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I didn’t say it was wide spread. The difference is access, doctors can’t easily access remdesivir, i can’t imagine the supply is even particularly large. They can try hydrochloraquine now relatively easily. That’s why it would be immensely helpful if government made a guaranteed large purchase of all current retrovirals, remdesivir and hydrochloraquine so they can ramp up in case they find the timing/patient profile it works for right away.

https://www.propublica.org/article/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-possible-coronavirus-treatments-promoted-by-trump This is a good summary.

Oh they are definitely doing something shady. But chloroquine and others were used in China too, so I don’t think it should be discounted. mainly I don’t think people should back into thinking the FDA will handle this well, they’ve been a disaster.

While I think what the president is saying about chloroquine and remsidivir(?) very irresponsible... I can’t take the side of “he should just wait for the FDA” after this debacle. At the very least, the gov should ensure mass production of those drugs with the assumption they work, so if they do they can be administered at scale. It is good that there are no roadblocks for doctors to prescribe either of these hydrochloroquine as long as their is availability, but if a new drug shows promise, the fda is going to put it on like a 2 year schedule.

I don’t know guys. These feel like pretty surmountable obstacles. For instance, there is an AZL, and a professional baseball team in Phoenix.

Bad and good news today. While it dropped to 899, we still seem to be ascending, now around 900-1000 new cases per day compared to 400-500 last week. The good news - we seem to be comfortably at 5k tests per day. That is the 50% point of the 10k tests per day goal.

My sons first baseball game was vs brewers, Palka hit a GW 3 run homer. Even watching Palka would bring joy.

Intrasquad play.

Uh not me. I definitely want to see these dudes.

For some distraction and to take this seriously, the interesting implications are the Sox and Twins now having most of the season with their pitching depth Twins will start with hill, but lose a bigger chunk with Pineda. Sox can comfortably bring up kopech, not worry about innings, and will have Rodon within a month. Gio also had some more time to rest and a shorter season to manage. And with cease as well, no innings restrictions worry.

It makes me more confused tbh. The crowd noise is perfectly in sync with the call. I have no radio experience but doesn’t seem like they could match it up so fast.

I agree with you just saying Gates is basically the one billionaire who has used his wealth in an extraordinary way for the public.

I mean the gates foundation has been an incredible asset for public health. It’s cool that they are doing this but this should be a us government function.

Absolutely rad

Yes. Truly infuriating.

Amazing

wow, i want to hear it now. Sounds unbelievable the crowd noise wouldn't be noticeable. But it was definitely his best call ever and the one of the world series.

wait whaat?!?

So I made this yesterday, if we smoothed it out, it's definitely still increasing but only doubling around every 4-5 days at this point. Tests wise, still way short of 10k a day. Averaging up only around 4k. Excited for numbers here in 20 minutes.

You are acting like because a governor is criticizing a response they are also being vindictive in refusing to work with the admin. They are working with them every day and on conference calls every day with the cdc and others in the admin seeking clarity and making requests. They aren't refusing to work with trump, they ARE working with him. The question is whether they are allowed to point out deficiencies in the response, I guess?

I'm glad we've found the real problem we need to overcome: governors not being nice enough to Trump.

“Great question. Just let me consult Facebook real quick and get back to you.”

Well, 795 new reports today. At 7k, much closer to the current trajectory

I disagree, the action by the govt and Fed here and globally is much much better

This is good news and matches what I've heard from friends at hospitals: