Nothing new about people booking last minute trips to enjoy a empty park. My point was that in PA where she is a travel agent, the people at least she is booking from PA and NJ are having second thoughts. I don’t blame them either. Families that are worried, that’s up to how they feel about things for the safety of their own.
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Please, if you need correct information, you know where to go. Don’t get it off a internet chat board. A lot of things are being thrown around and everyone individually needs to do their own homework.
How are his predictions about the US working out so far? From March:
"Stanford University biology professor Michael Levitt, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry, said his models do not support predictions the coronavirus will stick around for months or years and cause millions of deaths... He says the data do not support such an extreme scenario. Levitt said he can see a better outcome in the U.S. than what has taken place in China, Italy or Iran, especially with social distancing measures in place. He said social-distancing mandates are critical in cutting the number of coronavirus cases."
Considering we blew past China, Iran and other countries death tolls months ago and the pandemic is still raging, seems like he should stop making predictions.
Nobel laureate predicts US will have much faster coronavirus recovery than expected
Stanford University biophysicist Michael Levitt correctly calculated China would get through the worst of its coronavirus epidemic earlier than most health experts estimated. Now he sees …
Definitely listen to HopeMax instead of Levitt. Makes sense.
I really don’t understand how someone who is so particular about the language and charts that get posted in this forum takes their infectious disease advice from a Biophysicist. I really don’t.
I don’t understand how you hold his March predictions against him, but still support a lockdown that was predicated on a universally derided model. If his March predictions count against him, even though he was off by orders of magnitude less then the hysterical types, why don’t you take the same stance with the Imperial College, or Fauci, or IHME?
I am not holding his predictions against him. I am not following his predictions because his background is not where I am looking for recommendations and solutions to navigate this situation. I expect people to be wrong with dealing with a novel virus. Inaccuracy is not a deal breaker for me, if the errors are good faith errors that happen regularly in the science world.
Have you read about the death threats against Fauci and his family? Our country, and the huge divide in it has gotten to the point where one of the most respected man in health over the last 30-40 years now has to have assigned guards to him. Disgrace.
Its also disgraceful that Fauci is considered a "political commentator."
It may be going down but it's still too high. Measures need to be taken instead of just waiting it out. Make masks mandatory like they are where I live now. Enforce social distancing by passing laws to fine people that don't. That to works here and our numbers are much lower then your so called good numbers. Averaging 150 new cases a day with 0.9% positive. When it's that low we can to contact tracing and keep spikes from getting out of control. I'm sorry to tell you going to gym isn't the answer. Putting in measures will stop a few deaths and many from getting sick. Letting it run its course isn't the answer.
