meazza

Italy is in a huge crisis as well and given the data they are providing the world, it's the least some countries can do.

That ship is for non-Covid.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/what-are-you-people-doing-new-yorkers-earn-scorn-for-flocking-to-see-navy-hospital-ship/ Facepalm

I agree. I'm assuming that most leaders including the Orange man in chief is prepping for the worst case scenario but that will be the new normal.

We (in Quebec) are also testing at a higher per capita base than anyone in North America (according to the Premier). Whatever the stats show, we will be eventually told to go back to work with the strong anti germ measures that you see in places like Japan.

How strict was it enforced in NJ at the beginning? I live in the downtown area and I immediately noticed that most people were staying home though gradually the restrictions increased.

At the federal level, it wasn't taken seriously but at the provincial level, it was. Personally, I've been taking this seriously since the 1st week of March literally washing my hands everytime I came into contact with something or someone and avoiding people who were sick. That being said, the data is generally a two week lag so if this is the worst in Quebec, we'll be back to work by May 1st.

Vancouver was hit earlier but Montreal/Toronto/Vancouver is not nearly as dense as New York. In Montreal, we have been growing in cases by approximately 300-500 a day and this is after social distancing. Thank you my friend.

We have been in isolation and non essential businesses have been shut down since the 13th including all bars, restaurants, etc. I am taking this very seriously as my wife is pregnant and my mother is 75.

I've argued for a while with friends that perhaps this is overblown but my tune has changed lately. That being said, this shouldn't mean that we are discounting the suicides and financial hardships and the people that are are certainly in a financial position to not care.

Given that everyone in France, Italy and Spain took it for granted until it was too late, he's not wrong to make people a tad more alarmist than necessary just so that people take this seriously.

So then why did Trump extend the guidelines until end of April?

Exactly

It’s not just with trump or his supporters.

Would be nice for once that people would put aside the partisanship given the current crisis.

Is every state run by an Italian or what? Forget about it.

This show has me as captivated if not more than breaking bad.

Which mortality rate ? The German or the rest of the world ?

Seems as though 25-40% can be asymptomatic and can also transmit the virus according to some sites I’ve read.

Sad that the media are going after dr birx. she may not agree with trumps methods but the last thing she can afford is going against him on tv.

https://abbott.mediaroom.com/2020-03-27-Abbott-Launches-Molecular-Point-of-Care-Test-to-Detect-Novel-Coronavirus-in-as-Little-as-Five-Minutes

Amazing how he can't shut the ***** up

and France.

1000 deaths in Italy today. WTF is happening there?

This is why you have a lot of credibility. There will always be those posters who will be cheerleaders and partisan but we already know that. No one turns on Sean Hannity to hear an unbiased perspective.