Johnson county yes.
Considering 1/5th of all Iowans live in Polk county/DSM Metro 24 cases is not really all that alarming to me.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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Johnson county yes.
Considering 1/5th of all Iowans live in Polk county/DSM Metro 24 cases is not really all that alarming to me.
But I think we are well aware there are tons more non tested positive people out there around us. It would not surprise me if the actual cases are in the thousands here, but they just have not been tested yet.
Oh they are definitely in the thousands. Limited testing doesn't allow even close to the truth as far as what our true numbers are, or what numbers are in the entire United States.
Traffic counts being down might at least limit collisions which would maybe lower traffic collision patients.
Wishful thinking, I know.
I deleted Twitter this morning. There was some valid news in there I will miss, but it was really hard to find between the constant negativity. For some reason my Twitter world was consumed with people trying to put forth the most dire view of the future possible. It's like it's some competition on who can paint the bleakest picture.
This is undoubtedly serious stuff, but the "this will never end and we will all die" takes are overwhelming.
I agree, but how low can they go? Some on Gasbuddy.com are already reporting $1.44/gallon (Ankeny Casey's and Sam's Club).
After you take out $.50 in state and federal taxes that leaves less than a dollar per gallon for oil companies to extract, refine and transport it to the local stores. Not much margin for profit there- if any.
Most schools closed about the same time, many of the metro schools were on spring break, therefore they officially closed later, but the students were not in session.
Rural schools tend to still run an Easter break schedule, therefore they were still in class when the shutdown occurred.
Our board met on Monday, we are officially closed until April 13th, like all schools, and then a decision will be made at that time of what we are doing next. All activities like Prom, Sr. Trip and graduation are still tentative scheduled at this time.
If you look at the bar graph for Iowa, there are one or two confirmed cases in the 0-17 age group. It's reasonable to assume that cross section has had way more exposure than that data would lead one to believe. There is empirical data that shows that group to be the most asymptomatic. Plus that group is most likely the dirtiest, most reckless, most least aware of all. Basically agar plates with legs.
Kinda throwing the baby out with the bathwater, aren't you? Mute people or unfollow.
I'd also be really curious to know who you're following that's painting such a bleak picture. Because if you're using CF threads as your baseline, the crowd here has been much more dismissive overall of coronavirus since it started than most neutral experts and analysis I've seen.
Just seemed easier that way, but there may be "baby with the bathwater" element to it. I don't know. Maybe it's just the way my mind works but the constant negativity just wore on me. And I do truly get it's a hard thing to put any kind of optimistic spin on. But most of what I was seeing was painting this dystopian view of the future that I finally just had enough.
Per Bloomberg, wholesale unleaded gas (after refining) is 54.3 cents per gallon. Still sucks for the oil companies due to the extraction costs exceeding sales prices, but they are certainly making some of that back due to the current spread between the wholesale price (54 cents), taxes (50 cents), and sales price ($1.44)...40 cents per gallon.
It really doesn't extend the life of a N-95. Once it pulls air through the fabric, the outer surface of the N95 is still contaminated. Can it prevent the N95 from getting dirty, sure.
OPEC tried to get Russia to mutually agree to decrease production of oil to keep prices up during the epidemic. Russia said no. OPEC responded by increasing production to drive the price of oil way down in hopes of putting pressure on Russia and other oil producers around the world. That's why gas is so crazy cheap right now. It's good for the prices at the pump but is not good for the world economy overall.
The published stat I've seen is that for every 1 positive test, there is 100 positive that haven't been tested.
I would argue they’ve had to be more reactive and using them as a dipstick to not be proactive is pretty dumb. That is of course if doing everything to limit loss of life is the goal. Maybe it’s not.
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