Will he say anything that makes it more rather than less likely that he wins a second term? He may be falling into a big hole. Will his shtick even last until the Republican convention in late August? He'll be blaming Hillary Clinton or George Soros next, or perhaps the whole of the UN, or China, or NATO. I'm biased. I'd like to hear from a soft Trumper.
Interesting how he says "false" rather than "fake". He sounds like he's trying to grow up or at least give the impression.
Can't help with the soft trumper, I'm afraid.
It depends on the chosen denominator.
Depending on how it is used or reported, it could be a false - if you mean inaccurate - number. Because it is based on detected cases, and the vast majority of cases will not be detected. I think we can rely on our hysterical media and broadcasters to exaggerate by taking the worst possible scenario quoted (ie upper bound) and making it a headline, and various to attack the Govt on the basis of assuming that is fact.
Consider that China has had 80k cases and 3000 deaths out of a population of 1.4 billion. Which - really and assuming reliable stats etc - is not that many.
On that basis the number of deaths in the UK will be a small fraction of annual deaths from flu.
Italy got its first case of corona on February 20th. It now has 2546 cases, with 160 recovered, and 79 deaths.
Singapore got its first case of corona on January 21st (a month EARLIER). It now has 112 cases, with 78 recovered, and zero deaths
A startling contrast.
Your Italy figures don't have today yet. 3,089 cases, 107 deaths.
Grim
3.4%
Gosh, it is, isn't it?
Italy must be a week or two from a total seizure of its health service. We will be able to watch in real-time. Unless we have our own by then, and cannot spare time to watch anyone else.
Even though it looks like containment has finally fallen in London, we've bought a crucial few weeks. As we see Italy's health system go under (remember, 10% of their medics are out of action in Lombardy with coronavirus), it will cause a change of behaviour over here, which should lower our R0.
Let's hope so
Again I salute the bravery of doctors and nurses, like foxy. They will be the front line. It won't be fun.
I know a few doctors out there who are saying very similar stuff, and are very frustrated because they can't get their patients tested, despite them having all the symptoms, and not having the flu.
It's truly a disgrace of a system for what is still the world's most powerful country. Sanders' almost religious fury is absolutely right on the injustice of this - to this extent at least he "gets it".
He has, like many politicians, correctly identified the problem but not the solution.
“Medicare For All” sounds great on a poster, but tort reform, patent reform, banning TV ads for prescription drugs and allowing Medicare to negotiate prices will actually work to give better results.
Use the same technique for political ads which have the same problem, but tax them on a curve, so the more is spent on a candidate, the more tax they pay per ad.
Be an interesting court case for someone tomorrow.
Contractual lien for unpaid landing charges.
Probably leased planes though. Lots of interesting issues for fees to be earned on.
I have on my shelves The Scottish Students' Songbook of 1891 which includes a ditty entitled "Give a Fee (a song for young Advocates)". Do you know it?
O listen of Scotch and Civil Law Doctors all, Solicitors, Agents, Accountants, to me; O listen, of strifes and of lawsuit concoctors all, And give to a poor starving lawyer a fee,
Give a fee, Give a fee, Give a fee! O give to a poor starving lawyer a fee.
The soldier and sailor they dash on and splash on, And, sure of their pay, scour the land and the sea-, But we peak and pine here, and long, long years pass on, Before our eyes blink at our first guinea fee.
Give a fee, etc.
The Church is an Eden of violets and roses, The Bishop its Adam, from drudgery free; The big burly priest on his soft down reposes, While we must still fag on, and cry, “Give a fee!”
Give a fee, etc.
The quack he sells wholesale his pills universal, And straight waxes richer than sagest M. D.-, But we still must con o’er the same dull rehearsal, And leave one or two old stagers to pocket the fee.
Give a fee, etc.
Here sit I, all frozen; my youth’s glowing visions. See-saw like a Chinese joss or a Turkish Cadi; I seek for no learning beyond the decisions, And my soul’s proud ideal is a bright guinea fee. Give a fee, Give a fee!
Italy got its first case of corona on February 20th. It now has 2546 cases, with 160 recovered, and 79 deaths.
Singapore got its first case of corona on January 21st (a month EARLIER). It now has 112 cases, with 78 recovered, and zero deaths
A startling contrast.
Your Italy figures don't have today yet. 3,089 cases, 107 deaths.
Grim
3.4%
Gosh, it is, isn't it?
Italy must be a week or two from a total seizure of its health service. We will be able to watch in real-time. Unless we have our own by then, and cannot spare time to watch anyone else.
Even though it looks like containment has finally fallen in London, we've bought a crucial few weeks. As we see Italy's health system go under (remember, 10% of their medics are out of action in Lombardy with coronavirus), it will cause a change of behaviour over here, which should lower our R0.
Let's hope so
Again I salute the bravery of doctors and nurses, like foxy. They will be the front line. It won't be fun.
I know a few doctors out there who are saying very similar stuff, and are very frustrated because they can't get their patients tested, despite them having all the symptoms, and not having the flu.
It's truly a disgrace of a system for what is still the world's most powerful country. Sanders' almost religious fury is absolutely right on the injustice of this - to this extent at least he "gets it".
