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Post by rizzuto on May 28, 2020 16:24:12 GMT -5
Maybe this is a start: The Most Important COVID-19 Statistic: 43% Of U.S. Deaths Are From 0.6% Of The Population This is a Forbes headline. For some reason I couldn’t copy the link to the article, but statistics quoted show that 43% of the deaths in the USA are coming from nursing homes or assisted living facilities. So, to make sense of one stat, one must have access to many other stats. What pct. of the USA vs. other countries live in such facilities? Some countries may not even have similar facilities. Some may have higher or lower population density. Some countries (perhaps all countries) may not be accurately reporting deaths, including the USA. In any event I feel as though inaccurate reports are blatant worldwide. First, that problem must be solved. Only then can we be certain of the existence of such a problem. When that can be accomplished, perhaps we can solve it. Until then, of course. It’s Donald Trumps fault. Congress went home instead of staying on the job to help solve the issues. Trump has stayed at work, so it’s HIS problem, and his alone. He should have had over 500 assistants, but home they went, with the laughable statement that we could call them in an emergency. Drain the swamp... |
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Post by rizzuto on May 28, 2020 16:30:01 GMT -5
Another interesting fact about this virus, twice as many men and boys have died than women and girls. Also, since striking down the stay at home mandate in Wisconsin two weeks ago, the state has recorded their two largest spikes in new CV19 cases and deaths last week and this week.
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Post by inger on May 28, 2020 20:53:05 GMT -5
Another interesting fact about this virus, twice as many men and boys have died than women and girls. Also, since striking down the stay at home mandate in Wisconsin two weeks ago, the state has recorded their two largest spikes in new CV19 cases and deaths last week and this week. Then I must assume from the gender information that black men and boys would be the largest groups of those dying from CV-19. It would be interesting to find out if men and boys, and in particular black men and boys might be more cavalier about complying with instructions to mask and social distancing. So many questions, so few answers... But most likely we’ll discover it to be Donald Trump’s fault... 😂 |
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Post by rizzuto on May 28, 2020 21:51:33 GMT -5
Another interesting fact about this virus, twice as many men and boys have died than women and girls. Also, since striking down the stay at home mandate in Wisconsin two weeks ago, the state has recorded their two largest spikes in new CV19 cases and deaths last week and this week. Then I must assume from the gender information that black men and boys would be the largest groups of those dying from CV-19. It would be interesting to find out if men and boys, and in particular black men and boys might be more cavalier about complying with instructions to mask and social distancing. So many questions, so few answers... But most likely we’ll discover it to be Donald Trump’s fault... 😂 I suspect Trump cares about little else than being admired, the center of attention, and getting special treatment over others. Admitting any fault is not in his DNA, neither is humility or empathy. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on May 28, 2020 21:57:00 GMT -5
Inger while that stat sounds better I think the biggest issue here is as Kaybli said is this isn't about playing baseball anymore. The detractors right now not only is some players just aren't comfortable with this current state of the virus, but also the amount of money the players are being paid. It just seems like there's a bunch of issues and I'm not sure if all of them can be solved.
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Post by inger on May 28, 2020 22:53:16 GMT -5
Inger while that stat sounds better I think the biggest issue here is as Kaybli said is this isn't about playing baseball anymore. The detractors right now not only is some players just aren't comfortable with this current state of the virus, but also the amount of money the players are being paid. It just seems like there's a bunch of issues and I'm not sure if all of them can be solved. I’d rather they just take the season off. At this point it’s a diluted product with weird social-distancing rules... I’m not very interested at this point. Maybe I’ll develop interest when they come back... |
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Post by domeplease on May 29, 2020 10:04:11 GMT -5
Another interesting fact about this virus, twice as many men and boys have died than women and girls. Also, since striking down the stay at home mandate in Wisconsin two weeks ago, the state has recorded their two largest spikes in new CV19 cases and deaths last week and this week. Then I must assume from the gender information that black men and boys would be the largest groups of those dying from CV-19. It would be interesting to find out if men and boys, and in particular black men and boys might be more cavalier about complying with instructions to mask and social distancing. So many questions, so few answers... But most likely we’ll discover it to be Donald Trump’s fault... 😂 No Inger = "and in particular black men and boys might be more cavalier about complying with instructions to mask and social distancing."
