Everyone has given up on social distancing around where I live it seems and it looks like that’s the case everywhere
I’m in TX and it seems like everyone thinks the virus is gone now that stuff is opening back up smh 🤦♂️🤦♂️ going out just to go out
Everyone has given up on social distancing around where I live it seems and it looks like that’s the case everywhere
Yup I’m in TX and people are being reckless af rn I’m terrified
My dad played poker with friends last night
My mom and little brother have health conditions I need my dad to take it more serious but he doesn’t listen
That’s preferable to getting cock slapped on the first wave and not even being close to a country wide downturn before entering the second
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
Do we really need people to have a few weeks outside to reconfirm that it was a mistake in the first place
Just delaying the inevitable
its what happens when you have idiots running governments and idiots who trust facebook over science
Go out there and catch the virus and live if you think its weak s*** then p****
right
You got bigger problems than 1200 bro
I was in school last yr and I got a great new job last month, so no I don't
I was in school last yr and I got a great new job last month, so no I don't
Maybe you should’ve posted this and not “I made under 10k”
Hope you can see the difference in those two sentiments
Everyone has given up on social distancing around where I live it seems and it looks like that’s the case everywhere
Not Virginia we got strict guidelines and our governor is playing his cards right
Let me put you guys on to one of my favorite statistics for measuring the health of a country/state, how it's being impacted by COVID-19, and how they're responding to it: percentage of positive tests.
When a country is first testing for coronavirus, what inevitably happens is that the most infirm get tested first, resulting in the highest fatality rates and the highest percentages of positive tests. Over time, as the general population is tested more frequently, more mild cases and negative results show up in the data.
Here is the percentage of negative results in some countries that have been praised for how well they've handled the pandemic:
Australia: 1.1%
South Korea: 1.7%
Finland: 5.1%
Germany 6.5%
Compare those figures to some countries that have been hammered by the virus:
Italy: 9.9%
Spain: 16.1%
UK: 16.1%
USA: 16.7%
It's pretty clear that early, aggressive efforts to test and isolate reveal better results in the short term. Now, how are some individual states doing? The numbers may surprise you, and I'll tell you why folks in California should not be getting frustrated by the static figures we're seeing right now.
So, first off, let's talk about New York. Their current percentage of positive tests is terrible and the main reason why the USA's is so bad as a whole: 33.2%. That's abysmal, one of the worst in the world. Every third person who gets tested there pulls up a positive result.
However, we've been told that New York is doing better. And they are, even if they're still not where they should be. They've conducted over 350,000 tests in the last 2 weeks, but only pulled in around 75,000 of their 319,000 positives. So their number has dropped to 21% in that stretch. It's still bad, but clearly an improvement.
Now, let's do California. People were s***ting on their testing early in the month, and rightfully so. Despite all their efforts to isolate, they still brought in positives 11.3% of the time just two weeks ago.
However, we've been reporting 20,000-30,000 tests a day for the past week, which is fantastic. Our new number? 7.6% since the start of the pandemic and 6.4% over the last two weeks, even lower than Germany's. Our number of positives has been only slightly above what we were seeing three weeks ago, but we're testing like crazy now. That's great news.
Finally, here are some states that you wouldn't think of as being highly impacted by the pandemic and their percentage of positive tests:
Utah: 4.2%
Oregon: 4.3%
Tennessee: 6.5%
Washington: 8%
And some other states that are hotspots:
Louisiana: 16.9%
Pennsylvania: 21.6%
Massachusetts: 22.2%
New Jersey: 47.5%
So I'll say to all the protesters whining about not being able to go to the beach: chill out. Things are improving, even if you have to break out the calculator for a second to put a number to it. Crazy to me that California has a lower percentage of positive tests coming in than Washington, but that is a testament to how well we've handled this.
Source on this was a mix of worldometers and covidtracking.
Maybe you should’ve posted this and not “I made under 10k”
Hope you can see the difference in those two sentiments
Fair, but I did make under 10k in 2019
On a side note,
"Missouri Governor Says Concerts Can Resume Monday"
billboard.com/articles/business/9368428/missouri-concerts-resume-may-4-coronavirus
Our city has been swamped since they opened back up the beaches
Southern Alabama is going to get f***ing obliterated man. Give us some thoughts y’all
Our city has been swamped since they opened back up the beaches
Southern Alabama is going to get f***ing obliterated man. Give us some thoughts y’all
RIP