posted February 04, 2021 05:01 AM            

Changes in United States Data following the new CDC guidelines on "Case" and "Death" definition

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Following new CDC guidelines: "As of April 14, 2020, CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths. This change was made to reflect an interim COVID-19 position statement issued by the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists on April 5, 2020. The position statement included a case definition and made COVID-19 a nationally notifiable disease.

A confirmed case or death is defined by meeting confirmatory laboratory evidence for COVID-19. A probable case or death is defined by i) meeting clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19; or ii) meeting presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence; or iii) meeting vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID19" [source]

This change is a further example of one of the many reasons why the label "confirmed cases" (used by some to designate total cases) is incorrect (see definitions for more details). The US CDC (and Worldometer) has always used the label "Total Cases." Canada is another example where the "total number includes publicly reported confirmed and probable cases [source]

On April 14, New York City reported 3,778 additional deaths that have occurred since March 11 and have been classified as "probable," defined as follows: “decedent [...] had no known positive laboratory test for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) but the death certificate lists as a cause of death “COVID-19” or an equivalent" [source].

From April 14 onward, New York City has provided - and will continue to provide - the updated number of probable deaths in its daily reports.

Since every probable death necessarily implies a probable case, logic mandates that the adjustment be made to both deaths and cases, and not only to deaths. We have adjusted for New York State and the United States accordingly.

As with similar instances in the past (related to other countries), we had initially added the additional data on the day it was reported before redistributing it over the reference period (March 14 to April 14) once more information became available.

On April 15, in the daily press briefing, New York Governor Cuomo said that "we will begin reporting all categories of fatalities pursuant to new CDC guidelines and are contacting facilities to get updated numbers." He also added that there may be additional people who died that have not been counted because not in a hospital. In the April 15 update, the New York State Department of Health official website had still not included (nor reported separately) the additional "probable" deaths reported by New York City the day before. On April 16, when asked about the issue, New York State officials commented on their decision to not add the New York City probable deaths in the official State count saying that probable deaths have been reported by New York City in a new and separate category, without adding the two numbers (confirmed and probable) together into a single category.

The state of Ohio is an example of a state that has started reporting total cases and deaths correctly, in accordance with the new CDC guidelines. On its "Overview dashboard" it show total cases and total deaths, while also providing the breakdown between confirmed and probable, with the note "CDC Expanded Case Definition (Probable)" and "CDC Expanded Death Definition (Probable)."

Other examples are:

Virginia: shows "total" cases and "total" deaths with the breakdown between "confirmed" and "probable." Very well done and presented.
Idaho, whose total includes both laboratory confirmed and probable cases.
Colorado: whose total includes both, with a note explaining that "The number of cases includes people who have had a test that indicated they were positive for COVID-19. The number of cases also includes epidemiologically-linked cases -- or cases where public health epidemiologists have determined that infection is highly likely because a person exhibited symptoms and had close contact with someone who tested positive. The number of epidemiologically-linked cases represents a very small portion of the reported cases."
Wyoming: shows both laboratory confirmed and probable cases separately.
Maryland: shows both confirmed and probable deaths, separately and in a statistical summary below the main dashboard

Worldometer is also following the new CDC guideline of including both probable and confirmed in the total case and death counts.
http://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/us-data/

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posted February 04, 2021 02:20 PM            

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/health/after-covid-19-vaccine-safety-wellness/index.html

Cliff Notes:

Continue to wear masks
Continue social distancing
Hang out only with those who are vaccinated
Don't eat in restaurants
If going to outdoor events, continue masking and social distancing
don't travel

I am alternating between lol and smh.

posted February 10, 2021 03:05 PM              

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Originally posted by Belage:
This is what CNN says is in store for people even after getting vaccinated:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/health/after-covid-19-vaccine-safety-wellness/index.html

Cliff Notes:

Continue to wear masks
Continue social distancing
Hang out only with those who are vaccinated
Don't eat in restaurants
If going to outdoor events, continue masking and social distancing
don't travel

I am alternating between lol and smh.

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Well yeah, der, the wealth and power grab/transfer isn't completely done yet. I am extremely disappointed in my spouse since she is going to be getting the vaccine. I told her two things, 1. you really should meditate and ask guidance about this before making a decision., and 2. I pointed out, "neither of us have ever gotten a flu vaccine, and both of us both get sick far less and stay sick for less long than everyone we know, many of whom do get flu vaccines".

