Tests are at a premium supposedly. The private hospital just started offering tests for like 2500 pesos or about 125 bucks. The death rate is so high, we just sorta track off that - 18% today and been fairly consistent.
Cozumel COVID-19 updates
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Tests are at a premium supposedly. The private hospital just started offering tests for like 2500 pesos or about 125 bucks. The death rate is so high, we just sorta track off that - 18% today and been fairly consistent.
Pillpusher
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If that's the case, the high death rate is likely because the only people getting tested are the ones that are extremely sick. I would imagine, at least for most locals there, unless they feel like they're in grave danger, they're going to just try to self-quarantine when sick and suck it up at that price.
CoDiver303
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4 Confirmed cases, 2 more probable in my office (15 office folks, over 70 field personnel in daily contact) in March. 2 hospitalized neared death, 2 very sick and handled at home, 2 never knew but got tested. If anybody thinks they can predict how or where this thing is going, I wish you good luck. I personally sucked up the responsibilities of those temporarily "Out". Manning a desk and computer, paperwork, etc of a person in ICU, intubated, near death is F'n Scary, Trust me. We remained calm, cleaned like crazy, all social protocols in place.....no more new cases . No guarantee, but if You take the precautions and influence others to do so (non mask wearing MF's)...we'll do Much better! My perspective is localized but the principle remains the same.
Relativity absolutely matters. If the number of cases is down to a somewhat manageable level, like it is now in Germany and Italy, the streets are a whole lot safer. The fewer cases there are the easier it is to drive the numbers even lower. Conversely, of course, the more cases there are the harder, trending toward impossible, it is to contain the disease. And no, of course I don't expect COVID-19 to just magically go away on its own, but due to Germany's and Italy's containment and exposure tracing measures, new cases in both countries are trending toward zero. Not so for the US and Mexico.
Pillpusher
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Once again, you’re arguing things that I wasn’t even talking about or ever disagreed with. Perhaps you just enjoy arguing with yourself...lol. All I said it's going to be around until a vaccine is available. "Around" has absolutely nothing to do with HOW MUCH it is around. So no, in terms of whether it is "around", that statement has nothing to do with relative terms. It is absolute. True or false. If it's around, it's around.
I am not arguing anything; I am just pointing out that "around" is a relative term. SARS, MERS, and Ebola are still around as well, but they are much more contained than is the novel coronavirus. Germany and Italy are demonstrating that even it can be contained to a much greater degree than by what the US and Mexico are doing. Or not doing, as it were. I believe that putting all our eggs in the "vaccine" basket is a mistake, and possibly a catastrophic one.
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WetInPortland
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From the 20-June noon update:
Data from https://twitter.com/SESA_QROO/status/1274388796692447232/photo/1
See post #147 for more information about how these numbers are generated and why they may seem low or the the percentages unusual.
For the first time in several days, the number of pending tests has decreased, although just slightly.
The mayor is touting that Cozumel has been awarded the WTTC Safe Travel Stamp, but almost all the tourists I see on the street are not wearing masks, along with about 1/3 of the locals that aren't either.
Code:
Previous -> Today
Q Roo Confirmed Cases 2,795 -> 2,855
Social Isolation 539 -> 572
Hospitalized 159 -> 160
Recovered 1,594 -> 1,615
Deaths 503 -> 508
Q Roo Tests pending 284 -> 272
Cozumel
Confirmed Cases 72 -> 73
Recovered 38 -> 39
Deaths 14 -> 14
% Hospital rooms in use 21% -> 23%See post #147 for more information about how these numbers are generated and why they may seem low or the the percentages unusual.
For the first time in several days, the number of pending tests has decreased, although just slightly.
The mayor is touting that Cozumel has been awarded the WTTC Safe Travel Stamp, but almost all the tourists I see on the street are not wearing masks, along with about 1/3 of the locals that aren't either.
Pillpusher
Contributor
Wow, that’s surprising. Well, I give you my word I’ll be wearing a mask when walking about town. Well, except when I’m drinking... Besides, I probably look better with a mask on anyway...lol
CoDiver303
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Unfortunately I'm pretty much positive I look better with my mask on too, lol #SafetyFirst!
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WetInPortland
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From the 21-June noon update:
Data from https://twitter.com/SESA_QROO/status/1274754951386988547/photo/1
See post #147 for more information about how these numbers are generated and why they may seem low or the the percentages unusual.
Code:
Previous -> Today
Q Roo Confirmed Cases 2,855 -> 2,906
Social Isolation 572 -> 591
Hospitalized 160 -> 165
Recovered 1,615 -> 1,637
Deaths 508 -> 513
Q Roo Tests pending 272 -> 238
Cozumel
Confirmed Cases 73 -> 74
Recovered 39 -> 39
Deaths 14 -> 14
% Hospital rooms in use 23% -> 19%See post #147 for more information about how these numbers are generated and why they may seem low or the the percentages unusual.
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