Like road traffic, Atlanta transit ridership is plummeting amid social distancing efforts
But it doesn’t matter that "most cases are mild" because roughly 20% of those who contract the disease require a hospital visit and about a quarter of those people require ventilators. We need to keep people from getting the disease because if we don’t we’ll be turning away a lot of sick people from getting proper treatment and many of those will die.
Atlantans asked to not gather in groups exceeding 50 as coronavirus precaution
Jeez what? If you have a problem with what he said then refute his claims.
There’s a difference between stating your beliefs (something that could actually be refuted) vs going off the deep end to tell someone you hope they’re taking their meds and seeing their therapist and then telling them it won’t be long before they’re out of work.
Los Angeles issues ‘safer-at-home’ order. Here’s what it means.
Thanks, but I never questioned the spread. I just questioned LADude’s statement that San Francisco hospitals were "already overwhelmed" and "pretty much where Italy was at a week ago" when the actual posted numbers prove otherwise. It’s important that we don’t spread misinformation or panic.
How Atlanta is bracing for impact as novel coronavirus, fears spread
That’s certainly not government "funneling more money to their pals" and goes against the mentality who constantly bitch that government spends too much. The article you picked shows a government that’s sitting on cash and not paying their obligations, which is the reverse problem.