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Lord Jim wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:03 pm

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How America has the world's biggest and fastest growing coronavirus outbreak: New US virus cases- per-day overtake Italy and are higher than China ever admitted

New figures reveal that coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States are outpacing both Italy and China
The US now has more cases of COVID-19 - 92,000 infections - than any other country, as well as 1,300 deaths
Italy has the second highest number of cases at 86,498 and China has the third highest with 81,430
A total of 12 states have already surpassed 1,500 cases each - no area outside Hubei in China reached that
New York's death toll is doubling nearly every 1.5 days compared to the worst-hit region of Italy, Lombardy, which saw a doubling every three days
At the peak of China's outbreak, officials recorded 3,892 new cases compared to the US, which recorded more than 16,000 new cases on March 26
However, some suggest that China has been underreporting the number of cases and deaths
Estimates suggest pandemic will reach all corners of the nation as Trump suggested an Easter lockdown lift



The United States now has the world's biggest and fastest growing coronavirus outbreak with more than 92,000 confirmed cases across the country..

America is now recording more new coronavirus cases per day than anywhere else in the world, although Italy has a higher fatality rate. Italy has recorded the second most total coronavirus cases at 86,498 - 9,134 of them fatal - - and China is in third with 81,340.

And the rate of spread in America - 16,819 new cases yesterday alone - suggests that the peak of the outbreak is still weeks away.

New York City has become the new epicenter of the global pandemic. On Friday, the city recorded 519 deaths, up from 365 deaths on Thursday which is a rate faster than cities such as Madrid and Lombardy, Italy's worst-hit region.


New York alone recorded 6,103 cases on Thursday - just behind Italy, which had 6,203 cases yesterday.

The Big Apple has the fastest growing death rate, with the death toll doubling nearly every 1.5 days. By comparison, Lombardy saw a doubling every three days.

Italy's older population means its fatality rate is 10.19 percent, much higher than America's 1.5 percent fatality rate.

However, the number of cases being recorded every day in America now far exceeds the number of cases that China ever admitted to at the peak of the outbreak despite China's larger population. However there are suspicions that China has been covering up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak from the start.

The higher number of cases per day in America could also be due to the large number of tests being carried out in New York state - which is about 25 percent of all test being performed in the US.

The figures seem to indicate the pandemic will reach all corners of the nation even as President Donald Trump repeated his calls to see the lockdown lifted by Easter Sunday, April 12.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... Italy.html

That along with the three drug trial in New York should play a big part in restoring things to normal.

Trump considering 'enforceable quarantine' for N.Y., parts of N. J. and Connecticut

"I don’t know how that could be legally enforceable,” New York Gov. Cuomo said, adding, “I don’t even like the sound of it.”

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was considering an "enforceable quarantine" in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area due to the coronavirus outbreak, saying the decision could come as soon as later in the day.

“Some people would like to see New York quarantined because its a hot spot. New York, New Jersey, maybe one or two other places. Certain parts of Connecticut quarantined,” Trump said as he left the White House en route of Norfolk, Va. to see off the USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship that is headed to New York to provide extra hospital space to help fight the outbreak.

"I am thinking about that right now. We might not have to do it but there’s a possibility that sometime today we’ll do a quarantine, short term, two weeks, on New York. Probably New Jersey, certain parts of Connecticut," Trump continued.

Trump said that he had spoken with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier Saturday morning about the coronavirus and said that the enforceable quarantine would include travel restrictions to limit people from the New York area spreading the virus to other parts of the country.

“Restrict travel because they are having problems down in Florida. A lot of New Yorkers going down, we don’t want that," Trump told reporters.

Some cities and states have already called for residents to shelter in place and it is unclear how a federal mandate would work and how it would be enforced.

"I’d rather not do it, but we may need it,” Trump said.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he talked to Trump Saturday morning and a quarantine was not addressed.

“I didn’t speak to him about any quarantine,” Cuomo said. “I don’t even know what that means.”

"I don’t know how that could be legally enforceable,” Cuomo continued, adding “I don’t even like the sound of it.”

The United States now has the world's biggest and fastest growing coronavirus outbreak with more than 92,000 confirmed cases across the country..

Lord Jim wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:29 pm

I will be absolutely delighted if any or all of these pan out and pass through clinical trials and into mass production. If it turns out they can help a percentage of those who are sick to recover, they will be saving lives and freeing up bed space and care resources for new patients coming in to replace them when they are discharged.

Darren wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:10 pm

Lord Jim wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:03 pm

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Spread the word, quell the panic. That along with the three drug trial in New York should play a big part in restoring things to normal.

liberty wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:15 pm

Darren wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:10 pm

Lord Jim wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:03 pm

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Spread the word, quell the panic. That along with the three drug trial in New York should play a big part in restoring things to normal.

I am sorry Darren if you lose your business. But we should not relax our guard until we see infection rates go way down.

Trump backs off quarantine of New York area in favor of 'strong' travel advisory

Facing strong resistance from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said a quarantine would be a "federal declaration of war" on the states, the president said instead he has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a "strong" travel advisory.

"On the recommendation of the White House CoronaVirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor’s [sic] of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I have asked the @CDCgov to issue a strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the Federal Government. A quarantine will not be necessary," Trump said Saturday evening in a pair of tweets. "Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you!"

But while the virus does not select for party affiliation, contrasting emergency responses at the state and local levels have split dramatically along partisan lines.

States with Democratic governors have been quicker to declare emergencies, close schools, shutter non-essential businesses and impose limits on bars and restaurants, according to data collected by the Kaiser Foundation. Fifteen of 21 states to have issued stay-at-home orders have Democratic governors.

States with Republican governors, meanwhile, have been less eager to ask businesses to close, and more likely to downplay the threat. “Go to the grocery stores. For crying out loud, go to the grocery stores,” Governor Jim Justice of West Virginia told residents on 16 March. “If you want to go to Bob Evans and eat, go to Bob Evans and eat.”

The night before, Oklahoma’s Governor Kevin Stitt tweeted a picture of himself and his two sons at a restaurant, boasting: “It’s packed tonight.” The tweet was later deleted.

The divergence in state responses to coronavirus does not cleanly split along the red-blue line, with Republican governors in states such as Ohio and Maryland among the most proactive in responding to the threat, said University of Southern California professor Manuel Pastor.

“It’s more like the rational states versus the Trump Republican states,” Pastor said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... approaches