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captain queeg

(10,209 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:18 PM Mar 2020

We'll be up to 100,000 infections in the US by Thursday.

The shelter in place orders are going to take awhile to have an effect. Once the hospitals are overwhelmed our death rate will start looking like those in Europe. I have a brother who is a retired ER doc I talked to today. I asked him if they’ve called him for emergency service. He said yes but he’s 69 and his wife has several pre existing conditions so he said no way. He sounded pretty discouraged by the whole affair.

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We'll be up to 100,000 infections in the US by Thursday. (Original Post) captain queeg Mar 2020 OP

By my calculations over 1000 deaths by Thursday. nt doc03 Mar 2020 #1

WRONG Iwasthere Mar 2020 #2

Some scientific type said the Corona Virus death toll procon Mar 2020 #3

doc03

(35,351 posts)

1. By my calculations over 1000 deaths by Thursday. nt

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Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:20 PM

Mar 2020

Iwasthere

(3,168 posts)

2. WRONG

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:24 PM

Mar 2020

The infections are already many, many times that number. Without testing we have no idea what they really are. He's still determined to keep the numbers under wrap.

procon

(15,805 posts)

3. Some scientific type said the Corona Virus death toll

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 07:08 PM

Mar 2020

is expected to double every 2-3 days. I suspect it will be worse in those states is that parroted Trump's stupid denials, squandering weeks of time that would have saved lives.

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