Monday, March 30
Behind Trump’s Reversal on Reopening the Country: 2 Sets of Numbers
“But there was another set of numbers that also helped persuade Mr. Trump to shift gears on Sunday and abandon his goal of restoring normal life by Easter. Political advisers described for him polling that showed that voters overwhelmingly preferred to keep containment measures in place over sending people back to work prematurely.”
Sunday, March 29
Trump extends federal social distancing guidelines to April 30
America’s terrible, growing coronavirus death toll makes Trump accept reality
I refuse to be a burden on my family or health-care providers. So I’m staying home.
You can be perfect 99.9% but that 0.1% could KILL YOU!
So…
How the Pandemic Will End
This may be why Trump chose Easter?
THIS:
Italian priest dies of coronavirus after giving up his ventilator to help others
The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
“Of all the medical care that will have to be rationed, the most problematic will be mechanical ventilation. Several countries, but not the United States, have already experienced a shortage of ventilators. Acute care hospitals in the United States currently have about 62,000 full-function ventilators and about 98,000 basic ventilators, with an additional 8900 in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Strategic National Stockpile.1 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 2.4 million to 21 million Americans will require hospitalization during the pandemic, and the experience in Italy has been that about 10 to 25% of hospitalized patients will require ventilation, in some cases for several weeks.2 On the basis of these estimates, the number of patients needing ventilation could range between 1.4 and 31 patients per ventilator. Whether it will be necessary to ration ventilators will depend on the pace of the pandemic and how many patients need ventilation at the same time, but many analysts warn that the risk is high.3 “
United States Resource Availability for COVID-19
Estimates of hospitalized patients requiring critical care and mechanical ventilation:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimated in 2005 that 865,000 U.S. residents would be hospitalized during a moderate pandemic (as in the 1957 and 1968 influenza pandemics) and 9.9 million during a severe pandemic (as in the 1918 influenza pandemic).16 A recent AHA webinar on COVID-19 projected that 30% (96 million) of the U.S. population will test positive, with 5% (4.8 million) being hospitalized. Of the hospitalized patients, 40% (1.9 million) would be admitted to the ICU, and 50% of the ICU admissions (960,000) would require ventilatory support.17 Such projections, however, are gross estimates. Some assumptions underlying these projections are uncertain, and the pacing of a large outbreak would influence whether ICU resources in isolated locations or nationally are severely taxed over many months or quickly overwhelmed over a shorter period. Additionally, COVID-19 patients may remain mechanically ventilated for indeterminate periods of time, with some developing prolonged or chronic critical illness requiring the extended use of ICU beds, ventilators, supplies, and trained clinicians.
BUT
Supply of mechanical ventilators in U.S. acute care hospitals: Based on a 2009 survey of AHA hospitals, U.S. acute care hospitals are estimated to own approximately 62,000 full-featured mechanical ventilators.10,11 Approximately 46% of these can be used to ventilate pediatric and neonatal patients. Additionally, some hospitals keep older models for emergency purposes. Older models, which are not full featured but may provide basic functions, add an additional 98,738 ventilators to the U.S. supply.10 The older devices include 22,976 noninvasive ventilators, 32,668 automatic resuscitators, and 8567 continuous positive airway pressure units.
SO
960,000 – 62,000 = 898,00 NEEDED VENTILATORS
BUT THIS:
Will Mardi Gras turn out to be a repeat of 1918 Philadelphia?
Louisiana may be experiencing the world’s fastest growth in new cases. Medical experts said Mardi Gras might have accelerated the crisis.
Philadelphia you ask?
How U.S. Cities Tried to Halt the Spread of the 1918 Spanish Flu
5 lessons on social distancing from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
One Man! Wilmer Krusen
What happens if parades aren’t canceled during pandemics? Philadelphia found out in 1918, with disastrous results.
“If the people are careless, thousands of cases may develop and the epidemic may get beyond control,” the city’s health commissioner, Wilmer Krusen, said in the 1918 article, according to the Philly Voice.
He was the same person who, just a day earlier, allowed to go forward what is now known as the deadliest parade in American history. In doing so, he ignored the advice of medical professionals who urged him to cancel the parade or risk an epidemic.
Within three days, every bed in the city’s 31 hospitals was filled. There were thousands of influenza patients.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/12/pandemic-parade-flu-coronavirus/
Philadelphia buried their dead with steam shovels:
Philadelphia Threw a WWI Parade That Gave Thousands of Onlookers the Flu
NOW?
Fox News anchors fail to challenge Trump as he misleads during coronavirus town hal
Fox News Dragged for Coronavirus Interview With Trump: ‘Complete Waste of Time’
Trump just gave a disastrous coronavirus town hall full of misinformation that could kill thousands
I simul-tweeted it
https://twitter.com/aeis17/status/1242873263275073539
https://limbaugh2020.com/foxnews-is-the-reason-donald-trump-may-end-up-getting-someone-killed/
https://limbaugh2020.com/coronavirus-is-not-the-flu-and-stop-the-obama-swine-flu-lies/
https://limbaugh2020.com/the-coronavirus-situation-is-the-climate-change-debate-in-real-time/
https://limbaugh2020.com/the-only-thing-we-have-to-fear-is-fear-itself-the-limbaugh-new-deal/
Transcript:
Donald Trump Coronavirus Town Hall Transcript March 24: Trump Wants to Restart the Economy by Easter
This sentence should terrify everyone!
“Bill, somehow the word got out that this is the thing we’re supposed to be doing.”
The FOXNews Townhall:
https://limbaugh2020.com/i-am-mad-as-hell-donald-trump-the-numbers-being-reported-are-people/
