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You are here: Home / Healthcare / COVID-19 Coronavirus / COVID-19 Update (Domestic) – Sunday/Monday, March 29/30

COVID-19 Update (Domestic) – Sunday/Monday, March 29/30

by Anne Laurie|  March 30, 20204:55 am| 16 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Republican Venality, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

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A month ago, Donald Trump claimed that the coronavirus would just "disappear" like "magic".

Today, he said that 200,000 Americans dying should be considered an accomplishment for his Administration.

Shameful. https://t.co/fcEDLCBgbU

— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) March 30, 2020

Within a few years there will be detailed studies with estimates how many fewer deaths there would have been had he been competent & responsible from the start. https://t.co/aQgPepA8Ys

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 29, 2020

This is now a national epidemic with multiple epicenters. New Orleans, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles are among cities doubling cases every 3 to 4 days. This reality may severely stretch our ability to federally assist local healthcare systems. pic.twitter.com/8wbTO28SCO

— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) March 29, 2020

NEW: The FDA tonight is moving forward with emergency-use authorization (EUA) for anti-malaria drugs for coronavirus care, despite scientists’ concerns about lack of evidence. https://t.co/pPpe29GMB7

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 30, 2020

LA received 170 broken ventilators from the national stockpile. Rather than complaining, we put them on a truck, drove them up overnight, and had @Bloom_Energy get to work fixing them.

Monday they‘ll back in LA–fixed.

That’s the spirit of CA. pic.twitter.com/y8yzsiC3Ny

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) March 28, 2020

A 17-year-old boy in Los Angeles County, the first teen believed to have died from complications with covid-19 in the U.S., was denied treatment at an urgent care clinic because he didn’t have health insurance. https://t.co/lgKITuEMNZ

— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) March 27, 2020

Even if California's full updated report were in today's data, the testing plateau would continue, though less pronounced than it looks here. pic.twitter.com/zjTLTM0REM

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 29, 2020

New York:

For the monsters driving around hospital entrances and taking video to claim it's all overblown panic by the media so your tweet goes viral. -> https://t.co/39hyKmz6X9

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) March 30, 2020

I think we have reached the point where Trump is literally killing people on Fifth Avenue.

— Travis Allen 🇺🇸 (@TravisAllen02) March 29, 2020

Emergency Hospital Being Constructed in Central Park https://t.co/Z3fWntj5nF

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) March 29, 2020

Maine –

IM TRYING TO PROTECT YOU pic.twitter.com/2YdlatA88J

— Sneer Review (@TheSneerReview) March 29, 2020

No, President Trump, Massachusetts is not happy. The Commonwealth has received a fraction of its requested supplies. Your administration has outbid or seized our direct purchases. Health workers’ lives are at risk and people are dying. pic.twitter.com/atEF0tMdL0

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) March 30, 2020

One state situation worth highlighting is Michigan. Large numbers of positives, deaths rising, and an uncertain testing situation. Very worrisome overall. pic.twitter.com/f7vdf5Vevk

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 29, 2020

Study: Michigan hospitals could hit peak COVID-19 demand April 8 https://t.co/3VstJlmXdK via @detroitnews

— Beth LeBlanc (@DNBethLeBlanc) March 29, 2020

Thread, from the Land of Lincoln:

Today I want to talk about #COVID19 testing here in Illinois – where we were, where we are, and where we’re going. pic.twitter.com/HYtZ2KAkeM

— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) March 30, 2020

Bleeding Kansas:

“The decision to pass up billions in federal aid since 2014 will make coping with the novel coronavirus even more costly than anticipated”#moleg #mogov #ksleg https://t.co/AYz5Hak2bb

— Sean Soendker Nicholson (@ssnich) March 29, 2020


We'd also draw your attention to a cluster of southern states that are undertested, but have rising case loads, especially on a per-capita basis: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi. pic.twitter.com/7yChSLGK6x

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 29, 2020

There are 10 reported deaths in Alabama. And 827 cases.

— Angela 🍓 (@DawnWillPrevail) March 30, 2020

ERs here have been ordered NOT to test unless people show “severe” symptoms.They are being told to instruct people to quarantine themselves, and all this to keep numbers low.Kay Ivey doesn’t give two shits about Alabama as long as she’s getting her cut.Our total testing is a joke

— Miss B 🐝 (@PixByBee) March 30, 2020

Georgia:

This story is devastating: When a 62-year-old man in Albany, Ga., died in February, close to 100 people attended his funeral. Dozens of them became sick. The pastor who delivered his eulogy died from coronavirus.https://t.co/JOBXzTm5aJ

— Marian Garrison (@MarianGarriso15) March 29, 2020

The ‘Not Enough’ Sunshine State –

New analysis of the outbreak in Florida, where experts say there is a “huge public health crisis” coming:

—cases double every 3 days
—acceleration mirrors NY
—only 40,000 tested
—no stay at home order https://t.co/MGq7njP0k2 pic.twitter.com/DcTTlJcsFu

— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) March 29, 2020

Valusia County Florida has a livecam of New Smyrna Beach:

— The state of Florida still has no stay at home order
— Valusia reported its first Covid-19 death yesterdayhttps://t.co/prTa65J1fF pic.twitter.com/emhGRgOTlw

— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) March 29, 2020

What is happening in FL relative to NY is analogous in some ways to what happened in the US relative to China/Europe

Trump claims he took action by limiting Int'l travel, but he failed to mount an aggressive domestic response.

