07-08-2020, 11:53 AM
(07-08-2020, 11:15 AM)BostonCard Wrote: He is also correct that the death rate has not gone up. We will see if we start seeing an increase this week (Tuesday's numbers were the highest in a few weeks, but probably represent delayed reporting during the three-day week end), but through last week, the weekly death numbers had been decreasing since April.
Your statement about the death rate is technically correct but only because different parts of the US are in the midst of two completely different phases of the pandemics. In the Northeast, death rates are still declining from the April or May peak. In the sunbelt, death rates are definitely climbing. Add those two trends together, and it comes out flat. It is grossly misleading to use that flat death rate as an indication that things aren't that bad. It's the equivalent of saying that the average income in Haiti and Switzerland combined is around the world median, so things aren't so bad there!
Maybe the med school needs to tighten up its hiring standards. Things like this are an embarrassment.