re: Covid-19 in Georgia: The Second Wave

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My lungs aren't a problem. Weed isn't like cigarettes. Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps were both potheads. Those legends never suffered from diminished lung capacity and neither do I.

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I really hope you don't believe that. It might not be a carcinogen but inhaling something foreign into your lungs isn't good for your lungs. Switch to edibles.

Update-

The daily new hospitalizations definitely passed a peak, hopefully it won't be a double-peak event. The 7 day moving average this week is 33% lower than the week before, which was lower than the week before that. So while the number is still high, the trend is aiming lower. This is for Georgia only. I don't follow other states or countries.

I also did some demo splits.

did you know-

Georgians under 30 account for 33% of all positive tests, but only account for .008 of the deaths?

The mortality rate for those under 30 is .00048, or expressed as a percentage, .048% mortality. Less than one half of one-tenth of one percent.

And that's not even considering the untold thousands of people under 30 who got CV but never tested. The real mortality rate is, as we already know, much lower.

So anyone who wonders why so many young people don't GAF and want school, bars, football, etc.... now you have the numbers and the numbers support their wishes.

Science!

Just spitballing here, but is there a possibility its a weird space/beds ratio that doesn’t allow them to “safely” use all of the available beds due to an inability to just shove all the Covid folks is a smaller area and leave the rest of the space for other types of conditions? I’m not in the medical profession and have zero knowledge of the logistics, but wonder if some weird arse social distancing mandate inside hospital patient areas is part of the problem.

The hospital overcrowded thing stinks to high heaven. I'll tell you why, in brief.

In April they all said they were overwhelmed.

For the last month, daily new hospitalizations have been more than double the April numbers.

Yet here they are saying they are getting overwhelmed again.

They were either lying then or lying now or both.

By the way, "diverting" is a normal hospital practice, it didn't just start with CV.

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In April they all said they were overwhelmed.

For the last month, daily new hospitalizations have been more than double the April numbers.

Yet here they are saying they are getting overwhelmed again.

They were either lying then or lying now or both.

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So I do recall the April cries for help, which I think was the hospitals trying to make people aware that there would be an issue if it didn’t slow down. I asked my wife and she said her doctors were not really concerned in April and that’s pretty much what I recall from then. They weren’t warning their staff. They definitely are concerned now. Those who said they were full in April were not being honest, I would agree.

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By the way, "diverting" is a normal hospital practice, it didn't just start with CV.

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I understand this. But they were not having to divert COVID patients until just recently and it’s not just ours that has the issue. If you’ll recall, I mentioned last week that the 15 other closest hospitals equipped to handle COVID were also diverting those patients. So....if you get COVID right now in Athens and you draw the short straw and are one of the ones who needs intervention, you may be shite out of luck.

New, I asked about whether this had to do with the lack of specialized beds or lack of beds in general and she believes it is a combination of specialized beds and the staff necessary to treat these folks. They don’t have enough of either, which is something I think we’ve known for a while. Again, just a PSA. Take whatever preventative measures you’re comfortable with and do your best to stay well for the time being.

My mom just tested positive for the Rona and I just spent the weekend at my parents house. My dad and I just got tested today. I think I'll have the results by Wednesday. My dad says he's feeling a little off today and my throat is a little scratchy. I think I got it.

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Good luck to all three of you. If you are interested in monitoring your blood oxygen level there is a pulse oximeter smartphone app available. I haven't tried it though

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Thanks, i'm not too worried about it though. My mom is doing quite well. But I do love how I didn't make a single political statement in my post, yet I was still downvoted.

July 27 high point of 297 daily new hospitalizations (7 day average).

Three straight weeks of declines.

We're looking good folks.

What concerns me is that we had this second wave in the heat of summer, when all the experts left and right said it would basically be dormant and any second wave would be in the fall. This summer wave came before any schools were back in session. Most offices are still locked down with people working from home. At least half the GA population is still wearing masks when they go out, and it's policy at every grocery store and most other businesses. Hand sanitizer all over the place.

But coronavirus didn't give a frick.

I sent my kids back to school because the risks to them are minuscule and my youngest is autistic and needs the face to face instruction. A week in and the little guy gets an ear infection, and now all three kids have to have a negative test before they can return to school and I can’t go back to work until negative test results are provided to my employer...long story short, I didn’t consider the inconvenience to my livelihood when I sent them back to school. Now I have to consider pulling them back home for the semester, if I can.