Why You Should Wear Facemasks
Nobody believes that a face mask will protect you from the COVID-19 virus. But it might protect ME from some of the COVID-19 virus that you have (but don’t even know that you have).
COVID-19 Advice from a Paramedic
A relative re-posted a FaceBook statement from a guy by the name of Joshua Ross who is the boss of a emergency ambulance service and a (former) paramedic. He has some common-sense advice for us. I’ve copied his statement in full below. Ok, so, here’s some venting and some explaining and if you don’t like...
Day 48: You Get One Chance to tell the Truth (even if you are a PhD or MD)
In my practice, I always tell people that they get only one chance to tell the truth. Either you say nothing until you are ready to tell “your story” or you tell “your story” then live with it. The reason is that even the most honest person can’t tell the same story twice the exact...
Day 46: NO CONFIRMED CASES ANYWHERE (in my home office)
Looking at the DPH page today, you wonder if they are idiots or if they think we are all idiots. The page itself is internally inconsistent. The very top has the cumulative totals for today. “Confirmed COVID-19 Cases” is one category (26,123; +539 from yesterday) and “Deaths” “attributed to COVID-19” is another category (1,124; +29...
Day 44: What TF Happened?
If you were really watching the numbers the way I thought I was watching the numbers, you might have felt like you were trying to take a selfie as the NASCAR cars were making the lap. One day the numbers were going up. The next day the Governor said they were going down, but they...
Day 42: These DPH Numbers are Just Crazy Now or Suddenly Honest or Miraculous?
First things first, there is no way that the numbers from DPH are on the mark today. Hospital admissions and deaths falling to single digits and the total number of infections rising by only 185? The number rose by over 1,000 the day before! Since nobody in Atlanta is taking these numbers seriously, why should...
Day 41: I Don’t Know What to Make of the DPH Numbers Today
COVID-19 Report As of Saturday, April 25, 2020 GA DPH 7PM DPH Numbers At-a-Glance Consecutive day #0 of decreasing growth (14 needed) ▲ Confirmed COVID-19 Cases: 23,216 (+1,069) ▲ Daily Growth Rate: 4.8% (+1.9%) ▲ Weekly Growth Rate: 3.8% (+0.1%) ▲ Hospitalized: 4,353 (+132) ▼ Deceased: 907 (+15) ▼ Morbidity Rate: 3.9% (-0.12%) ▼ Estimated...
Day 40: Number of Deaths Going Down
COVID-19 Report As of Friday, April 24, 2020 GA DPH NOON Consecutive day #3 of decreasing growth (14 needed) ▼ Confirmed COVID-19 Cases: 22,147 (+635) ▼ Daily Growth Rate: 2.9% (-0.8%) ▼ Weekly Growth Rate: 3.7% (-0.3%) ▲ % of Population Affected: 0.2111% (+0.0059%) ▼ Hospitalized: 4,221 (+152) ▲ Deceased: 892 (+20) ▼ Morbidity Rate:...
Day 39: Numbers Up but Deaths Still Tracking with IHME Model; Political Controversy
COVID-19 Report As of Thursday, April 23, 2020 GA DPH NOON Consecutive day #2 of decreasing growth (14 needed) ▼ Confirmed COVID-19 Cases: 21,512 (+772) ▼ Daily Growth Rate: 3.7% (-0.5%) ▲ Weekly Growth Rate: 4.0% (-0.7%) ▼ % of Population Affected: 0.2052% (+0.0073%) ▼ Hospitalized: 4,069 (+110) ▼ Deceased: 872 (+36) ▼ Morbidity Rate:...
Day 38: Better than Yesterday and Deaths Down to IHME Model
COVID-19 Report As of Wednesday, April 22, 2020 GA DPH NOON Consecutive day #1 of decreasing growth (14 needed) ▼ Confirmed COVID-19 Cases: 20,740 (+859) ▼ Daily Growth Rate: 4.2% (-0.8%) ▼ Weekly Growth Rate: 4.7% (-0.2%) ▲ % of Population Affected: 0.1979% (+0.0079%) ▼ Hospitalized: 3,959 (+180) ▼ Deceased 836 (+37) ▼ Morbidity Rate:...
Day 37: Still Going Up not Down
COVID-19 Report As of Tuesday, April 21, 2020 GA DPH NOON Consecutive day #0 of decreasing growth (14 needed) ▲ Confirmed COVID-19 Cases: 19,881 (+934) ▲ Daily Growth Rate: 5.0% (+1.3%) ▲ Weekly Growth Rate: 4.9% (-0.3%) ▲ % of Population Affected: 0.1900% (+0.0091%) ▲ Hospitalized: 3,779 (+229) ▲ Deceased 799 (+66) ▲ Morbidity Rate:...
Day 36: GIGO (Garbage In; Garbage Out); Updated with Gov. Kemp’s Press Conference
COVID-19 Report As of Monday, April 20, 2020 GA DPH NOON Consecutive day #0 of decreasing growth (14 needed) ▲ Confirmed COVID-19 Cases: 18,947 (+646) ▲ Daily Growth Rate: 3.7% (+1.2%) ▲ Weekly Growth Rate: 5.2% (-0.5%) ▼ % of Population Affected: 0.1809% (+0.0065) ▲ Hospitalized: 3,550 (+86) ▲ Deceased 733 (+46) ▲ Morbidity Rate:...