They got the Mummers too? That’s going to be a major blow to alcohol producers as well as anyone in the area who makes shiny beads or banjosOur governor is serious up here.
Philly Cancels All Large Events Until Feb. 2021 Due To COVID-19
All large public events in Philadelphia have been canceled until Feb. 28, 2021, according to city officials.patch.com
I think that’s the key point. The virus was entrenched by the time they understood what was going to happen plus treatment procedures were evolving at the moment of need so curve up was steep. But they did a great job pulling it down quickly.
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I think that is exactly what the article is saying is that there needs to be further investigation. That and the fact that someone definitely failed Statistics 101 in college!!! Marie
something like 44% of deaths in PA occurred at long term care facilities.
Hopefully people who know much more about this than I do will chime in...but I’ve read that antibodies are one thing and T cell mediated immunity is another. So while antibody immunity might not pan out, there might be T cell immunity that could be reinforced periodically.
We're wasting time talking about herd immunity | CNN
William Haseltine writes that we should not waste time trying to build herd immunity against Covid-19, because it's unlikely we will ever be able to achieve it. New research on the development and decline of Covid antibodies and a wealth of epidemiological evidence on coronaviruses as a whole...www.cnn.com
But we waste critical time with this pointless discussion, because the facts are already quite clear: herd immunity will likely never be achieved for Covid-19 or any other coronavirus.
Did you see my posts about the specific lines mentioned in the article? Comparing the Orlando Health line from 6/28 vs today only shows an increase in 15 positive tests. Does anyone really believe that Orlando Health has only run 15 new tests over the last 16 days? No. Which means that line does not mean what people on the Internet thinks it does. It is a very tiny subset of what must be larger data in another line item (I suspect one of the major labs listed first, with the most amount of tests). What it actually represents, who knows. But it represents such a tiny portion of the overall tests, that the concerns that positivity numbers are wildly inaccurate seems unfounded.
as morbid as this is...I'm wondering if we will see a bunch of deaths a year from now.Just when you think it can’t get any worse.
Coronavirus warning from Italy: Effects of COVID-19 could be worse than first thought
Italian doctors are warning that COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease but a killer affecting the whole body.
what's Mummers?They got the Mummers too? That’s going to be a major blow to alcohol producers as well as anyone in the area who makes shiny beads or banjos
No mention of the Igles but I guess that’s a private business.
It’s even higher.something like 44% of deaths in PA occurred at long term care facilities.
ETA: so bummed about Philly canceling the Thanksgiving Day parade it’s the oldest one in the country.
ETA 2: my source is the PA Covid-19 website.
Not really. I work in a hospital so I’m exposed daily to people that are positive for the flu.
Even if the positivity rate is way overstated, it just means the huge rise is the full picture. That’s good but it’s not great because there is still a massive outbreak occurring in the state.
I’m surprised your hospital doesn’t mandate that you have a flu shot but of course there are a small percentage for whom it’s contraindicated.
Philly’s New Years Day parade. It’s hard to explain exactly. Various clubs in the city get together and perform in the parade with elaborate themes and fancy costumes. Sorta like mardi Gras in philly. Theres a competition part of the parade that takes place in Center City now but the party is when they get back to South Philly all down 2nd street. The formal parade has been around since the early 1900s but the tradition dates all the way back to colonial times.
All of the NE states that got caught in the initial wave of the virus had issues with LT care facilities. It’s certainly better for virus spread now, but still sad that people in those facilities can’t get a lot or in some case any visitors. Even though the facilities are locked down now it’s still risky because the workers are moving around in the general population. A spike in overall cases puts those facilities at more risk despite better practices today then March.
Just when you think it can’t get any worse.
Coronavirus warning from Italy: Effects of COVID-19 could be worse than first thought
Italian doctors are warning that COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease but a killer affecting the whole body.
Antibody titers are the easiest way to verify immunity for purposes of employment, but the lack of antibodies doesn't mean a person doesn't have at least partial immunity. The other portion is from memory T cells, but their activity isn't directly measurable by commercial lab tests.
