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While we do need some equipment, instead of treating the symptoms, we could lock ourselves down and avoid the surge. We saw China stop the problem a month ago.

While we do need some equipment, instead of treating the symptoms, we could lock ourselves down and avoid the surge. We saw China stop the problem a month ago. South Korea seems to have stopped the problem with testing. Buy ourselves a month so we can ramp up testing. The US just past South Korea and France yesterday in covid-19 cases. We have 9400 cases and 150 deaths. By the way, China is reporting no new domestic cases. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.h...

iso947 7y ago
Need both I’m afraid Cases are irelevent - that’s a function of how widespread the tests are. Do more tests, find more cases. Test people with symptoms find more cases. Allow anyone to take a test find less symptoms.
- melling 7y ago
  Yes, South Korea tested themselves out of the problem. We should be able to ramp testing up quickly, much quicker than building ventilators. How long did it take South Korea to control the outbreak? China records no new local cases: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-news.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-news.ht...
huffmsa 7y ago
China didn't just hunker down though. They built out hospital capacity. The US can and should be doing that as well. We've got the most advanced logistics networks the world has ever seen installed on our phones. We've got thousands of young, unlikely to die people who clearly need to be put to work. Time to build and ship hardware like it's WW2. Will blunt the economic impact of this pandemic, and hopefully the pandemic itself.
themaninthedark 7y ago
China destroyed data and tried to cover up when the outbreak first started, now they are kicking journalist out of the country. I would not believe anything they are saying at this point in time.
- fragmede 7y ago
  That's an over reductive view, and throws out the baby with the bathwater. China is not a monolithic entity, and while the CCP has, and exerts a lot of control, it is not omnipotent. The number of cases as reported by China will always be suspect, but we are already seeing some information from China being borne out elsewhere. In particular, Italy has been showing similar numbers as China - Covid-19 is particularly lethal to those over 80, less so in children. There are other bits of information we can learn from them, even if we never believe the number of cases is accurate. As far as the emergency hospital situation and the number of cases in China, I'm sure the US government has been keeping track of the situation via spy satellite. The CCP would never have let the fact that one of the hospitals collapsed escape the country otherwise.
fragmede 7y ago
For every problem there is a solution that is simple, neat—and wrong. -H. L. Mencken We need to lock ourselves down, and some counties in California and elsewhere have already done so. We also need equipment and doctors.

iso947 7y ago

Need both I’m afraid Cases are irelevent - that’s a function of how widespread the tests are. Do more tests, find more cases. Test people with symptoms find more cases. Allow anyone to take a test find less symptoms.

melling 7y ago
Yes, South Korea tested themselves out of the problem. We should be able to ramp testing up quickly, much quicker than building ventilators. How long did it take South Korea to control the outbreak? China records no new local cases: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-news.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-news.ht...

huffmsa 7y ago

China didn't just hunker down though. They built out hospital capacity. The US can and should be doing that as well. We've got the most advanced logistics networks the world has ever seen installed on our phones. We've got thousands of young, unlikely to die people who clearly need to be put to work. Time to build and ship hardware like it's WW2. Will blunt the economic impact of this pandemic, and hopefully the pandemic itself.

themaninthedark 7y ago

China destroyed data and tried to cover up when the outbreak first started, now they are kicking journalist out of the country. I would not believe anything they are saying at this point in time.

fragmede 7y ago
That's an over reductive view, and throws out the baby with the bathwater. China is not a monolithic entity, and while the CCP has, and exerts a lot of control, it is not omnipotent. The number of cases as reported by China will always be suspect, but we are already seeing some information from China being borne out elsewhere. In particular, Italy has been showing similar numbers as China - Covid-19 is particularly lethal to those over 80, less so in children. There are other bits of information we can learn from them, even if we never believe the number of cases is accurate. As far as the emergency hospital situation and the number of cases in China, I'm sure the US government has been keeping track of the situation via spy satellite. The CCP would never have let the fact that one of the hospitals collapsed escape the country otherwise.

fragmede 7y ago

For every problem there is a solution that is simple, neat—and wrong. -H. L. Mencken We need to lock ourselves down, and some counties in California and elsewhere have already done so. We also need equipment and doctors.