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D&D and the rising pandemic
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With respect, if it is such then they should not have any issue providing citation.
It is an opinion piece on medium. That's not a great, trustable pedigree.
This is not to say there is not a shortage of Personal Protective Equipment. There is a drastic lack of such, and that is putting people's health at risk. Beyond that (all the stuff about mis-management of the resources that do exist), the piece is personal assertion without support, and so maybe shouldn't be trusted just because it says so.
FrogReaver
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Anyone have numbers on how many new York is testing per day?
Eltab
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When you get caught flat-footed by a disaster - either not ready for the event or not ready for the scale / scope of the event - it is easy to claim The Authorities mismanaged resources, were criminally negligent, are stupid, uncaring, corrupt &c. Such claims are made with every disaster, it seems. They may or may not be true.
Everything has to be somebody’s fault.
abirdcall
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Just read the headline.
18 500 according to Cuomo.
He says that accounts for 25% of tests in the USA which means 75k/day. I've read the USA is working to ramp up to 100k/day.
They are doing more number of tests per day than any other country I believe but are still quite far behind per capita numbers.
Cuomo: New York tests up to more than 18,000 people for COVID19 a day
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that New York is now testing up to 18,650 people for the coronavirus a day.
wbng.com
FrogReaver
The most respectful and polite poster ever
Just read the headline.
18 500 according to Cuomo.
He says that accounts for 25% of tests in the USA which means 75k/day. I've read the USA is working to ramp up to 100k/day.
They are doing more number of tests per day than any other country I believe but are still quite far behind per capita numbers.
Cuomo: New York tests up to more than 18,000 people for COVID19 a day
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that New York is now testing up to 18,650 people for the coronavirus a day.
Thanks. About a week ago New York was having about 25% of tests come back positive from what I've seen. New York's limiting factor on confirmed cases is testing at the moment. New York cases appear to have stabilized about +6000 per day but likely far greater by now - as the testing is what's limiting their detection.
abirdcall
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After a quick Google check I found that the USA has completed roughly 650 000 tests.
Compare that to Canada which has completed 200 000 tests.
Per capita the equivalent to the usa would be 2 000 000 tests. That is 3x times as many per capita.
Per capita for confirmed cases Canada has less than half of the confirmed cases of the USA. Considering there were 3x times as many people tested per capita and you can see how much worse things have gotten in the USA so quickly.
Compare that to Canada which has completed 200 000 tests.
Per capita the equivalent to the usa would be 2 000 000 tests. That is 3x times as many per capita.
Per capita for confirmed cases Canada has less than half of the confirmed cases of the USA. Considering there were 3x times as many people tested per capita and you can see how much worse things have gotten in the USA so quickly.
FrogReaver
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Per capita stops mattering at some point when dealing with exponential growth
abirdcall
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It's a good measure of how effective measures have been though.
It is also an indication of how well an area can cope. The USA's health system will be overrun before Canada's will be for example.
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