So what have you stocked up on for the quarentine?

@questionWeaver

Yes, we need our sense of humor

@questionWeaver what do you think of this statement?

@TexChik the testing has messed up the ability to analyze the data ... but it has not skewed facts ... the facts are people are getting sick, some are going to ICU and too many are dying.

We can backfigure from deaths to see our ratio of deaths to cases ... is real real real real low

More cases only lowers it.

The key number to focus on, is # of cases per million people (around 100 at the moment ... Italy is at 1,200 heading towards 2,000)

That will be the measure of success and failure

@questionWeaver I read where less than 10% tested( due to symptoms) actually tested positive

@TexChik correct on the 10% ... I have no idea what this testing is supposed to accomplish ... it is just identifying well sick people.

The only "cases" we are interested in ... are the ones with symptoms severe enough that drive people to go to ER .... the rest are irrelevant.

@questionWeaver the fibrosis in the lungs as a result of the virus is concerning . Now quinine and Azithromycin( z-pack) combined seem to prevent that . Another theory is that the virus doesn’t proliferate in the equatorial zones because the use of anti malarial meds ( Quinine) is high in those areas

@TexChik yes ... read up on that ... quite interesting


And this is not a powerhouse virus ... in two weeks it will begin its path to go away

@questionWeaver 80’s hit tomorrow

@TexChik excellent