Archive for July, 2020

Remember when Trump advised to to use scarves during mask shortage?

July 3, 2020

Of course, he was eviscerated by the med-science community and the mainstream media
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Flashback to late March when community spread of the coronavirus was ramping up.

The WHO, the CDC and US Surgeon General were advising against wearing masks … saying that they were, at best minimally protective, could exasperate the problem if worn incorrectly and would distract people from handwashing and social distancing.

The real reason: masks were in short supply and the supply chain was impaired by Chinese hoarding and off-shored manufacturing.

In a Task Force press conference, Trump cut to the chase … said the real reason was the need to supply hospital workers with masks first … and he casually opined that, in the short-run, folks could stop-gap by using scarves or other face coverings as a make-shift protective shield.

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Of course, Trump said it — and  he’s an MSM-certified idiot, so…

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July 3: C-19 Key NATIONAL & STATES Data

July 3, 2020

> 56,939 New Cases
> 7-day average 44,276 

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688 Daily New Deaths Worldometer
> 7-day average 643

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Cumulative Deaths 
131,477 Worldometer

IHME Model Cume US Death Projection:
175,168 by Oct 1 DOWN 3,938 on June 29

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Key States Data

> 10 states reporting 22 or more new deaths 

> Note high per capita DNDs in MA, LA & AZ

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Since 2010, Fed funds for hospital preparedness cut 40%

July 2, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has again brought into sharp focus the vulnerabilities at hospitals across the nation: constrained surge capacity, shortfalls in critical supplies and equipment, shortages in trained medical personnel.

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According to the Washington Post

Most hospitals — nonprofit, public and for-profit — operate on thin financial margins and have little to no budget for contingency preparations.

Nearly all of the roughly 400 hospital administrators surveyed said they had too many obligations to prepare for emerging infectious diseases in the absence of a current threat.

While many health-care officials say they are better prepared for major emergencies now than before the 2001 terrorist attacks, those efforts have been undermined by steady funding cuts

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Let’s get specific and risk touching a 3rd-rail….

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Hypocrisy on parade in Seattle…

July 2, 2020

This tweet says it all …

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July 2: C-19 Key NATIONAL & STATES Data

July 2, 2020

> 44,766 New Cases
> 7-day average 41118 

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WSJ

Confirmed cases have spiked upwards, mostly in Southern & Western states. The majority of the uptick is in the under 45 age group.  Some of the under 45s require hospitalization, but relatively few die (compared to the elderly death rate).

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680 Daily New Deaths Worldometer
> 7-day average 628

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Cumulative Deaths 
130,789 Worldometer


IHME Model Cume US Death Projection:
175,168 by Oct 1 DOWN 3,938 on June 29

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Key States Data

> 10 states reporting 23 or more new deaths 

> Note high per capita DNDs in AZ and SC

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Yipes: Less than 1/2 of likely voters say Biden doesn’t suffer dementia.

July 1, 2020

More specifically, a recent Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely voters found:

38% think Biden is suffering dementia … the breakdown: 66% of GOP, 30% of Independents, 20% of Dems

48% do not think Biden is  suffering dementia …  apparently, they think either (1) he’s sharp as a tack, or (2) he’s just “Joe being Joe”, or (3) there’s no dementia, he just started long ago at a low base

14% said they didn’t know or were unsure …  or were, themselves hopelessly confused.

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Drilling down on the survey’s results….

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July 1: Key NATIONAL & STATES Data

July 1, 2020

> 41,556 New Cases
> 7-day average 39,750 

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WSJ

Confirmed cases have spiked upwards, mostly in Southern & Western states. The majority of the uptick is in the under 45 age group.  Some of the under 45s require hospitalization, but relatively few die (compared to the elderly death rate).

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751 Daily New Deaths Worldometer
> 7-day average 646
> Peaked on April 21

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Cumulative Deaths 
130,109 Worldometer
190,187 by Oct 1 @ current 7-day M.A.

IHME Model Cume US Death Projection:
175,168 by Oct 1 DOWN 3,938 on June 29

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Key States Data

> 10 states reporting 23 or more new deaths 

> Note high per capita DNDs in NJ, AZ and LA

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