packgrad said:
Agreed. The "scoreboard" number of people that have tested positive has always been a scare tactic to me.
Media enjoys the eyeballs they are getting off this
packgrad said:
Agreed. The "scoreboard" number of people that have tested positive has always been a scare tactic to me.
King Leary said:It's also money to businesses so that's going to keep companies from cutting more jobs.RunsWithWolves26 said:
I wonder what the dumbasses in DC think $1200 one time is going to do for people. That is the median rent in the USA per month. I said it earlier in this thread and will say it again. When you have absolute morons like Pelosi, Schumer, McConnell and McCarthy running things, I will never have any confidence in what is being or will be done. If I was a very bored person, I would go through the bill and see just how much each dumbass up there is benefiting from this bill. I may not be a trump fan but the fact they left his business's out is stupid. The people employed by his businesses need help as well. Just like with everything else, the DC dumbasses will use this as much as possible to their political advantage and the rest of us be damned.
packgrad said:
I get the DOE money. Have no idea how to quantity if the amount is appropriate, but the way schools have been turned upside down I imagine significant money is needed to implement the distance learning.
I think they also are covering all interest on student loans.cowboypack02 said:packgrad said:
I get the DOE money. Have no idea how to quantity if the amount is appropriate, but the way schools have been turned upside down I imagine significant money is needed to implement the distance learning.
Shouldn't the school systems be saving money since they aren't paying for bussing the kids to schools anymore, all the food in the cafeteria that gets eaten daily, cleaning supplies, and utilities? My guess is that most kids have laptops to do their work from home. I don't see 10B in more expenses there
cowboypack02 said:packgrad said:
I get the DOE money. Have no idea how to quantity if the amount is appropriate, but the way schools have been turned upside down I imagine significant money is needed to implement the distance learning.
Shouldn't the school systems be saving money since they aren't paying for bussing the kids to schools anymore, all the food in the cafeteria that gets eaten daily, cleaning supplies, and utilities? My guess is that most kids have laptops to do their work from home. I don't see 10B in more expenses there
cowboypack02 said:packgrad said:
I get the DOE money. Have no idea how to quantity if the amount is appropriate, but the way schools have been turned upside down I imagine significant money is needed to implement the distance learning.
Shouldn't the school systems be saving money since they aren't paying for bussing the kids to schools anymore, all the food in the cafeteria that gets eaten daily, cleaning supplies, and utilities? My guess is that most kids have laptops to do their work from home. I don't see 10B in more expenses there
Quote:
NEW TESTING RULES
When it comes to testing, our state - along with the rest of the country - has three critical shortages:
[ol]the test kits necessary components, like extraction kits and swabs (believe it or not, the main manufacturer for the swabs is in Lombardy, Italy...), and the masks/gowns/gloves necessary to perform the tests. [/ol]
The good news is we've made real strides in the last ten days with private labs coming online. 90% of the testing in our state is now being done by private labs and we're doing more testing per capita than most states.
Here's the bad news. Even with this added capacity, the CDC anticipates that the demand for testing will continue to outpace supply. So the CDC has put out new guidance on criteria for testing, and NC has adopted that new criteria.
And the short version is this, direct from DHHS: "In general, patients with mild illness (defined as fever and cough without shortness of breath or difficulty breathing) do not need testing."
- So the old qualification was: fever + negative flu test + cough OR shortness of breath.
- The new qualification is: fever + negative flu test + cough AND shortness of breath (or other serious symptom).
That means if you're a middle-aged, reasonably healthy person and you develop mild, flu-like symptoms and think you may be infected, the new guidance is to call your doctor, at which point your doctor will likely tell you to assume you're infected and self-quarantine until you've been fever-free for three days (unless your condition worsens, in which case call your doctor again).
That's a major shift in combating this virus, and it dramatically increases the importance of social distancing. As DHHS says, "We are moving to a different phase of our response efforts [and are now focused on] mitigation strategies" in which a big part of the goal is "to conserve supplies and capacity so our health care workers can care for people who need medical attention even during the peak of the outbreak."
Let's be honest about what that means: It means we are not going to have the type of widespread testing we would ideally have because we just don't have the supplies, nor - at this point - the time. It's not good news, but it is a realistic assessment of where things stand.
If we're not going to beat this the way South Korea did (test -> trace -> isolate) then we have no choice but to beat this by not getting sick in the first place - or at least not all at once - which means social distancing is our only real, scalable strategy at this point. It's the only lever big enough that - if we pull it really hard - will actually flatten the curve and keep our hospitals from being overwhelmed, as we're starting to see in NYC. We're on to Plan B, and there is no Plan C. So we have to make this work.
