re: JBE: Shelter in place "may be necessary" in LA

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but you're not worried about test...you're only worried about ER's and hospital beds

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a lot has been posted about this. hell just look at Italy/Spain. that's what we're scared of

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how many people inside of that specific population are going to end up in the hospital ER and ICU's?

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NPR

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One option they considered was a relatively modest restriction on social activity. It combined home isolation of cases, home quarantine for household members, and social distancing for only those over 70. This approach cut deaths in half and reduced peak health care demand by two-thirds, they found.

However, it still resulted in many deaths and overwhelmed intensive care units. The simulation showed that the surge capacity of hospitals would be exceeded by at least eightfold. Even if all patients were treated, the U.S. would see more than 1 million deaths.

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Even if all patients were treated, the U.S. would see more than 1 million deaths.

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Fear mongering at its finest

Uh, where are we supposed to shelter in place when you closed all the damn bars You lumpy headed bitch

All I know is that people aren’t filling hospitals and dying with some mystery disease. Whether 100 or 1,000,000 people have it doesn’t seem to matter much.

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All I know is that people aren’t filling hospitals and dying with some mystery disease.

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*yet

*allegedly

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if we were going to go down this road, there is no reason why there shouldn't have been drastic measures done initially to hot spots. that's primarily west coast urban areas, but it also includes Nola

if we quarantined Nola, the entire Southeast would be a lot safer and in less need of total economic shutdown

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we are way past that, too much travel in and out of those areas already. If you quarantine, they need to just go ahead and rip the band aid off and go nationwide, or else we will end up locking down a new place every few days once tests get done. the flow of goods would be way too disrupted if its a new place being locked down every week

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if we quarantined Nola, the entire Southeast would be a lot safer and in less need of total economic shutdown

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Mardi Gras spread that shite all over the place if Nola was the epicenter in this area.

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we are way past that, too much travel in and out of those areas already

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i agree but there are still "hot spots". lots of indicators point at Nola being such a place

yes there is spread from it, but if we're going to "shut it down" why not start at the hot spots and then look at spread elsewhere? this is opposed to shutting EVERYTHING down when it might not even be necessary

i'll simplify

at this point, all the indicators are that the government is going to shut Nola down. the question is if we need to shut everywhere else in the state down and what data are they using to make that decision?

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or else we will end up locking down a new place every few days once tests get done. the flow of goods would be way too disrupted if its a new place being locked down every week

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that's a major issue with our strategy, Nola or no Nola

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I'm as conservative as they come.

You people are fricking psychotic.

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I didn't advocate one way or the other. However, it is a legitimate question no? And one that you conspicuously avoided answering.