Can anyone find a health status update on Rand? [Update: Tested Negative for virus]

[fisharmor]

I can't find any updates on how he's doing, and I can't help but believe it's probably because he's asymptomatic and it would hurt the narrative to see someone not get sick at all, especially since Tom Hanks is pulling out of it with no issues.

IOW this is a gigantic nothingburger, and I take the lack of news as evidence.

[eleganz]

He just tweeted (meh, obviously his team) in defense of Massie. But I'm sure Rand is ok, the guy is a doctor, he'll survive. The medications that China, and SK have used are being used in hospitals across the country. Wouldn't be hard for Rand to access if needed.

[fisharmor]

I am not really so concerned with his health.
I want to know
1. Has he actually gotten sick
2. If so, how bad was it

To be clear, there is a potential case here of someone who actually does meet the high risk criteria, not even getting sick.
If that's the case then the models everyone is using are crap, because it means the number infected is likely way in excess of what is being reported. That would mean the fatality rate is also a fraction of what is being reported.

[nikcers]

I am not really so concerned with his health.
I want to know
1. Has he actually gotten sick
2. If so, how bad was it

To be clear, there is a potential case here of someone who actually does meet the high risk criteria, not even getting sick.
If that's the case then the models everyone is using are crap, because it means the number infected is likely way in excess of what is being reported. That would mean the fatality rate is also a fraction of what is being reported.

fatality rates increase when you are not social distancing. It becomes fatal at higher viral counts. You pack a bunch of people in an enclosed space like work conditions and have them breathe on each other they will share the viruses with each other and get sicker.

[dannno]

fatality rates increase when you are not social distancing. It becomes fatal at higher viral counts. You pack a bunch of people in an enclosed space like work conditions and have them breathe on each other they will share the viruses with each other and get sicker.

Is this theory anecdotal, peer-reviewed or just something you made up?

[nikcers]

Is this theory anecdotal, peer-reviewed or just something you made up?

Viral count higher after increased exposure to hosts that produce viruses and viral surfaces and exposure to stuff that lowers your immune system. It reproduces easier in some people's bodies. It can stay on hard surfaces for 17 days and airborne for hours especially with a lot of viral people in an enclosed space. The medicine Trump touted as a hopeful treatment reduces the viral reproduction.

[dannno]

Viral count higher after increased exposure to hosts that produce viruses and surfaces and exposure to stuff that lowers your immune system. It reproduces easier in some people's bodies. It can stay on hard surfaces for 17 days and airborne for hours especially with a lot of viral people in an enclosed space. The medicine Trump touted as a hopeful treatment reduces the viral reproduction.

Ya I am sure it doesn't help, but I don't think that the negative impact of shutting down the economy offsets the benefits - except possibly in areas where there may be more serious problems. I don't know if we have seen that yet in this country, though.

Since it is an unknown I can see why people might want to take a more cautious approach, but it's looking like with medications and everything we will have this well under control.

[nikcers]

Ya I am sure it doesn't help, but I don't think that the negative impact of shutting down the economy offsets the benefits - except possibly in areas where there may be more serious problems. I don't know if we have seen that yet in this country, though.

If millions die is that good for the economy? it would of wiped out millions. The amount of deaths we have right now map that millions would of died through lack of medicine.

[dannno]

If millions die is that good for the economy? it would of wiped out millions. The amount of deaths we have right now map that millions would of died through lack of medicine.

I haven't seen any evidence that the fatality rate is more than .05%, which is about half the rate of the flu. I admit it could be higher, and it could be higher than the flu. I just haven't seen any evidence, and so far the numbers point to something like that.. but we really won't know until they have an antibody test so they can test to see what % of the population actually caught it and may have shown mild or no symptoms, then compare that with the number of deaths.

[nikcers]

I haven't seen any evidence that the fatality rate is more than .05%, which is about half the rate of the flu. I admit it could be higher, and it could be higher than the flu. I just haven't seen any evidence, and so far the numbers point to something like that.. but we really won't know until they have an antibody test so they can test to see what % of the population actually caught it and may have shown mild or no symptoms, then compare that with the number of deaths.

That's the thing if you think someone can have it and not have symptoms it's more complicated than that. If that's true that's horrible. That means someone could potentially walk around with viral rates that make their coughs and sneezes deadly to a huge amount of people over a large population. What I have seen based on reports is potentially symptoms and fatality increase with viral count. So social isolation is a stopgap we can take until we can reduce overall viral count in the entire population.

[dannno]

That's the thing if you think someone can have it and not have symptoms it's more complicated than that. If that's true that's horrible. That means someone could potentially walk around with viral rates that make their coughs and sneezes deadly to a huge amount of people over a large population. What I have seen based on reports is potentially symptoms and fatality increase with viral count. So social isolation is a stopgap we can take until we can reduce overall viral count in the entire population.

It's horrible for a tiny percentage of the population.. if the fatality rate is half that of the flu, then it is not worth shutting down the economy unless people do it voluntarily through education and personal decisions.

For the most part this is destructive.. but it is going to end up in the destruction of the deep state which is anti-destructive so I'm just playing along.

[nikcers]

It's horrible for a tiny percentage of the population.. if the fatality rate is half that of the flu, then it is not worth shutting down the economy.

