Coronavirus Cases Strain New York City Hospitals

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19 pointsddlatham2 comments

I am pretty nervous about sticking this out in the city but feel it's my least bad option right now. It sounds like Wuhan cases peaked 1-mo after draconian shelter-in-place measures were installed.[0]

There is no evidence our quarantine will be as aggressive and I fear it will be inadequate. Public transportation is still running. We're already at ~4000 cases.[1] Domestic cases are doubling every two days.[2]

Does anybody have some optimism about the situation here in NYC?

[0] https://www.ibtimes.com/italy-coronavirus-lockdown-not-enoug...

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc....

[2] https://twitter.com/sama/status/1241035936911130624?s=20

Presumptive patients with mild symptoms have to be separated from the healthy population by moving them into quarantine hotels or yellow-zone makeshift hospitals. Or you will still see family transmissions.

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