Attached are the rebuttals to the video linked to yesterday. Certainly her neutral stance is tainted as she plans a book release plus was part of an Anti-Vaccine group in FL. As with much conspiracy it is tainted with truths that perhaps gets ignored – all very sad. https://zdoggmd.com/elmhurst-hospital/

NY is an outlier – population density cannot be the blame as many other countries are more dense. Death per capita is a far outlier (2X+). Fatality rate is not highest but many have not done as much testing as NY. Also another excuse is NY was the start – that is not also true given Wuhan and Italy experience. Note Italy death rate is more than half less than NY with just as dense population.

Well the US forked over 1.2B for remdesivir even though the US did fund some of the research – https://www.cnet.com/health/us-to-buy-500000-remdesivir-coronavirus-treatment-courses-at-2340-each/

Once again who pays for this treatment needs to be thought out. The treatment has not been found to significantly improve fatality but found to improve the recovery time.

Reminder of NAID trial result conclusions:

had a 31% faster recovery time than patients who received the placebo

had a slight, but statistically insignificant, improvement in survival — the mortality rate was 8% compared with 11.6% for patients who received the placebo.

On the positive front some real guidelines coming that would boost confidence and potentially actually improve the situation – https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/malls-in-new-york-state-will-require-air-conditioning-systems-that-filter-the-coronavirus-gov-cuomo-says.html

New York malls will need high quality air systems that can filter out the coronavirus before they will be allowed to reopen, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.

High efficiency particle air filters, or HEPA filters, have been shown to help reduce the presence of Covid-19 in the air, according to a presentation from Cuomo.

He said the state recommends all businesses and offices “explore the potential for their air conditioning air filtration system.”

How messed up is our health system – another proof – https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-covid-19-tests-price-20200629-ef2ydsicjbexldsqhvzsysssx4-story.html

Why couldn’t they just tell her the cash option would be cheaper in the end vs. having her find out much later?

““The emergency room charged Harvey $199 in cash. LeBlanc, who paid with insurance, was charged $6,408.

“I assumed, like an idiot, it would be cheaper to use my insurance than pay cash right there,” LeBlanc said. “This is 32 times the cost of what my friend paid for the exact same thing.” LeBlanc’s health insurer negotiated the total bill down to $1,128. The plan said she was responsible for $928 of that.”

Not a bad day on death reporting – US only 337 – Brazil 692

US confirmation continues to grow with CA and TX now leading. CA leading death at 51.

Interesting discussion in the social media in regards of protest and increase confirmation. They note IF it was that then why don’t we see more increase in Minnesota and Washington – also why not San Fran vs. LA?

Very good points but sometimes the most obvious things are hard to see. FL, AZ, TX, what do they have in common? It has been getting hot. The problem is people close windows stay inside and run the AC. This also goes for restaurant dining from outside becomes untenable for many and they dine inside. As I have been contending it wasn’t likely the act of protest but the after and before math of socializing and getting together and these warmer climates they are likely inside!

AZ confirmations have dropped of recent.

Another thing to note with confirmation rising – are they separating an antigen result vs. pcr test?

Antibody results are not confirming current positive but past positives so these test are not telling you it is spreading now but it has spread. AZ for sure is showing greater confirmation per tested – but at the same time they have expanded antibody testing. In fact serology test (antibody test) are being used 58% more than PCR test – https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/covid-19/dashboards/index.php

PCR test are growing so there is spreading in AZ for sure- but the extent of confirmation is being added on top with serology test. The other thing being done is many are getting multiple PCR test to confirm proof. So if you get positive once and you test 2 more times then all three test produce 3 positive and 3 confirmation – not sure if the system is complexed enough to know same person and throw out that data.

All that said confirmation is suspect data – but it is what we have to work with. There is a certain concern in growing confirmation but IF death can be kept in check than we can conclude the virus is already out in society and the overall fatality rate is sub 1% as noted in the CDC outlook. The only way for that to be true is much more confirmations get noted.

Positive thing is Brazil seems to flattening on daily deaths. Mexico also looks like they are starting to move down.