He has, like many politicians, correctly identified the problem but not the solution.
“Medicare For All” sounds great on a poster, but tort reform, patent reform, banning TV ads for prescription drugs and allowing Medicare to negotiate prices will actually work to give better results.
Banning ads would never get through SCOTUS.
Also tort reform has no effect on prices. There are multiple state that have do e tort reform and prices didn't come down, nor even slow their upward trend
Will he say anything that makes it more rather than less likely that he wins a second term? He may be falling into a big hole. Will his shtick even last until the Republican convention in late August? He'll be blaming Hillary Clinton or George Soros next, or perhaps the whole of the UN, or China, or NATO. I'm biased. I'd like to hear from a soft Trumper.
Interesting how he says "false" rather than "fake". He sounds like he's trying to grow up or at least give the impression.
Can't help with the soft trumper, I'm afraid.
It depends on the chosen denominator.
Depending on how it is used or reported, it could be a false - if you mean inaccurate - number. Because it is based on detected cases, and the vast majority of cases will not be detected. I think we can rely on our hysterical media and broadcasters to exaggerate by taking the worst possible scenario quoted (ie upper bound) and making it a headline, and various to attack the Govt on the basis of assuming that is fact.
Consider that China has had 80k cases and 3000 deaths out of a population of 1.4 billion. Which - really and assuming reliable stats etc - is not that many.
On that basis the number of deaths in the UK will be a small fraction of annual deaths from flu.
3000 deaths, that’s a whole “9/11”.
We have a whole "9/11" of road deaths.
Each and every day.
The world accepts that as the price of mobility.
As I said - a small number in the scheme of things.
China has 250k road deaths a year, so it is about 30 hours of road deaths.
Italy got its first case of corona on February 20th. It now has 2546 cases, with 160 recovered, and 79 deaths.
Singapore got its first case of corona on January 21st (a month EARLIER). It now has 112 cases, with 78 recovered, and zero deaths
A startling contrast.
Your Italy figures don't have today yet. 3,089 cases, 107 deaths.
Grim
3.4%
Gosh, it is, isn't it?
Italy must be a week or two from a total seizure of its health service. We will be able to watch in real-time. Unless we have our own by then, and cannot spare time to watch anyone else.
Even though it looks like containment has finally fallen in London, we've bought a crucial few weeks. As we see Italy's health system go under (remember, 10% of their medics are out of action in Lombardy with coronavirus), it will cause a change of behaviour over here, which should lower our R0.
Let's hope so
Again I salute the bravery of doctors and nurses, like foxy. They will be the front line. It won't be fun.
I know a few doctors out there who are saying very similar stuff, and are very frustrated because they can't get their patients tested, despite them having all the symptoms, and not having the flu.
It's truly a disgrace of a system for what is still the world's most powerful country. Sanders' almost religious fury is absolutely right on the injustice of this - to this extent at least he "gets it".
He has, like many politicians, correctly identified the problem but not the solution.
“Medicare For All” sounds great on a poster, but tort reform, patent reform, banning TV ads for prescription drugs and allowing Medicare to negotiate prices will actually work to give better results.
Banning ads would never get through SCOTUS.
Whenever I go to the US, the drug ads are always the biggest cultural WTF.
Yes, the first amendment would stop them being banned outright, but contracts with government purchasers (Medicare, Medicaid) could prohibit marketing directly to the public.
The major issue, and the reason no politician talks about it, is that a massive amount of media revenue is from “Big Pharma”. Even Bernie doesn’t want to upset that apple cart - he talks a lot about the costs of healthcare but never mentions the pervasive adverts.
A question on COVID-19 vs “normal” flu (which most people self misdiagnose).
How much of the difference is likely related to one factor (vaccination of high percentage of at risk groups)? And how much is down to COVID-19 being (presumably) more dangerous for other reasons? Eg. Higher propensity to spread, higher (normalised ie. imagining their was no vaccine for flu) mortality?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year
Yet a hundred people dying in a plane or train crash is headline news.
One thing I do like in the USA is the NTSB reports of fatal road crashes, I don’t see similar reports from other countries.
Use the same technique for political ads which have the same problem, but tax them on a curve, so the more is spent on a candidate, the more tax they pay per ad.
China has 250k road deaths a year, so it is about 30 hours of road deaths.
Not a lot.
Yes, the first amendment would stop them being banned outright, but contracts with government purchasers (Medicare, Medicaid) could prohibit marketing directly to the public.
The major issue, and the reason no politician talks about it, is that a massive amount of media revenue is from “Big Pharma”. Even Bernie doesn’t want to upset that apple cart - he talks a lot about the costs of healthcare but never mentions the pervasive adverts.
Ah, my coat...
How much of the difference is likely related to one factor (vaccination of high percentage of at risk groups)? And how much is down to COVID-19 being (presumably) more dangerous for other reasons? Eg. Higher propensity to spread, higher (normalised ie. imagining their was no vaccine for flu) mortality?
https://unherd.com/2020/03/why-nostalgic-progressives-oppose-bbc-reform/
reluctantly self isolated on medical advice.