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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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What exactly does this mean before we all panic. Testing has increased so you get more positives. Are more people going to the hospital for treatment? Or is largely the healthy showing signs of mild infection? We cannot stay locked down forever
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SPC Cathy Goessman
SPC Cathy Goessman
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In AZ the percentage of positive tests is rising and the COVID ICUs are filling up. No, we cannot stay locked down but we do still need to be taking basic precautions like masks, hand washing, social distancing etc. We can't just go back to life as usual yet.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Yes, testing increases the number of positives and those are the ones who need to quarantine and have contact tracing but mostly that's not happening. Hospital admissions is a more accurate indicator, but for mainly political reasons many states aren't reporting that. Mild infections don't get admitted to hospitals, so if ICUs are getting filled again it's a sure sign we don't have a handle on the situation, regardless of what people want to be able to do.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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MAJ Byron Oyler
MAJ Byron Oyler
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - ICUs filling up is not really a good measure as the flu hit the inpatient side really bad in 2017-2018. A more accurate concern is overfill units being utilized.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 Tony Holland Horrendous News.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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A while back POTUS said this was a war, but like other wars run by politicians it has been totally screwed up. There is a reason that the US has the worst Coronavirus statistics in the world, and it has nothing to do with the virus which is going to do its thing.
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