STAY AT HOME ORDERS
That's why you're starting to see stay at home orders on the county and city level (Mecklenburg + Wake + Orange + Durham + Pitt + Madison + Buncombe + Winston-Salem + Clemmons + Beaufort), and why you're going to see more, and why we may see similar statewide action soon. In response to whether there would be a statewide shelter in place, the Governor recently said, "We will be issuing additional restrictions soon."
RunsWithWolves26 said:cowboypack02 said:packgrad said:
I get the DOE money. Have no idea how to quantity if the amount is appropriate, but the way schools have been turned upside down I imagine significant money is needed to implement the distance learning.
Shouldn't the school systems be saving money since they aren't paying for bussing the kids to schools anymore, all the food in the cafeteria that gets eaten daily, cleaning supplies, and utilities? My guess is that most kids have laptops to do their work from home. I don't see 10B in more expenses there
The schools in my area are providing free meals for the kids who aren't able to get food from the school. That money is going towards that bill
I didn't realize that. I just assumed that the state would be footing the bill, not the DOE for things like thatJamesJohnson said:RunsWithWolves26 said:cowboypack02 said:packgrad said:
I get the DOE money. Have no idea how to quantity if the amount is appropriate, but the way schools have been turned upside down I imagine significant money is needed to implement the distance learning.
Shouldn't the school systems be saving money since they aren't paying for bussing the kids to schools anymore, all the food in the cafeteria that gets eaten daily, cleaning supplies, and utilities? My guess is that most kids have laptops to do their work from home. I don't see 10B in more expenses there
The schools in my area are providing free meals for the kids who aren't able to get food from the school. That money is going towards that bill
Buses in many county are running to deliver food. Probably saving some money overall but not the amount many would assume.
statefan91 said:
Got this e-mail from my State Senator and it's beyond frustrating. We need to be testing as much as possible, not reducing the amount of testing. We're never going to get out of Shelter In Place if they don't ramp up testing.Quote:
NEW TESTING RULES
When it comes to testing, our state - along with the rest of the country - has three critical shortages:
[ol]the test kits necessary components, like extraction kits and swabs (believe it or not, the main manufacturer for the swabs is in Lombardy, Italy...), and the masks/gowns/gloves necessary to perform the tests. [/ol]
The good news is we've made real strides in the last ten days with private labs coming online. 90% of the testing in our state is now being done by private labs and we're doing more testing per capita than most states.
Here's the bad news. Even with this added capacity, the CDC anticipates that the demand for testing will continue to outpace supply. So the CDC has put out new guidance on criteria for testing, and NC has adopted that new criteria.
And the short version is this, direct from DHHS: "In general, patients with mild illness (defined as fever and cough without shortness of breath or difficulty breathing) do not need testing."
- So the old qualification was: fever + negative flu test + cough OR shortness of breath.
- The new qualification is: fever + negative flu test + cough AND shortness of breath (or other serious symptom).
That means if you're a middle-aged, reasonably healthy person and you develop mild, flu-like symptoms and think you may be infected, the new guidance is to call your doctor, at which point your doctor will likely tell you to assume you're infected and self-quarantine until you've been fever-free for three days (unless your condition worsens, in which case call your doctor again).
That's a major shift in combating this virus, and it dramatically increases the importance of social distancing. As DHHS says, "We are moving to a different phase of our response efforts [and are now focused on] mitigation strategies" in which a big part of the goal is "to conserve supplies and capacity so our health care workers can care for people who need medical attention even during the peak of the outbreak."
Let's be honest about what that means: It means we are not going to have the type of widespread testing we would ideally have because we just don't have the supplies, nor - at this point - the time. It's not good news, but it is a realistic assessment of where things stand.
If we're not going to beat this the way South Korea did (test -> trace -> isolate) then we have no choice but to beat this by not getting sick in the first place - or at least not all at once - which means social distancing is our only real, scalable strategy at this point. It's the only lever big enough that - if we pull it really hard - will actually flatten the curve and keep our hospitals from being overwhelmed, as we're starting to see in NYC. We're on to Plan B, and there is no Plan C. So we have to make this work.
STAY AT HOME ORDERS
That's why you're starting to see stay at home orders on the county and city level (Mecklenburg + Wake + Orange + Durham + Pitt + Madison + Buncombe + Winston-Salem + Clemmons + Beaufort), and why you're going to see more, and why we may see similar statewide action soon. In response to whether there would be a statewide shelter in place, the Governor recently said, "We will be issuing additional restrictions soon."
cowboypack02 said:I didn't realize that. I just assumed that the state would be footing the bill, not the DOE for things like thatJamesJohnson said:RunsWithWolves26 said:cowboypack02 said:packgrad said:
I get the DOE money. Have no idea how to quantity if the amount is appropriate, but the way schools have been turned upside down I imagine significant money is needed to implement the distance learning.
