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That is really interesting data. I'd think that Detroit in particular would be fairly hard hit given 1150 deaths there since April. Beaumont has their own stat

That is really interesting data. I'd think that Detroit in particular would be fairly hard hit given 1150 deaths there since April. Beaumont has their own stat sheet which is interesting: https://www.beaumont.org/health-wellness/coronavirus https://www.beaumont.org/health-wellness/coronavirus To me it appears that the quarentine was effective? Look at the chart above - on March 21st the stay at home order went into effect in michigan. They peaked 2 weeks later at 1200 active cases in the hospital. Now its dropped back to the same amount as just before the stay at home order went into effect. Underemployed seems like... a good position to be in right now, no?

eiji 7y ago
Depends on the way you look at this, and what your politics are. Underemployed hospitals means a lot of procedures are not happening right now. Lots of chemo and similar things. Those will be facing long waiting lists once the state opens back up. If you even get those patients to come back in the next months. I think the risks are somewhat distorted. If you are skipping chemo because you are scared of Covid19, you may be missing something. And yes, chemo was deemed not essential as far as I can tell. I think they call those excess deaths, and it's very hard to say how those will shape up. From a resident perspective, I see a flat curve with plenty of capacity, even of ventilators, and still a closed up state. But that's getting us into politics. The governor is following a timeline of opening up to normal maybe within 4-6 month. As long as sections are closed up, you need to sustain comfortable unemployment benefits to keep people even halfway in line to play along. Soon the money for that will run dry. It seems like she can extend stay-at-home orders without democratic agreement, but once the money runs dry, she cannot make a budget by herself. So things will get ugly eventually.
cm2187 7y ago
> Underemployed seems like... a good position to be in right now, no? Not for the 10s of millions of families currently in hardship because the parent(s) lost their job.

eiji 7y ago

Depends on the way you look at this, and what your politics are. Underemployed hospitals means a lot of procedures are not happening right now. Lots of chemo and similar things. Those will be facing long waiting lists once the state opens back up. If you even get those patients to come back in the next months. I think the risks are somewhat distorted. If you are skipping chemo because you are scared of Covid19, you may be missing something. And yes, chemo was deemed not essential as far as I can tell. I think they call those excess deaths, and it's very hard to say how those will shape up. From a resident perspective, I see a flat curve with plenty of capacity, even of ventilators, and still a closed up state. But that's getting us into politics. The governor is following a timeline of opening up to normal maybe within 4-6 month. As long as sections are closed up, you need to sustain comfortable unemployment benefits to keep people even halfway in line to play along. Soon the money for that will run dry. It seems like she can extend stay-at-home orders without democratic agreement, but once the money runs dry, she cannot make a budget by herself. So things will get ugly eventually.

cm2187 7y ago

> Underemployed seems like... a good position to be in right now, no? Not for the 10s of millions of families currently in hardship because the parent(s) lost their job.