Where’s Jonathan Swift when you really need him?
A new TWIV episode is out. It focuses on antiviral therapies.
(paraphrasing): The numbers are bigger than they’re going to be… and… you don’t need 40K ventilators…
WTH?
My husband said we would have had so much surplus right now with the thriving economy to deal with this crisis if it wasn’t for the tax cuts. He always hated the tax cuts for the riches and the corporations.
Q: Why is the President suggesting a pullback when numbers are rising so rapidly?
“I think what the President was trying to do, he was making an aspirational projection to give people some hope,” Fauci said.
You are welcome to your opinions but It is not the job of the President of the United States to step out of the way.
Count me in as one that prefers facts from medical professionals and scientists. I don’t need or want unrealistic hope - especially when said hope clearly contradicts reality and when the issue is directly related to our health.
And also “shopping around” for a better deal on manufacturing ventilators? Rome is burning while nero is fiddling. Geez. https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-general-motors-ventec-4535ea18-aaf9-4ab0-8753-7fd4aa368ca2.html
No waiver on property taxes in my part of California. They are due 4/10 and I got a letter from the county stating that I still need to pay them regardless.
I agree with what you said - you don’t know unless you get tested. I know of two Westchester people who were tested and ended up with a strep throat diagnoses instead.
I just wanted to put out there that the rate of positive results in NYS is in the 30% these days. It was 34.6% for the tests run on Wednesday.
@charlotte44, I believe you’re taking Romani’s statement out of context. As you noted in your own post, what she said about the President was:
She’s absolutely correct. And Fauci is being kind.
I live in NYS. We can’t keep up with the cases we have now. The people saying there’s no indication of a supply shortage need to take a close look at what’s happening here. The President may recommend that we relax the stay at home order in 2 weeks, but I’m confident my state governor has better sense. He’s been direct and truthful with us from the beginning. The country deserves to see the same from its national leader.
Dr. Fauci is navigating a fine line between influencing policy and getting fired. I don’t think he can offer unvarnished truth as he really sees it.
More protective equipment, more ventilators, more testing. The federal government should be helping more. Stating the obvious here.
Ah yes, sorry. I misread the numbers my lad got from yesterday and thought the new positive cases were the total positive.
Still, even in NYS, 65 out of 100 of those who think they need to be tested due to symptoms, connections, or even stress don’t actually have the virus. It’s less elsewhere. I’ve yet to see the positive tests (in open testing) be the majority. If one doesn’t know they don’t know.
But… we should all assume we are positive because it’s that necessary to stop giving it to others. In spite of what some want people to believe, hospitals are being overrun and more could get there unless what we are doing with staying home works. If it works some will say we overreacted. Let them feel that way. You’ll never change their minds with the facts anyway, so don’t waste the time/effort trying unless you’re sure you’re dealing with a mind open to exponential facts.
@jym626. This is the problem. GM and others already know how to make them with the help of the other company for obvious reasons. The price honestly didn’t sound to outrageous. They need to make a prototype or a few for testing then make the rest. Think GM was still going forward with the test units. The problem is his son in law is the one in Charge from articles I read… It just doesn’t seem like this nuclear family understands the urgency of the situation. Musk and others I think are still going forward with their plans also.
More lies not unrealistic hope…
A President and his administration are not judged on how great things are during “good times”. They are judged on what they do and how they act during the bad and most difficult times.
“No waiver on property taxes in my part of California. They are due 4/10 and I got a letter from the county stating that I still need to pay them regardless.”
Those taxes pay for essential services- water, sewer, police, fire, schools etc… No way they can be waived. Still, the default rate will certainly increase.
No, we wouldn’t. There is no amount of revenue that comes in that Congress won’t spend.
No prototype is needed. Ventec (the company that GM is partnering with) already has several models of FDA-approved ventilators; what they need is ramped up production. They are a small company and have a limited manufacturing capacity. That’s where GM’s expertise is needed - to increase capacity.
There are several very wealthy businesses/owners comtributing millions. Seems there is one obvious family who owns real estate and hotels and resorts and residential towers and golf courses whoul could also contribute.
@RogueFitness in Ohio posted on IG yesterday a picture of a medical face shield manufactured using @JosefPrusa Czech company’s design using 3D printers.
I’ll be a Rogue Fitness fan for life!