But she is more attached to and invested in being a "liberal" than I am. I'm a "conspiracy theorist" because I question things more than her. (Never mind that historically, when it comes to big issues, I've been very prescient in listening to my intuition and more correct than her).

posted February 10, 2021 11:27 PM            

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Originally posted by GalacticCoreExplosion:
Well yeah, der, the wealth and power grab/transfer isn't completely done yet. I am extremely disappointed in my spouse since she is going to be getting the vaccine. I told her two things, 1. you really should meditate and ask guidance about this before making a decision., and 2. I pointed out, "neither of us have ever gotten a flu vaccine, and both of us both get sick far less and stay sick for less long than everyone we know, many of whom do get flu vaccines".

But she is more attached to and invested in being a "liberal" than I am. I'm a "conspiracy theorist" because I question things more than her. (Never mind that historically, when it comes to big issues, I've been very prescient in listening to my intuition and more correct than her).

Ironic that she is an Aquarius and I'm a Capricorn. Often times I feel and seem more Aquarian than her. I feel Aquarius can be a little more naive (especially a predominant Venusian like her) than Capricorn, and Capricorn more skeptical.

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I am sorry to hear vaccine politics is driving a wedge between you and your spouse. Don't let it.

posted February 11, 2021 05:29 PM            

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Originally posted by GalacticCoreExplosion:
Thank you Belage. No worries though, just some disappointment/disagreement, no big drama or the like. Not saying the latter doesn't ever happen, but after 20 years, we've gotten a little more practical and wise about picking our battles.

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posted February 16, 2021 02:05 PM              

It's interesting to note that a number of spiritual sources from NDE's and in between life regressions, indicate that a percentage of Souls when focused in the nonphysical, do not particularly want to come to this level. There is often a certain amount of trepidation and sense "Oh, this is going to be hard, do I have to?" Or many individuals when they have an NDE, and they are told they have to go back, some even get angry and argue and say, "but I don't want to go back!". Many accept it with a sense of quiet, sad resignation. If that doesn't tell you something about things, I don't know what would.

We come here, either because we need it for growth, and/OR for service to those who are suffering. But when our time is up, it's up, and on a Soul level, most REJOICE that they get to leave this level of heaviness and lack collective Love, back to levels that feel much more like "home" and far, far more natural.

posted February 26, 2021 02:58 PM            

Indoor dining
Theaters
Places where people congregate

posted March 02, 2021 08:13 PM            

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Originally posted by Belage:
https://www.npr.org /sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/25/883520249/cdc-at-least-20-million-americans-have-had-coronavirus-heres-who-s-at-highest-ri

Once in a while, the truth peeks in from under the fog of misinformation and lies. If 20+ millions of Americans are infected and with the official (inflated) count of 124,424 deaths, that puts the COVID-19 mortality rate at .6 Percent at the most.

Yes that is higher than the flu, but not surprising since we have rampant co-morbidity rates in our population.

But the question remains, should we continue lockdown for a mortality rate of .6 percent?

The point was NEVER to achieve ZERO death from coronavirus, but to flatten the curve to allow the hospitals to deal with the extra surge. Perhaps state and county officials should focus on keeping their hospitals ready instead of preventing normal life to return. Just my thoughts.

And I would not be surprised if the CDC has to walk back this latest statement, because it would confirm what Trump has being saying about increased testing.

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posted March 06, 2021 04:20 AM            

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Originally posted by Belage:
How a common asthma inhalant could have prevented Covid deaths:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/FHTyW1dGLsBK/

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I have asthma. Asthma inhalants are usually for opening airways so that more oxygen can get into the lungs. Sounds like a lesser form of a ventilator, which is one of the most common treatments people have been getting, and yet many still died. Not sure it would have been that simple. Opening airways doesn't stop immune system responses or protect against pneumonia, it just helps you breathe more easily. Someone I know who died was already on a ventilator when they had a heart attack, after this their body would not accept the ventilator and they died.

posted March 06, 2021 01:20 PM            

Then a few months later, it turns out that ventilators can do more harm than good and that intubating patients is not necessarily good. Apparently, research showed that 80% of patients put on ventilators did not survive.

I am not trying to say that instead of being put on ventilators, patients should be put on asthma inhalors. This is not my place to say such a thing, I am not an MD, and each patient is different. I am just sharing an article that gives one doctors unorthodox approach to treating this virus that seems to work.

posted March 06, 2021 08:43 PM            

https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2021/02/10/oxford-study-suggest s-asthma-treatment-reduces-covid-19-hospitalisation/

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-02-09-common-asthma-treatment- reduces-need-hospitalisation-covid-19-patients-study

In the study, "inhaled budesonide reduced the relative risk of requiring urgent care or hospitalisation by 90%."

You know what? I am not waiting for our enslaved mainstream media to seize on this study and publicize it. I am not waiting on WHO, CDC, Fauci to say, um interesting, maybe we should start explore giving Covid patients this cheap medication early, since it has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization by 90%. I am not expecting corporate pharmaceutical greed to change its stripes.