceed Germany's capacity for testing.

4. This article does not mention if Germany has a larger inventory of ventilators, which are needed for the most serious cases.

South Korea has a different culture than we do, & I would think our Constitution would prohibit some of the more drastic measures that other countries have used to 'isolate' individuals & families. It works for them, but may face Constitutional challenges here.

For those who use YouTube, you can go to the White House's page & subscribe. Wife fussed at me yesterday for not listening to the White House update while she was on shift, so I clicked on the little 'bell' so I'd get notified...

Here's the link to today's briefing, in progress now:



Notes:
- the USS COMFORT & USS MERCY (big hospital ships) are being prepared to support (as a surge capacity, I'm guessing). One will be stationed off of New York; west coast location still to be determined.
- Defense Production Act will be invoked later today, which allows the DOD to ramp up procurement of med supplies to replace the ventilators & med supplies that DOD is providing to civilian facilities out of DOD's Strategic Reserves.
- Recommendation for Dr's & hospitals to defer elective procedures until later, to open up resources for other needs.
- V.A. is cutting back on routine/elective appointments, by about 1/3 so far. V.A. hospitals are prepared to augment FEMA & civilian med system if called upon.
- Non-essential border crossings with U.S.-Canada (of persons) will be halted to limit exposures. Not going to affect commerce, just travellers.
- South Korea has tested bunches of their people (didn't catch the numbers). Only minor changes in previous stats. 93% tested negative for COVID-19
- 59,000 tests processed thus far in the U.S.
- There was a huge backlog of test processing in the U.S. until the automated process went into effect this week. Public was warned that now that 10,000 tests may be getting processed per day, expect a quick jump in the next week of the number of positive cases as the backlog is cleared. DO NOT panic if the number jumps when the backlog is cleared; it doesn't indicate a jump in new cases, just that some presumptive cases are confirmed.

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:13 am Before we all light our butts on fire and run in circles with panic, let's not forget that the VAST MAJORITY of people who get this virus will be just fine and likely will show little to no symptoms.

Thanks. I needed a laugh right about now!