The reason Black & HISPANIC Men & Young Adult have the highest rate of infection/death has little to do with masks/social distancing...
It is because they are the ONES doing the Low Level ESSENTIAL JOBS and are in more contact with people than others.
If you had been reading all the research/reports (so many) on this topic or watching Reliable News Channels where this has been discussed in great detail.
These are very BRAVE folks...doing jobs I couldn't/wouldn't do in this Environment. I respect them...
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Post by inger on May 29, 2020 11:55:22 GMT -5
Then I must assume from the gender information that black men and boys would be the largest groups of those dying from CV-19. It would be interesting to find out if men and boys, and in particular black men and boys might be more cavalier about complying with instructions to mask and social distancing. So many questions, so few answers... But most likely we’ll discover it to be Donald Trump’s fault... 😂 No Inger = "and in particular black men and boys might be more cavalier about complying with instructions to mask and social distancing."
The reason Black & HISPANIC Men & Young Adult have the highest rate of infection/death has little to do with masks/social distancing...
It is because they are the ONES doing the Low Level ESSENTIAL JOBS and are in more contact with people than others.
If you had been reading all the research/reports (so many) on this topic or watching Reliable News Channels where this has been discussed in great detail.
These are very BRAVE folks...doing jobs I couldn't/wouldn't do in this Environment. I respect them...
Like your favorite news stations, instead of quoting me in while you have taken a portion of my statement and made it appear out of context and racially charged. After that you did make a statement that may make sense, but it’s not backed by anything. I can give it consideration as “possibly true”. Do note that when you quoted me you conveniently left the opening of the statement, which included white people out of the discussion... |
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Post by domeplease on May 30, 2020 11:15:28 GMT -5
HELPFUL & INFORMATIVE VIRUS ARTICLES:
Diabetes is one of the underlying health conditions that health experts believe put people at greater risk for developing more severe symptoms of Covid-19 and the study, published in the journal Diabetologia Thursday, seems to confirm this. The researchers looked at more than 1,300 coronavirus patients in 53 hospitals in France between March 10 and March 31. Most -- 89% -- had Type 2 diabetes; 3% had Type 1 diabetes; and the rest had other forms of the disease. A majority of the patients were men and the average age of all the patients in the study was 70. By day seven of the study, 29% of the patients were either on a ventilator or had died. Researchers said 1 in 5 patients were on a ventilator and 1 in 10 had died, while 18% had been discharged from the hospital. Patients with diabetic complications were more than twice as likely to die within a week, the researchers concluded. They also found that patients 75 years and older were 14 times more likely to die than patients under 55; and patients 65 to 74 years old were three times more likely to die than those under 55. Those with sleep apnea and shortness of breath faced triple the risk of death by day seven and obese patients with diabetes were also more likely to die, researchers said. Obesity is becoming a major risk factor for bad outcomes both in people with and without diabetes, said Dr. Robert Eckel, the president of medicine and science at the American Diabetes Association, who was not involved in the study. READ MORE… --05-30-20 VIETNAM VIRUS RESULTS: www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vietnam-how-this-country-of-95-million-kept-its-coronavirus-death-toll-at-zero/ar-BB14MxiR?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U508DHP When the world looked to Asia for successful examples in handling the novel coronavirus outbreak, much attention and plaudits were paid to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. But there's one overlooked success story -- Vietnam. The country of 97 million people has not reported a single coronavirus-related death and on Saturday had just 328 confirmed cases, despite its long border with China and the millions of Chinese visitors it receives each year. This is all the more remarkable considering Vietnam is a low-middle income country with a much less-advanced healthcare system than others in the region. It only has 8 doctors for every 10,000 people, a third of the ratio in South Korea, according to the World Bank. After a three-week nationwide lockdown, Vietnam lifted social distancing rules in late April. It hasn't reported any local infections for more than 40 days. Businesses and schools have reopened, and life is gradually returning to normal. To skeptics, Vietnam's official numbers may seem too good to be true. But Guy Thwaites, an infectious disease doctor who works in one of the main hospitals designated by the Vietnamese government to treat Covid-19 patients, said the numbers matched the reality on the ground. "I go to the wards every day, I know the cases, I know there has been no death," said Thwaites, who also heads the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City. READ MORE… |
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Post by kaybli on May 31, 2020 17:21:27 GMT -5
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that there is "no evidence of progress yet" in talks between MLB and the MLBPA and, thus, "no realistic hope" of reaching a deal by the "soft" June 1 deadline.