Based on the reports it's horrible for a huge amount of the population with a high viral count. It's so contagious it would go to everyone. That's why we are lowering the viral count by stopping it from reproducing. We did this as a stop gap otherwise hospitals would of been over ran and we wouldn't have enough medicine. People would of died from other stuff and not getting healthcare because of all of the people that you say aren't a big enough of the population. A lot of the people dying and getting deathly sick in the hospital would of been on medicare crashing the system.

[dannno]

Based on the reports it's horrible for a huge amount of the population with a high viral count. It's so contagious it would go to everyone. That's why we are lowering the viral count by stopping it from reproducing. We did this as a stop gap otherwise hospitals would of been over ran and we wouldn't have enough medicine. People would of died from other stuff and not getting healthcare because of all of the people that you say aren't a big enough of the population. A lot of the people dying and getting deathly sick in the hospital would of been on medicare crashing the system.

Ya I dunno if it would have been all that bad. There are plenty of places with very few problems. Utah has like 100+ known cases and 4 deaths, is it worth shutting down their economy for that? Do we shut down the economy every time there is some type of new virus?

[nikcers]

Ya I dunno if it would have been all that bad. There are plenty of places with very few problems. Utah has like 100+ known cases and 4 deaths, is it worth shutting down their economy for that? Do we shut down the economy every time there is some type of new virus?

The numbers being reported are not accurate. If we can't fix our healthcare system we might as well but that's not what happened. This virus shut down the world trade and threatened our access to life saving medicines like antibiotics and insulin.

[dannno]

The numbers being reported are not accurate. If we can't fix our healthcare system we might as well but that's not what happened. This virus shut down the world trade and threatened our access to life saving medicines like antibiotics and insulin.

The numbers of what are not accurate? Deaths?

We know the number of deaths are pretty accurate, and we know the number of confirmed cases are pretty accurate to what cases have been confirmed. What we don't know is how many actual cases there are because people with less symptoms or no symptoms aren't being tested.

If this number is anywhere close to the flu, then this is much less deadly. If more people are being tested who are getting it than the flu, despite the fact that testing is not very available widespread, then it may be close to the same or a little higher.

[fisharmor]

So my RN sister went to work in NY because they were going to give her almost a year's pay to do a 3 month contract. (Also, she said the southern VA hospitals don't have their $#@! together even as much as they do in NY, and so she didn't want to be around there if it happens...)
I talked to her for over an hour about what's going on there.

The greater NYC area is apparently really a lot worse off than events in your particular town might lead you to believe. IOW the fact that it's not a huge problem down the street from you is not an indicator of the seriousness of the issue. They are apparently converting entire wards right now. All elective surgeries and even some surgeries that are necessary are being postponed.

However, it is still affecting mainly older people and particularly those with complications.

She says they have almost no child cases - they seem to get it and roll out of it without a problem.

She also said it's hitting the Hispanic communities really hard. She said this is likely because they tend to be living in more cramped conditions, and they also have a much more close-knit community.

More to the point of this thread, she said the current medical consensus is that if you get the virus, you will get sick. She did say that one of the issues they're having is with false positives, and it seemed to her like that made the reports from the rest of the world even more unreliable. So my takeaway was, the misreporting actually can go both ways.

[nikcers]

The numbers of what are not accurate? Deaths?

We know the number of deaths are pretty accurate, and we know the number of confirmed cases are pretty accurate to what cases have been confirmed. What we don't know is how many actual cases there are because people with less symptoms or no symptoms aren't being tested.

If this number is anywhere close to the flu, then this is much less deadly. If more people are being tested who are getting it than the flu, despite the fact that testing is not very available widespread, then it may be close to the same or a little higher.

This is way more contagious than the flu therefore more deadly. The flu can't kill you if you don't catch it.

[TomtheTinker]

Any update on Rand?

[kcchiefs6465]

Bump.

Nothing in the media. Does anyone have an update?

[TomtheTinker]

Bump

[Warlord]

[dannno]

Nice!

[Brian4Liberty]

Everybody is sporting the lockdown beard ...

[Valli6]

JOSHUA CAPLAN 7 Apr 2020

...Paul, an eye surgeon, is volunteering at TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green while the Senate is on a break amid the coronavirus outbreak. Paul worked in emergency rooms early in his career as a physician, his office said.

The hospital’s CEO, Mike Sherrod, said Tuesday that the senator is “lifting the spirits of patients and our colleagues” by volunteering.

“We appreciate Senator Paul and his support in recognizing our healthcare workers and providers at TriStar Greenview for their unwavering response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said in a statement.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...ng-at-hospital

[TomtheTinker]

!!!!

[Todd]

Everybody is sporting the lockdown beard ...

Beard? I'm getting ready to sport the lockdown mullet if I don't get a cut soon. starting to look like I did in the 70's. here's a pic.

[CCTelander]

Beard? I'm getting ready to sport the lockdown mullet if I don't get a cut soon. starting to look like I did in the 70's. here's a pic.

No danger of that for me. My hair's been almost down to my ass for decades. It may be getting a little thinner than it was but it's still just as long.

[Anti Federalist]

Beard? I'm getting ready to sport the lockdown mullet if I don't get a cut soon. starting to look like I did in the 70's. here's a pic.

You're Donny Osmond????

[Anti Federalist]

Looks good!

[susano]

Rand looks so cute in a beard and his doc clothes. He looks happier, too.

I'm a little - no a lot - disturbed though, as I want to hear from him on the COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP being imposed on us. He knows corona virus not as prevalent as the flu and that this is a scamdemic to implement Gates' Satanic plans. And, notice he said "coronavirus" and not "COVID-19".