The virus is already here:https://t.co/wYZfaiJjJL

— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) March 29, 2020

Possibly good news from Seattle, though!

Early signs social restrictions in Seattle worked. Plus: “Perhaps the city’s social norms helped as local residents have had a reputation for keeping to themselves — a phenomenon often explained to newcomers as the Seattle Freeze.” ⁦@ByMikeBaker⁩ https://t.co/dkhLlh15Wi

— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) March 30, 2020

reminds me of that shot from Heat where Pacino et al realize they're being surveilled. https://t.co/WRYQik3Mpw

— seiZedd tesla & spacex to mass produce ventilators (@Zeddary) March 29, 2020

Rural Washington is going to be hit hard in the coming weeks because of naive skepticism. King and Snohomish counties have been hit hard, and there is a widespread misconception that this is only a real problem for densely populated urban communities.

— Michael Dean Anthony (@RealMDA70) March 30, 2020

General summary of the weekend news:

Because it seems to be the only thing a certain segment of coke-addled smooth brains care about: STREETS FULL OF PEOPLE CHOKING TO DEATH ON THEIR OWN LUNGS WILL KILL THE ECONOMY TOO https://t.co/McXt0k2Tto

— seiZedd tesla & spacex to mass produce ventilators (@Zeddary) March 29, 2020

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16Comments

  1. 1.

    JoyceH

    March 30, 2020 at 5:48 am

    Until the past few years it seemed abstract and faintly amusing that an ancient curse was “May you live in interesting times.” But boy-howdy, we’re living in interesting times!

  2. 2.

    Sab

    March 30, 2020 at 6:49 am

    My husband is sending his kids out to shop for us. They are his kids, not mine, so don’t know what to get. Also they don’t cook. Going to Dollar Stores. Endangering themselves as well as us. This is nuts. About to be a big domestic dispute.We are not being safer by making the kids less safe.

  3. 3.

    Mary G

    March 30, 2020 at 6:51 am

    Gonna be a long ass week tomorrow.

  4. 4.

    Rusty

    March 30, 2020 at 7:05 am

    In the middle of a pandemic I start my new job this morning.  The company sent me a letter signed by the CEO stating I am an essential employee, I am to show the letter to the police in case I am stopped.  (I have out of state plates since I had to relocate).  What a strange way to start.  I am to get a computer today, I will likely be working remotely almost immediately.  Odd indeed, but I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the job after a four month job search (the saving grace having been time to look because my old boss fought to give me time before my job was eliminated).  Not sure how long I am going to get to drive the seven hours each way on the weekends to see the family two states away with the growing epidemic.  But I have work and a pay check!

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    Geminid

    March 30, 2020 at 7:12 am

    I think the “fight the virus vs restart the economy” issue is bogus. The economy has taken a heavy hit already; all we can do at this point is roll with the punch with measures like the $2.2trillion stimulus bill, and plan longer term measures, some that can be started in the next few months, some, like a job creating green new deal, to be started next January under the next Congress. I am no economist, but I doubt if two years from now “restarting the economy” whether by May 1 June 1, or July 1 will have more than a very marginal effect on GDP.

  6. 6.

    p.a.

    March 30, 2020 at 7:20 am

    @Sab: Tried to do the online w delivery foodshopping thing.  Deliveries sold out thru 4/12.

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2020 at 7:29 am

    @Rusty: Congratulations on the job!  I’m sure you hate being away from family, but you’re happy about the job, so I’m happy for you.

  8. 8.

    satby

    March 30, 2020 at 7:55 am

    @Rusty: congrats! One less thing to stress you in this otherwise awful time.

  9. 9.

    WereBear

    March 30, 2020 at 9:48 am

    @Rusty: Congratulations! That is good news.

  10. 10.

    joel hanes

    March 30, 2020 at 9:48 am

    Trump claims he took action

    Everything he claims is a lie.

    Everything he denies is true.

  11. 11.

    joel hanes

    March 30, 2020 at 9:49 am

    What a picture.

    WHY ARE THEY NOT WEARING MASKS

  12. 12.

    joel hanes

    March 30, 2020 at 9:52 am

    @Sab:

    Here, you can online or by phone give the grocery store your list and schedule curbside pickup.   Same deal at Walgreens.

    Hope it’s the same where you are.

  13. 13.

    WereBear

    March 30, 2020 at 9:59 am

    @p.a.:Tried to do the online w delivery foodshopping thing.  Deliveries sold out thru 4/12.

     
    Which is why I still go out to the store, with precautions. Plus, I know what I’m getting :)

  14. 14.

    WereBear

    March 30, 2020 at 10:03 am

    @joel hanes: They have that for our local health food market, which we also want to see through this. We are still buying from them what we usually buy: the local eggs, fresh ground coffee, goat cheese.

    I email, they call when it’s ready and/or ask questions, then I go over there and an employee puts a box into the back of my vehicle.

  15. 15.

    laura

    March 30, 2020 at 10:49 am

    @Rusty: that’s good news and thank you for sharing – good luck!

  16. 16.

    CaseyL

    March 30, 2020 at 1:07 pm

    @Rusty:

    Congrats on the new job!  And congrats also on the new employer being careful and sane and setting you up for work from home immediately.

    Best of luck to you!

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