1 hour ago, Kentucky Windage said:

If you're under the age of 60 the odds are in your favor. 

 And the odds are even better if you're vaccinated.

53 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

 And the odds are even better if you're vaccinated.

I'll take my chances. Hard pass.

On 9/23/2021 at 10:05 PM, Voice of Reason said:

Let me beat "them" to the punch ... 26 vaccinated people in the hospital? Why in the world should someone get vaccinated?

 

You do understand that operating a hospital is a business right?   They are supposed to always be at near capacity, having open beds left and right is like McDonalds having 10 cashiers for 5 registers. The vast majority of hospitals are not out of beds, they are out of staff, some of this is self-inflicted, firing people who don't submit into forced vaccines.

1 minute ago, John Anthony said:

You do understand that operating a hospital is a business right?   They are supposed to always be at near capacity, having open beds left and right is like McDonalds having 10 cashiers for 5 registers. The vast majority of hospitals are not out of beds, they are out of staff, some of this is self-inflicted, firing people who don't submit into forced vaccines.

Sure, I understand all that.

Over 130,000 new cases a day in the US. Highest number of active cases in the entirety of the pandemic. That may be a contributing factor to hospitals being full. 

The good news is those hospitals have become pretty good at treating this so the death rate is not spiking like the number of cases. We are getting to herd immunity one way or the other.  

15 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Sure, I understand all that.

Over 130,000 new cases a day in the US. Highest number of active cases in the entirety of the pandemic. That may be a contributing factor to hospitals being full. 

The good news is those hospitals have become pretty good at treating this so the death rate is not spiking like the number of cases. We are getting to herd immunity one way or the other.  

Fair enough, I simply think a lot of people think that when hospitals are “full” or at “capacity” people think it’s apocalyptic.  That’s not the case.  
 

8 hours ago, John Anthony said:

Fair enough, I simply think a lot of people think that when hospitals are “full” or at “capacity” people think it’s apocalyptic.  That’s not the case.  
 

Kinda true. The hospital I work at is almost always 100% full with people waiting in the ER for a bed.  That being said, COVID patients have displaced “money making” patients as elective surgeries have been pushed back repeatedly because of bed/staff shortages. They also require more intense, time consuming care on top of all the new masking and gowning restrictions required for ALL patients. So, though we are full, as always, the patient population dynamics have changed. COVID patients have put stress on every department in some way or another.

 

On 9/21/2021 at 9:03 PM, Tigerpride94 said:

Norton healthcare in Louisville numbers have decreased to 180. Was over 200 for a long time.

Down to 157. 

On 9/24/2021 at 5:59 PM, Tigerpride94 said:

Down to 68.45 today!

62.20 today.

2 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said:

62.20 today.

Flying down.

10 minutes ago, theguru said:

Flying down.

Indeed. Just as virus models predicted.

8 minutes ago, theguru said:

Flying down.

On NPR this morning they were saying the number of cases nationwide has begun to dip. Many doctors are optimistic the end is near which I would assume means we hit that line of vaccinated + already contracted / antibodies = some semblance of herd immunity.

Deaths are approaching 700,000.

https://covidestim.org/us/KY

Covidestim has rate of transmission for KY estimated at .74. Anything below 1.0 means cases are decreasing.

Sounds like good news. Let's hope it continues!

23 hours ago, theguru said:

Flying down.

65.95 today. Little tick up. Probably will be fluctuations in data from time to time.

On 9/28/2021 at 5:04 PM, Tigerpride94 said:

65.95 today. Little tick up. Probably will be fluctuations in data from time to time.

64.84. Small drop from yesterday.