@cjsummers : Except IT'S NOT THE FLU.

@AnneMarie :
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@cjsummers : If I order 100 burgers it's going to overwhelm. You're guilty of what you accuse me of. Your flu stats aren't relevant. Why do you continue to spout GOP talking points?

a person using McDonalds quarter pounders as her great analogy is criticizing someone who is using another viral borne disease in his? It's official, we're in bizzarro world.

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@cjsummers : Because I have close friends and family who are frontline healthcare workers working in Chicago, New York and Seattle and they are SEEING first hand what this virus is doing to patients. They are working double shifts, forgoing time off, isolating from family so they can treat patients. I believe them over you. And the president.

"Models are models," she said. "When people start talking about 20% of a population getting infected, it's very scary, but we don't have data that matches that based on our experience."
She said the media should not "make the implication that when they need a hospital bed it's not going to be there, or a ventilator, it's not going to be there, we don't have evidence of that."
"It's our job collectively to assure the American people," she also said. "There is no model right now -- no reality on the ground where we can see that 60% to 70% of Americans are going to get infected in the next eight to 12 weeks. I want to be clear about that." -Dr. Deborah Birxwww.realclearpolitic s.com/video/2020/03/ 26/dr_birx_coronavir us_data_doesnt_emphasis mine

Since the first U.S. case of the new coronavirus was reported on Jan. 20 in Washington state, more than 100,000 people have been diagnosed, with clusters around New York City, Seattle and in California. At least 1,628 people have died. American health officials have identified multiple people with Covid-19, as the infection is called, without known ties to other outbreaks or patients-a sign the virus is transmitting person-to-person. A lack of testing has hamstrung health workers' efforts to track the infection.
Country and territory
Confirmed
Deaths
Recoveries
United States
104,671
1,716
2,387
Italy
86,498
9,134
10,950
China
81,394
3,295
74,971
Spain
72,248
5,694
12,285
Germany
54,334
401
4,107
Iran
35,408
2,517
11,679
France
32,964
1,995
5,700
United Kingdom
14,590
760
140
Switzerland
13,377
242
1,524
Netherlands
9,806
640
-
South Korea
9,478
144
4,811
Belgium
9,134
353
1,063
Austria
7,898
68
225
Turkey
5,698
92
42
Portugal
5,170
100
43
Canada
4,734
55
353
Norway
3,963
20
-
Australia
3,636
14
224
Brazil
3,477
93
6
Israel
3,460
12
89
Sweden
3,079
106
18
Czech Republic
2,422
9
11
Malaysia
2,320
27
320
Denmark
2,199
52
-
Ireland
2,121
22
5
Ecuador
1,627
41
3
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Health authorities in Spain have just said they believe they are approaching the peak of new cases in Spain.

A healthcare worker friend posted this on FB last night.. She's on a COVID-19 unit at Rush in Chicago."Last night, HCWs were given notice that at the beginning of each shift we will be issued only one surgical mask on Covid Units and ICUs. A n95 mask will be issued only if procedures such as intubation that could aerosolize the virus will be performed. Physicians, ICU RNs, and Respiratory Therapists are only issued one n95 mask to be worn throughout the whole shift despite having to possibly intubate multiple patients during that shift. Only changed if visibly soiled they say as we fight against this deadly invisible infectious enemy.I was ready to go to battle for my organization but we keep getting hit with PPE Conservation tactics that makes me wonder if risking my own life is worth it. Every HCW across the nation is going through this crisis right now. Some now having to use plastic garbage bags as gowns and brown paper bags as face shields. It's a every man or woman for themselves mentality but we are ALL going through this together, right? We should feel protected by our government and our hospitals that we have dedicated our lives to. The hospital is our second homes, but now we don't feel safe in it.We have not even hit the Big Surge yet here even with our now 3 units (32 beds each) and 2 ICUs (28 beds) converted to dedicated Covid 19 patients practically full since Wednesday night. OR Rooms have now been converted to ICUs, ER expanded to accommodate over 200 patients and by this weekend, each Covid room will allow for double occupancy.My organization could do all this and yet why do I on the frontline feel unprepared? This is an assault against all HCWs across the nation. Our government is physically harming the very people who are to save lives.If we stand a fighting chance, shut it all down. Stop all the movement that is still allowed. Chicago Mayor's Office
Governor JB Pritzker
Senator Dick Durbin
Senator Tammy Duckworth#covid19 #stayhomesavelives #coronavirus #findmePPE #findusPPE"

I get that some folks still bring up the number of flu cases and flu deaths. The fact to remember, is that hospitals were already getting hit with flu cases, but not overwhelmed, able to handle the load; but when you add in the COVID cases. Now you're talking overwhelmed to the max. Plus, we had had flu viruses for how many years? And how many vaccines do we have for flu viruses? And we always see the push from the medical world to get flu shots starting in September. No such vaccine or shot for COVID exists. Apples and oranges, in my opinion.