Fifth Avenue Forum

The guy who posts these stats is level-headed, but the COVID19PGH reddit site comments are unreadable. People in that sub want everything closed down forever and severe punitive measures. The county 100% made the right decision to close the bars down, but if in a month our numbers are back to less than 20 or 30 cases or less with no concerns about hospital occupancy they should open again imo. This is the dance we have to do and we have to get comfortable with it. People seem to want finality around these decisions, and that's just fantasyland.

Am I wrong that 100 cases/day in a county with a population of 1.25mm people with readily available testing to whomever wants it is nothing? The bars had to be closed to avoid that number rising to what I would perceive as concerning case levels, but the idea that the goal here is no
cases or close to it is cuckoo.

@MR Yes, I understand that people catch COVID from people with COVID.

I heard from a family member recently that this is all being done to oust Trump.

Yes – antibody tests are counted among the probable cases reported by the ODH but not the confirmed cases, according to ODH Press Secretary Melanie Amato.

“Probable can be antibody testing, or cases that have yet to be confirmed,” she said. “For example, they meet the case definition but are waiting on their tests. Antibody tests will always remain probable.”

This is in accordance with CDC guidelines for reporting COVID-19.

I've also heard rom some who think that there's a conspiracy to wait to release a vaccine until right after the election because "they" want the mail in vote.

I've also heard rom some who think that there's a conspiracy to wait to release a vaccine until right after the election because "they" want the mail in vote.

I mailed in my vote for the primary late last month, and will never do it in person if I'm allowed to continue. It was a terrific experience.

I've also heard rom some who think that there's a conspiracy to wait to release a vaccine until right after the election because "they" want the mail in vote.

I mailed in my vote for the primary late last month, and will never do it in person if I'm allowed to continue. It was a terrific experience.

It was a delight. But I didn't get the "I voted" sticker. How am I supposed to brag on social media and make others feel bad?

That increase in hospitalizations is bad right?

hard to say. my hockey league's first positive player is hospitalized in the ICU and being given remdesvir. he sent an email to his team saying he feels "good on the whole, relatively speaking". he's clearly not on a ventilator but is hospitalized. FWIW he says he tested positive for COVID and pneumonia.

From what I understand, ventilators aren't being used as much as before. Maybe LITT or someone else can confirm that, though.

+7 hospitalizations isn't great but considering the case counts the past few days, it should be expected. They are still low and local hospitals shouldn't be anywhere near capacity. Definitely something to keep an eye on, though.

One quick thing to note about hospitalizations, the 20-29 demo makes up 20% of all time cases (and the majority of the new cases) but only accounts for 4% of the hospitalizations. So, 532 total cases in that demo and only 16 hospitalizations. 30-39 has 373 total cases and only 24 hospitalizations. 40-49 305 cases, 34 hospitalizations.

In Ohio:

Yes – antibody tests are counted among the probable cases reported by the ODH but not the confirmed cases, according to ODH Press Secretary Melanie Amato.

“Probable can be antibody testing, or cases that have yet to be confirmed,” she said. “For example, they meet the case definition but are waiting on their tests. Antibody tests will always remain probable.”

This is in accordance with CDC guidelines for reporting COVID-19.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/con ... yes-and-no

In Ohio:

Yes – antibody tests are counted among the probable cases reported by the ODH but not the confirmed cases, according to ODH Press Secretary Melanie Amato.

“Probable can be antibody testing, or cases that have yet to be confirmed,” she said. “For example, they meet the case definition but are waiting on their tests. Antibody tests will always remain probable.”

This is in accordance with CDC guidelines for reporting COVID-19.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/con ... yes-and-no

and some antibody tests have a false positivity rate approaching 50%

Source of the post related to vent usage, early numbers in our region were 40-50% of total patients admitted requiring mechanical ventilation. now looking around 20%

Saw some speculation elsewhere that as people are getting tested for covid before an elective hospital procedure if they test positive, then it counts as a hospitalization even if no symptoms. Does that make sense or just someone making a conspiracy theory?

Also, say you take three tests a week and test positive each time does that count as one new case or three? Also wonder what percentage of the tests are false positives. Will we ever know?

Source of the post related to vent usage, early numbers in our region were 40-50% of total patients admitted requiring mechanical ventilation. now looking around 20%

20% still seems pretty damn high.

Source of the post related to vent usage, early numbers in our region were 40-50% of total patients admitted requiring mechanical ventilation. now looking around 20%

20% still seems pretty damn high.

better than 50

I heard from a family member recently that this is all being done to oust Trump.

That's the prevailing opinion around here. I've been told we'll never hear about COVID again after Nov 3.