Health

BigmanPigman

(52,157 posts) Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:33 PM Jul 2020

New high in daily new cases in US, 61,000+

Last edited Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:14 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us
Day is not over yet, will increase. Deaths also increased.

How can we reopen schools? If restaurants, bars, beaches opening too early caused spikes, what will opening schools do?

MSNBC:
7 hours ago · Dr. Aileen Marty says her hospitals have treated patients for COVID-19 who are " asymptomatic as far as they can tell, but when we do chest x-rays on these people, 67% show lung damage. They may feel great, but they are not great".

https://m.facebook.com/msnbc/posts/3917726844990205

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New high in daily new cases in US, 61,000+ (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2020 OP

Oh, that's not good at all! /eom Backseat Driver Jul 2020 #1

Shall we start a betting pool for when we'll PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #2

And why are they in hospitals with no symptoms soothsayer Jul 2020 #5

Yeah. There is just something missing there. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #7

100k by Tuesday? I'd say Monday but the weekend numbers lag soothsayer Jul 2020 #6

t-rump needs to STFU . . Iliyah Jul 2020 #3

May even hit 62k today, and be close to 70k Friday soothsayer Jul 2020 #4

Backseat Driver

(4,629 posts)

1. Oh, that's not good at all! /eom

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:35 PM

Jul 2020

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,576 posts)

2. Shall we start a betting pool for when we'll

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:38 PM

Jul 2020

hit 100,000 cases a day?

On a more serious note, why are hospitals doing chest x-rays on people asymptomatic? It just seems odd.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

5. And why are they in hospitals with no symptoms

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:20 PM

Jul 2020

Do they just mean no cough or fever?

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,576 posts)

7. Yeah. There is just something missing there.

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:30 PM

Jul 2020

Even in normal times, I can't imagine hospitals just doing chest x-rays willy-nilly. Perhaps they're doing them on those testing positive precisely because of the nasty lung involvement. But still.