Heyman adds, though, that the deadline "was soft for a reason" and the "hope remains to start (the) season (during the) July 4 weekend." In order for that to happen and for spring training 2.0 to start as hoped on June 10, June 5-9 appears to be the likeliest window for a deal to get done. The MLBPA wants to have a 100-120 game regular season instead of the 82 games MLB has proposed, but Heyman says MLB "seems adamant" about the season ending by October 1, which would make squeezing in 100-120 games nearly impossible. MLB wants an expanded postseason in order to recoup some lost revenue.
Source: Jon Heyman on Twitter
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Post by rizzuto on May 31, 2020 18:32:36 GMT -5
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that there is "no evidence of progress yet" in talks between MLB and the MLBPA and, thus, "no realistic hope" of reaching a deal by the "soft" June 1 deadline. Heyman adds, though, that the deadline "was soft for a reason" and the "hope remains to start (the) season (during the) July 4 weekend." In order for that to happen and for spring training 2.0 to start as hoped on June 10, June 5-9 appears to be the likeliest window for a deal to get done. The MLBPA wants to have a 100-120 game regular season instead of the 82 games MLB has proposed, but Heyman says MLB "seems adamant" about the season ending by October 1, which would make squeezing in 100-120 games nearly impossible. MLB wants an expanded postseason in order to recoup some lost revenue. Source: Jon Heyman on Twitter Does anyone think there will be baseball this season? I am un-optimistically hopeful. |
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Post by kaybli on May 31, 2020 18:49:22 GMT -5
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that there is "no evidence of progress yet" in talks between MLB and the MLBPA and, thus, "no realistic hope" of reaching a deal by the "soft" June 1 deadline. Heyman adds, though, that the deadline "was soft for a reason" and the "hope remains to start (the) season (during the) July 4 weekend." In order for that to happen and for spring training 2.0 to start as hoped on June 10, June 5-9 appears to be the likeliest window for a deal to get done. The MLBPA wants to have a 100-120 game regular season instead of the 82 games MLB has proposed, but Heyman says MLB "seems adamant" about the season ending by October 1, which would make squeezing in 100-120 games nearly impossible. MLB wants an expanded postseason in order to recoup some lost revenue. Source: Jon Heyman on Twitter Does anyone think there will be baseball this season? I am un-optimistically hopeful. That's a good expression. "Un-optimistically hopeful" -  |
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Post by inger on May 31, 2020 20:26:27 GMT -5
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that there is "no evidence of progress yet" in talks between MLB and the MLBPA and, thus, "no realistic hope" of reaching a deal by the "soft" June 1 deadline. Heyman adds, though, that the deadline "was soft for a reason" and the "hope remains to start (the) season (during the) July 4 weekend." In order for that to happen and for spring training 2.0 to start as hoped on June 10, June 5-9 appears to be the likeliest window for a deal to get done. The MLBPA wants to have a 100-120 game regular season instead of the 82 games MLB has proposed, but Heyman says MLB "seems adamant" about the season ending by October 1, which would make squeezing in 100-120 games nearly impossible. MLB wants an expanded postseason in order to recoup some lost revenue. Source: Jon Heyman on Twitter Does anyone think there will be baseball this season? I am un-optimistically hopeful. I hope not. Just one more thing to be sick of hearing about. I’d rather just close my shell and rest for a while... |
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Post by anthonyd46 on May 31, 2020 21:27:56 GMT -5
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Post by kaybli on May 31, 2020 23:12:55 GMT -5
The owners are not going to like this. |
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