CoronaBro Meltdown/SARS-Covid-19 Spitballing Thread

[michigancat]

https://twitter.com/steventdennis/status/1274057196670722049

well hopefully it is mostly impacting young people

[michigancat]

https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1274085204752203777

they're saying they need about 42 days to really know the impact of the protests

[DQ12]

https://twitter.com/steventdennis/status/1274057196670722049

well hopefully it is mostly impacting young people

Per Arizona's department of health, that is the case.  70% of those infected are below 65 and don't have a chronic medical condition.

https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/covid-19/dashboards/index.php
Pretty impressive site, actually. 

[catastrophe]

Considering (per 2010 census) that ages 65+ make up 13% of the population, I’d say 30% is very disproportionately affecting the elderly.

[michigancat]

actually only 14% of cases are over 65 which is really surprising given Arizona's demographics

[catastrophe]

Looks like 17.5% of the pop for Arizona, so great job sheltering grandma!

[sys]

snowbirds presumably have migrated north.

[Spracne]

https://twitter.com/steventdennis/status/1274057196670722049

well hopefully it is mostly impacting young people

Per Arizona's department of health, that is the case.  70% of those infected are below 65 and don't have a chronic medical condition.

https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/covid-19/dashboards/index.php
Pretty impressive site, actually.

I find it hard to believe that you could find a population in America in which 70% of people don't have "a chronic medical condition."

[mocat]

https://twitter.com/steventdennis/status/1274057196670722049

well hopefully it is mostly impacting young people

Per Arizona's department of health, that is the case.  70% of those infected are below 65 and don't have a chronic medical condition.

https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/covid-19/dashboards/index.php
Pretty impressive site, actually.

I find it hard to believe that you could find a population in America in which 70% of people don't have "a chronic medical condition."

Colorado

[Phil Titola]

It's weird they are using this to explain their rise in cases is okay?

[Spracne]

What if the tests some states are using just suck ass?

[michigancat]

What if the tests some states are using just suck ass?

Some tests really do suck as, but usually because of false negatives

[sys]

the pcr tests don't suck ass.  they're very sensitive.  sometimes people take samples of body fluids that don't contain virus from people with infections in other parts of the body.  that's not a problem with the test.

[DQ12]

It's weird they are using this to explain their rise in cases is okay?

I’m not sure they are doing that, amigo.  It’s just numbers they report.

[michigancat]

the pcr tests don't suck ass.  they're very sensitive.  sometimes people take samples of body fluids that don't contain virus from people with infections in other parts of the body.  that's not a problem with the test.

The semantics don't really matter if the test + collection method turns up a high percentage of false negatives

[8manpick]

the pcr tests don't suck ass.  they're very sensitive.  sometimes people take samples of body fluids that don't contain virus from people with infections in other parts of the body.  that's not a problem with the test.

The semantics don't really matter if the test + collection method turns up a high percentage of false negatives

Yeah, the test correctly assessing whatever sample is taken doesn’t determine whether the test is effective or not. For the test to be effective it needs to be able to tell definitively whether of not someone has coronavirus or not.

[Phil Titola]

It's weird they are using this to explain their rise in cases is okay?

I’m not sure they are doing that, amigo.  It’s just numbers they report.

Are states not continuing forward with loosening restrictions even though their state numbers are increasing in rate?

[sonofdaxjones]

Drama Boy Phil is up early today.

[sys]

the pcr tests don't suck ass.  they're very sensitive.  sometimes people take samples of body fluids that don't contain virus from people with infections in other parts of the body.  that's not a problem with the test.

The semantics don't really matter if the test + collection method turns up a high percentage of false negatives

Yeah, the test correctly assessing whatever sample is taken doesn’t determine whether the test is effective or not. For the test to be effective it needs to be able to tell definitively whether of not someone has coronavirus or not.

then they need to be able to collect samples where the virus is.  there's no test you can design that can magically say the person has coronavirus somewhere not in the sample that is collected.

last i heard the fda was still dragging their feet about approving testing saliva which is both less invasive and more likely to contain virus than the deep nasal samples that they approved forever ago.

[sonofdaxjones]

Oh man, the FDA dragging its feet.   Welp . . . Trump!

[Dugout DickStone]

Deep state

[michigancat]

the pcr tests don't suck ass.  they're very sensitive.  sometimes people take samples of body fluids that don't contain virus from people with infections in other parts of the body.  that's not a problem with the test.

The semantics don't really matter if the test + collection method turns up a high percentage of false negatives

Yeah, the test correctly assessing whatever sample is taken doesn’t determine whether the test is effective or not. For the test to be effective it needs to be able to tell definitively whether of not someone has coronavirus or not.

then they need to be able to collect samples where the virus is.  there's no test you can design that can magically say the person has coronavirus somewhere not in the sample that is collected.

last i heard the fda was still dragging their feet about approving testing saliva which is both less invasive and more likely to contain virus than the deep nasal samples that they approved forever ago.

you're absolutely right sys. great work

[sonofdaxjones]

Deep state

Yeah, the FDA has never drug its feet until now.

Super Slow Dug Super Slow Duggin

[chum1]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/1274056283575005187

[steve dave]

https://twitter.com/keithedwards/status/1274414932637949954