Shouldn't the school systems be saving money since they aren't paying for bussing the kids to schools anymore, all the food in the cafeteria that gets eaten daily, cleaning supplies, and utilities? My guess is that most kids have laptops to do their work from home. I don't see 10B in more expenses there
The schools in my area are providing free meals for the kids who aren't able to get food from the school. That money is going towards that bill
Buses in many county are running to deliver food. Probably saving some money overall but not the amount many would assume.
RunsWithWolves26 said:
707 cases in NC now. 140 new ones today
IseWolf22 said:RunsWithWolves26 said:
707 cases in NC now. 140 new ones today
In the Live Coronavirus story on the N&O they say:
"But even these totals don't reflect the virus' full spread in North Carolina. State officials are limiting testing to only patients whose symptoms are severe enough for them to been seen by a medical professional. Patients with mild symptoms are estimated to be 80% of those infected."
wilmwolf80 said:
To not include the number of people with mild symptoms who are presumed to have it but who are not being tested makes the numbers meaningless. There are multitudes more people that have it than are known, which seems bad, but it really means that it is likely much less deadly than predicted. There's lots of positive signs right now. That doesn't mean it isn't going to get worse, that it isn't very serious and that we should not be doing some of the things we're doing. But scaring people by putting body counters up on the evening news like it's the Vietnam war isn't helping.
PackBacker07 said:
Popping back in to counter the flu argument. COVID-19, at least this initial year, is worse than the flu. We still need more studies on COVID-19, but here are some early numbers:
- 2.5 infectious rate, 1.3 flu
- 20% cases send people to hospital, 2% flu
- 10-11 day average hospital stay, 5-6 day flu
- 1% death rate, .1% flu
- no vaccine or natural immunity, flu yes (to some extent)
Again, we need more time to accurately asses, but with those numbers we are doing exactly what we should currently. If this pushes into the fall flu season, we are going to be screwed healthcare-wise. Should the media cover it 24/7? Probably not, but when people are still going to spring break and doing other dumb ****, it needs to be beaten into their heads to stay home. Also, when POTUS is bored and calls a press briefing every afternoon, should the media not cover it? The faster we can get everyone in, the faster we can go back to normalcy. So blame the idiots, not the media IMO. Listen to the actual doctors, please. They aren't the media.
Eventually, people will start to violate the social distancing rules, especially when they see other areas of the country opening up. If we have ability to use Test and Trace in a few weeks when testing becomes more available, they have no reason to not use it - unless they are trying to destroy the economy on purpose. America has to get back to work in 60 more days. Social distancing should only be used as a last resort, when you do not have the ability to Test and Trace.statefan91 said:
Not sure if you saw my post earlier but my State Senator sent an email that Mecklenburg is not going to try to do test and trace, they are relying more heavily on social distancing. This is infuriating and I don't know what to do besides try to survive being on lockdown.
You don't know this yet. We have decades of data on the flu. We have a few month's worth on this.PackBacker07 said:
Popping back in to counter the flu argument. COVID-19, at least this initial year, is worse than the flu. We still need more studies on COVID-19, but here are some early numbers:
- 2.5 infectious rate, 1.3 flu
- 20% cases send people to hospital, 2% flu
- 10-11 day average hospital stay, 5-6 day flu
- 1% death rate, .1% flu
- no vaccine or natural immunity, flu yes (to some extent)
packgrad said:
Obama tweeted out that article in the Atlantic. Such a grand thing to do during a pandemic. Undercut your successor. What a bum.
Ground_Chuck said:packgrad said:
Obama tweeted out that article in the Atlantic. Such a grand thing to do during a pandemic. Undercut your successor. What a bum.
Yes, Trump hasn't mentioned Obama's name at all during this crisis., right?
Unless you went after Obama and democrat politicians for blaming Bush for everything negative that happened during Obama's presidency maybe you better sit this one out....Ground_Chuck said:packgrad said:
Obama tweeted out that article in the Atlantic. Such a grand thing to do during a pandemic. Undercut your successor. What a bum.
Yes, Trump hasn't mentioned Obama's name at all during this crisis., right?
packgrad said:Ground_Chuck said:packgrad said:
Obama tweeted out that article in the Atlantic. Such a grand thing to do during a pandemic. Undercut your successor. What a bum.
Yes, Trump hasn't mentioned Obama's name at all during this crisis., right?
Unfortunately, Obama doesn't have the class of GWB. Obama needs to just shut up and let the current president preside. Spreading fake news does nothing to help the situation.
cowboypack02 said:Unless you went after Obama and democrat politicians for blaming Bush for everything negative that happened during Obama's presidency maybe you better sit this one out....Ground_Chuck said:packgrad said:
Obama tweeted out that article in the Atlantic. Such a grand thing to do during a pandemic. Undercut your successor. What a bum.
Yes, Trump hasn't mentioned Obama's name at all during this crisis., right?