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FL positives still high, but Hospitalizations & Deaths increases still flat -- (pic)

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Jun 25 '20, 08:56

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at least not breaking any curves at this point

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This chimes with an article I read that the virus is becoming less virulent, and may in fact peter out, without the need for a vaccine. - Loyola Jun 25, 09:20 3
- Nothing in the post you're replying to suggests that it's becoming less virulent. Hospitalizations are "flat," not decreasing. And really the table - mara Jun 25, 09:25
- That sounds like a controversial opinion. Do you remember the article? -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:22 1
  - I'll have a look. -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 09:24
The people catching/spreading COVID today aren't the most geriatric anymore. They're much younger with less of a need to be hospitalized generally. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:02 11
- So I hope nobody is looking at flat/declining hospitalizations as a sign that your state is "starting to figure it out" or whatever. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:06
- That seems to be the conversation. Which, in the "flattening the curve" conversation, is what was desired. - JaxSean Jun 25, 09:06 9
  - The younger cases may not need much hospitalization but it won't stay contained to them . -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:13 7
    - I keep coming back to: We were told and continue to be told it's going to get 60-70 % of us, so what's wrong with the approach where the non-hospitali - JackDawson Jun 25, 09:14 6
      - It is the 'when it jumps, stop' part that i think won't happen. that's why i don't think letting it go is going to work out. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:17 4
        
        Right, by the time you notice a jump, I’m thinking it might be too late to stop it in time, due to the amount of lag between exposure and symptoms. - znufrii Jun 25, 09:24 2
        
        Has Houston pulled anything back? (I am really asking, I have no idea.) -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:29 1
        
        Doesn't sound like it. Everything that was allowed to reopen in May can still be open. -- (link) - mara Jun 25, 09:35
        
        Yeah. It sounds a lot like trying to time the stock market, which is ultimately a disaster in the end. -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 09:18
      - The problem with the last bit is that you can't isolate the elderly. We've proven it everywhere. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:17
  - You've got some danger areas, though. Lee/Collier County (older populations), for example. - Dark Callisto Jun 25, 09:09

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