[Swoop]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Governors do NOT control the DPA. There were lots of body bags in refrigerator trucks in NYC. I distinctly remember a clip of an NYC Doctor saying that they had to "jury rig" the hoses to make 1 ventilator do 2 patients.
And they had to pull some patients OFF of ventilators to give to other, better-likely-to-live CV patients. It happened!

You “remember” the clip - post a link to it. I can definitely post a link to governors in NY & PA forcing nursing homes to accept Covid positive patients.

[JimJohnson]

As long as the bulk of deaths remain in minority communities, nothing will change.

[riley2011]

Originally Posted by JimJohnson

It is so sad that we could be doing much better.

Yes, we could be doing better if China hadn’t lied!!

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by JimJohnson

As long as the bulk of deaths remain in minority communities, nothing will change.

Oh come on!
Even BLM have not claimed that the virus is racist. (Yet!)

[JimJohnson]

Originally Posted by riley2011

Yes, we could be doing better if China hadn’t lied!!

That don’t pass the smell test. We knew China lied in February and we are still nowhere near a plan.

[JimJohnson]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Oh come on!
Even BLM have not claimed that the virus is racist. (Yet!)

I agree, but all in positions to know, understand that this virus is killing minorities at a much higher rate than whites.

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by JimJohnson

I agree, but all in positions to know, understand that this virus is killing minorities at a much higher rate than whites.

So maybe if we deny it ever happened the problem will go away.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by JimJohnson

I agree, but all in positions to know, understand that this virus is killing minorities at a much higher rate than whites.

Obesity, diabetes and other underlying conditions reduce chances of surviving the virus.
Maybe there is a higher incidence of those conditions in the minority community?

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by mneumann02

The math here is very off- "the death rate to positive tests is less than a hundredth of a percent." The death rate for everyone getting Covid-19 is running around 5% world-wide. The death rate, if you are 70-79 is around 16%, as published by a link to the CDC by a previous poster. That is my age group. I do not like those odds, so my wife and I are taking every precaution. This is not PANICKING as some posters like to accuse, this is being realistic. This pandemic is not a hoax, this is not political, this is not a "scamdemic" as I have read here. This is a deadly health crises that severely affects older people more than younger ones. If everyone had taken this seriously back in March, we would be through this. It is the people who don't wear masks, who gather in large groups, who compare this to the flu, who don't take precautions- those are the people spreading this deadly virus and killing people who catch it.

If you go back and read my post again, you will see that I was referencing the ratio of infected to death in Sumter co. portion of The Villages only. Sorry if I did not make that clear. I do not concern myself with other countries when my country should be the major concern, our state, our county our community.

[chet2020]

Originally Posted by rmd2

Not true. The nursing homes managers in NY begged Cuomo not to put COVID positive in their nursing homes. They told him they did not have the facilities to handle regular nursing home patients and COVID patients too. He threatened to take away their nursing home license. Cuomo handled that, not the Feds.

Nope, most nursing homes wanted the patients because they wanted the revenue.