Hospitalizations have also been decreasing. Looks real. (Reply #6)

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Sat Aug 8, 2020, 08:53 PM

Blue_true (29,146 posts)

6. Hospitalizations have also been decreasing. Looks real.

Like someone pointed out, looks like mask mandates and closing bars have had a positive impact.

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79 replies	Author	Time	Post
New COVID-19 inflections downward trend. [View all]	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	OP
Mask mandates are paying dividends!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#1
That is my hope	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#3
I've been so surprised by the widespread compliance here...	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#7
Here, too.	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2020	#40
Great!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#41
Hey, can I ask a Buckeye a question?	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2020	#45
I'm not aware of travel restrictions here, BUT...	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#46
It looks like you're okay!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#47
Thanks!	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2020	#48
Indiana has a mask mandate (more or less- GOP gov backed down), but most everything is open	dawg day	Aug 2020	#50
Glad to hear it!	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2020	#66
It has plateaued. Has not really gone down yet.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#52
Yeah, that's a better description.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#56
I teach 110 students starting Thursday.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#59
Be safe!	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#61
I'm not sure. I want to see the testing graph.	Phoenix61	Aug 2020	#2
Yes, I used to think that the infection numbers were not very meaningful due to limited	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#4
It's the backlog at the labs that I'm wondering about. nt	Phoenix61	Aug 2020	#9
Not near me, and I live in a city	dawg day	Aug 2020	#31
Hospitalizations have also been decreasing. Looks real.	Blue_true	Aug 2020	#6
Awesome! nt	Phoenix61	Aug 2020	#11
Testing has been reduced for couple of weeks due to labs backed up and other problems	wishstar	Aug 2020	#5
That is an aspect of it -	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#13
There may be something to the idea that 20% is the herd immunity point NT	Ex Lurker	Aug 2020	#24
I doubt herd immunity plays a role.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#25
Not at this Ro	Drahthaardogs	Aug 2020	#30
You are correct.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#8
I agree... two steps back after more schools reopen.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#17
and Sturgis ...	dweller	Aug 2020	#32
Yup. n/t	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#35
this graph has no source or link but it is pretty. hawaii set a record for daily cases today tn	msongs	Aug 2020	#10
You are right, I neglected to add the source, but did just now.	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#15
The trend started when Trump switched case accounting from the CDC	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#12
Right. If we had any confidence in the numbers it would be different	soothsayer	Aug 2020	#16
Although the timing is suspicious -	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#20
Fortunately I think the data from the worldometers site	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#21
Correct. n/t	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#26
I've read the hospitals had been reporting direct to the CDC	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#27
Not quite.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#53
I hope you are correct	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#68
Here's the directive.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#71
Directly From County Boards Of Health	ProfessorGAC	Aug 2020	#58
60K cases/day is nothing to cheer. We are still on fire and	OrlandoDem2	Aug 2020	#14
We had hit 77K before Trump	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#29
Check your facts about what data is being reported to HHS	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#54
My source is this NPR story,	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#67
I didn't say check the source, I said check the facts. What data is going directly to HHS?	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#70
Thank you for taking the time	Miguelito Loveless	Aug 2020	#73
I was a little cranky, since I've posted this same information several times today	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#77
Numbers started going to HHS first	Lokee11	Aug 2020	#18
Very few numbers are going to HHS - and they are not the numbers reflected in this graph.	Ms. Toad	Aug 2020	#28
the alll powerful trump has saved us just intime for the election nt	msongs	Aug 2020	#19
Lol, he might TRY to take credit.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#22
that would be great if it holds. maybe now that shit got real in red states	SiliconValley_Dem	Aug 2020	#23
Even if it is real (and not due to reduced testing) I doubt it will hold.	LisaL	Aug 2020	#33
Go tRump, go!	Wednesdays	Aug 2020	#34
wtf are you posting? it's because of trump and the gop that the virus have killed many Americans	rockfordfile	Aug 2020	#74
in many states, its going up. Weekend reporting is always flawed any way	beachbumbob	Aug 2020	#36
You are right about weekend reporting.	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#44
but this is 7 day moving average which should smooth thos kinds of variations	SiliconValley_Dem	Aug 2020	#64
also i just recalled	dweller	Aug 2020	#37
I'm not surprised if that is the case in Florida.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#38
Florida looking pretty good	Steelrolled	Aug 2020	#39
Not sure I would say good. But definitely improving.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#43
problem is, DeSantis has done all he can to interfere with COVID data and recently has	beachbumbob	Aug 2020	#49
They stopped testing when that tropical storm began to approach.	LisaL	Aug 2020	#51
Only state sites. County and private ones remained open.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#62
Really? who is he voting for?	rockfordfile	Aug 2020	#76
Could not tell you.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#78
Nope Florida is really messed up. It's desantis and trump's fault	rockfordfile	Aug 2020	#75
It's messed up. But starting to improve.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2020	#79
I am seeing about the same thing when shopping. There is one or two outliers	Blue_true	Aug 2020	#60
Hospitalizations are falling too, though still quite high	fishwax	Aug 2020	#42
Things are going to get worse again.	PTWB	Aug 2020	#55
The new issue is infection rate number of cases are down	JCMach1	Aug 2020	#57
That's due to many people not getting tested.	herding cats	Aug 2020	#69
Federal funding for testing dried up* so not as much testing and results available.	flying_wahini	Aug 2020	#63
We were down in the Keys all last week, now spiking again.	tavernier	Aug 2020	#65
It is up in the mid west and I would not trust the numbers with data not being sent to	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#72

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