Coronavirus: US death toll would have been halved had it acted 4 days sooner, study says

[90DayFinancier 910]

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Coronavirus: US death toll would have been halved had it acted 4 days sooner, study says

• Growth rate for new infections, fatalities slowed dramatically after introduction of self-isolation measures and wearing of face masks, American researchers say
• Had Washington acted even a month after Beijing shut down Wuhan, human cost would have been a fraction of what it is today, they say

Topic |  Coronavirus pandemic

 

Stephen Chen in Beijing

Published: 12:00am, 8 May, 2020

 

 

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The daily death toll from 

Covid-19

 in the United States could have been more than halved if authorities had acted more swiftly in recommending self-isolation and the wearing of face masks, according to a new study.

Several US states began issuing stay-at-home orders in late March, while federal health authorities began recommending the use of face masks for all in early April. However, had such measures been implemented just four days earlier, the roughly 2,000 Covid-19 deaths currently being recorded each day would have been cut to less than 1,000, the study said.

Furthermore, lifting the measures in a bid to kick-start the economy would almost instantly increase the daily death toll to more than 3,000, it said.

“These findings may inform policymaking,” said the researchers from Princeton Medical Centre and other research institutes in a yet-to-be-peer reviewed paper posted on Medrxiv.org on Wednesday.

 

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[Dashinka 24,741]

So the various state governors did not act fast enough?

[Boiler 45,956]

The likes of Cuomo will have a lot to answer for, focused too much on self promotion.

[90DayFinancier 910]

Why would they do that? It's just like the flu.

[Dashinka 24,741]

36 minutes ago, 90DayFinancier said:

Why would they do that? It's just like the flu.

What does that have to do with the premise of the piece you posted?

[Neonred 3,632]

CDC screwed up early on when they told people not to wear face masks.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 hour ago, 90DayFinancier said:

Why would they do that? It's just like the flu.

Yeah according to early reports from the WHO which got their data from China they were told it's not that serious

[90DayFinancier 910]

33 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Yeah according to early reports from the WHO which got their data from China they were told it's not that serious

Yes, it will just wash right through, like a miracle.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

5 minutes ago, 90DayFinancier said:

Yes, it will just wash right through, like a miracle.

I know but if you remember back in early January China was still downplaying the human to human part of the virus

[90DayFinancier 910]

4 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I know but if you remember back in early January China was still downplaying the human to human part of the virus

And the downplaying continues in various sectors today. 

[Dashinka 24,741]

27 minutes ago, 90DayFinancier said:

And the downplaying continues in various sectors today. 

So there is no new data available suggesting the earlier models were quite off?

[90DayFinancier 910]

28 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

So there is no new data available suggesting the earlier models were quite off?

The models were:, people dying in China South Korea and Italy.  The data points were human lives. The US had the advantage of those experiences and squandered the advantage.

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[Dashinka 24,741]

21 minutes ago, 90DayFinancier said:

The models were:, people dying in China South Korea and Italy.  The data points were human lives. The US had the advantage of those experiences and squandered the advantage.

Yes, I agree, the governors of the various states did not take this seriously until it was too late.  But the models were way off since they had no idea how many people were actually infected.

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3 hours ago, Neonred said:

CDC screwed up early on when they told people not to wear face masks.

Disagree. I still don't wear one. I do agree they screwed up early when they didn't have any working kits to test with, and I do agree governors reacted about one month, not 4 days, too late.

[90DayFinancier 910]

 People (retailer's I have visited) are still not using gloves and masks, regardless of what governors mandate or medical experts prescribe.

I guess the folks pushing for it are narcissistic.