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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

October 7, 2020 05:04 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Lacey


I follow Trump on Twitter and saw this and was laughing about it. You may wonder why I follow him, but I always figure you might as well witness his train-wreck in real-time. There is no doubt in my mind that Trump is the single largest purveyor of misinformation about COVID. He has the disingenuousness to call it no worse than the flu after just receiving state-of-the-art care for the same illness. Unbelievable.
Here's a picture of yet another Republican senator on a flight, without a mask on. The flight attendant had to as him twice to put it on properly...
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/519877-us-senator-took-off-mask-repeatedly-on-flight-he
Reminds me of two swinging-a-dick Trumptoids full-throttle at Costco yesterday, each wearing their masks with their noses exposed. One of 'em was about 6'8", similar in size but in much better shape than Trump's ex-campaign manager who was taken down by Florida police the other week. The only world they see is the world that ends at the tip of their exposed to covid noses...

October 8, 2020 02:26 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer


No doubt as soon as the left actually negotiates in good faith which they WILL NOT do until after the election he should have kicked the stimulus to the curb.....sorry but pelosi and the others were making ridiculous demands.....
"Aides on Capitol Hill similarly had no idea where, exactly, the President sits on stimulus at this moment."
Yup, it's all Pelosi's fault. His aides ought to be reading Greg on the astromart...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/politics/stimulus-negotiations-latest/index.html

October 8, 2020 04:08 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

Can't answer because there is no such thing as HIS 110 page manifesto.
There has to be. It's from Rich Davis...

October 8, 2020 04:41 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
Donny has left the residence, breaking quarantine, and is now in the oval office shedding coronavirus on anyone there who is left standing. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZVnbDq9B4

October 9, 2020 07:48 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
"The latest poll from Trump’s favorite pollster is very bad news for him"
Even Rasmussen has Biden beating him in a landslide."

https://www.vox.com/2020/10/7/21506391/rasmussen-poll-biden-vs-trump-landslide

December 5, 2020 01:42 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

It wasn't just Rich who was as wrong as can be.  Consider my naïve post from early April above.  the graph supporting that post is reproduced at the top in the image below.  It is also the portion in the red box of the lower chart, from today.  "I think we are very close to or at the peak number of infections per day"  Wow, that was spectacularly wrong...
Jim, You're a lawyer; not an epidemiologist. Don't worry about it. Continue bashing Rich's butt like the rest of us... 

December 5, 2020 01:49 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Lacey


North Texas is shutting down again since we have been over 7 days in a row with COVID hospitalization exceeding 15% capacity. The Thanksgiving surge hasn't even had time to get started yet. It's going to be a bumpy ride this winter for sure.
Yeah, everybody's talking about the hospitalization rates(except Republicans) but what about Rich's death rate complaints? "America’s failures have led to a new daily record in Covid-19 deaths"
"The number of daily Covid-19 deaths in the US is now about the same as the number of people who died on 9/11."
https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/2020/12/3/22150299/us-covid-19-deaths-yesterday-record-9-11

January 28, 2021 04:30 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

States like CA that fully support lock downs and so on are in dramatic decline - but other states that have waived off all but the most cursory social measures to combat the virus are in free fall.  https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states/south-dakota

Is this cause for optimism?  Where is Russ with his bucket of cold water?    Jim
What we're seeing is post-holiday surge of cases petering out. That's been expected so no surprises there. For red states, I focus on two: Idaho and Utah. The former is home to the anti-masker movement and "retired" ex police and fire who are there because their pensions, "disability" and otherwise, aren't taxed and they're redneck Republicans. Utah is arguably the most conservative state in the country. Both states have been hammered with covid cases and deaths relative to their populations. If behavioral characteristics are noteworthy, these two states are the ones to watch...

January 28, 2021 05:05 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

Let's look at Idaho and Utah - If these states are poster children for how not to do it - I'm going to get really optimistic.  Idaho's infection rate is in free fall.  Utah is way down.  Both from peaks well before the holidays.  Also, their hospital and ICU availability looks good.  My guess is that there is more going on than any holiday surge petering out.  In both states the rise to a peak started and marched inexorably up up up from September.  Now it is going down fast.  All graphs from Johns Hopkins.

Jim
I keep looking at daily trends, First, Utah:  "Another 2,009 COVID-19 cases and seven additional deaths were reported Wednesday by the Utah Department of Health.
There have been 340,684 positive cases in the state since the pandemic began last March and just under 2 million people have been tested for the virus in the state, including 10,156 since Tuesday. The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 1,758 per day and 18.44% for percent of positive laboratory tests." That's not reason to be optimistic.
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/1/27/22252903/coronavirus-state-covid-19-toll-sees-2000-new-cases-seven-deaths-new-salt-lake-mobile-clinic
Idaho: The positivity rate in Idaho led the country in October. I believe that to be a consequence of their lifestyle. Here's an explanation for the current decline in cases from a pathologist in Idaho: https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/idaho-how-covid-19-cases-are-dropping/277-5b3b5a62-600f-42c3-b8b3-9a1af8034c93

January 31, 2021 12:08 AM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

The Idaho pathologist's outlook is exceptionally optimistic.  Let's hope these declines continue for whatever reason.

One interesting take-away from the John's Hopkins data - you Californians need to build some more hospitals or continue to shed people.  I think that part of the difference between you and Russ's more pessimistic outlook and my less pessimistic outlook might be based in where we reside.  Or preside.  Or whatever... cool

Jim
I was wondering why S Dakota's cases showed an appreciable drop given their governor and anti masker attitude. Answer: they under-reported 60% of their cases!

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