iOwa.... Covid Worst In The Nation

[sportage]

And we have iOwa, a republican ran state with the acting governor as Kim Reynolds.
Republican Kim Reynolds, soon to be known as a helper for the angel of death, is more interested in fudging figures and being Trump's covid whore.
Reynolds, a Trumpie of major proportions, takes her marching orders directly from Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Pence, who has visited Reynolds many times in the past few months, wants to make sure that Reynolds is on board and stays on board. Reynolds, who refuses any type of state mandatory mask mandate, and threatens any state county proposing their own mask mandate, is being sued by everyone and everything but the kitchen sink for her piss-poor covid response. Rather than protect iOwans from covid, Reynolds prefers to offer up the state citizens as some twisted sacrifice for paying homage to Donald Trump.

Reynolds, who began her own TEST-iOWA scheme, with claiming anyone that wanted a test could get a test, concocted her testing scheme to deceive and to deflect. "A test for everyone" wanting a test was simply not true with most of those submitting online for a test were denied. Even when providing the worst case senecio i.e. temperature 104+, had been exposed to someone having Covid, was living with someone testing positive for covid, is having trouble breathing, and with all of that the test-iOwa website still replied back "you can-not get a test".

Then, to make things worse (and with a republican governor you can bet that things will always get worse), Reynolds came up with some idiotic numerology logic for determining whether a state county surpassed CDC infection rate guidelines, or not. Regardless of the infections and deaths within a particular state county, Reynolds applied her fuzzy-math to downplay the dangers in that county. Ending result? iOwa is now the number one state in the nation for the highest covid positivity rate.

(Yeah go ahead, smile you bitch)

As mentioned, everyone in the state is suing Kim Reynolds and the state of iOwa after her directive that schools should return to in-person classrooms, and also refusing to grant waivers to districts requesting an exemption. Businesses are suing Reynolds, restaurants and bars are suing Reynolds, the schools are suing Reynolds, and the iOwa version of the national CDC, the IDPH, would also sue if allowed to. Frustrations within the IDPH with this governor are high to say the least.


One disturbing fact that I have noticed with the death counts in iOwa, daily death counts had been around 3 to 4 deaths a day, however now the daily deaths have risen into double digit. And Reynolds still demands that schools reopen for business as usual. Either Donald Trump and Mike Pence are paying Reynolds a heck of a lot of money to shut-up and cooperate, or the administration has promised Reynolds a big fat position with a big fat salary should Donald Trump become re-elected. Whatever the case, we have yet another republican governor, a mass murderer, completely unaccountable and completely rouge.

 

[Greenman]

Long on hyperbole, short on facts. How does Iowa compare to other states for infections and deaths? I could look it up, but it seems like it should be part of your post.
Edit: I looked, Iowa is in the lower third of all states.

Covid-19 by State by Day: Photo

I've compiled the total confirmed cases for each state and plotted them each day, the same data being used on Johns Hopkins Map https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html . The data goes back to March 4th

covidbystate.com

 

[soundforbjt]

Long on hyperbole, short on facts. How does Iowa compare to other states for infections and deaths? I could look it up, but it seems like it should be part of your post.
Edit: I looked, Iowa is in the lower third of all states.

Covid-19 by State by Day: Photo

I've compiled the total confirmed cases for each state and plotted them each day, the same data being used on Johns Hopkins Map https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html . The data goes back to March 4th

covidbystate.com

But it's also rising there, not falling or plateauing. She had to order bars closed in seven counties including Iowa City home to the University of Iowa.

 

[Gardener]

The OP is correct, Iowa's new cases are spiking, highest all time in the state, highest per cap in the USA. Last week ABC news reported that the state has been backdating some new cases in order to reduce the reported number of new cases.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states

The graph Greenman linked is outdated, see https://covidbystate.com/ and scroll down. That website is not a source for anything after April 8 and should be ignored. Go to Johns Hopkins, the CDC, Worldometers, or the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME) sites for current statistics.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Long on hyperbole, short on facts. How does Iowa compare to other states for infections and deaths? I could look it up, but it seems like it should be part of your post.
Edit: I looked, Iowa is in the lower third of all states.

Covid-19 by State by Day: Photo

I've compiled the total confirmed cases for each state and plotted them each day, the same data being used on Johns Hopkins Map https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html . The data goes back to March 4th

covidbystate.com

The OP is correct, Iowa's new cases are spiking, highest all time in the state, highest per cap in the USA. Last week ABC news reported that the state has been backdating some new cases in order to reduce the reported number of new cases.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states

The graph Greenman linked is outdated, see https://covidbystate.com/ and scroll down. That website is not a source for anything after April 8 and should be ignored. Go to Johns Hopkins, the CDC, Worldometers, or the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME) sites for current statistics.

That's why Greenman linked it, and pcgeek liked it. Information only matters if it's information they like

 

[pcgeek11]

That's why Greenman linked it, and pcgeek liked it. Information only matters if it's information they like

I will admit I did not fact check it.

 

[ch33zw1z]

I will admit I did not fact check it.

Iowa COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

Iowa COVID-19 Coronavirus update by county with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, current active cases, recoveries, historical data, trends, projections, and timeline.

www.worldometers.info

Stay current. There's a few up to date sites as noted

edit: They're numbers overall are not bad, I'll say that. It's the spike at the end of august, right before schools are slated to be opened (or already open), that is cause for concern. Rest assured, IA won't be alone this coming fall in states that have noticeable spikes due to in person schooling.

 

[dank69]

I will admit I did not fact check it.

Why would you have started now?

 

[Linux23]

Why would you have started now?

LOL. Alternative facts.

 

[Jaskalas]

Whatever the case, we have yet another republican governor, a mass murderer, completely unaccountable and completely rouge.

Well, that is certainly a level headed, cool and collected, assessment of a Republican governor acting in accordance to what their votes demand.

Meanwhile people in Europe are protesting over their government's protection efforts on COVID.

It is almost like, when you shut down people's business - they blame you for their newfound poverty and destitution.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Well, that is certainly a level headed, cool and collected, assessment of a Republican governor acting in accordance to what their votes demand.

Meanwhile people in Europe are protesting over their government's protection efforts on COVID.

It is almost like, when you shut down people's business - they blame you for their newfound poverty and destitution.

Oh look, an article that says far right extremists are acting on feels again.

From your article...

Germany has been praised for its handling of the pandemic, and the country’s death toll of some 9,300 people is less than a quarter of the amount of people who have died of Covid-19 in Britain. Opinion polls show overwhelming support for the prevention measures imposed by authorities, such as the requirement to wear masks on public transport, in stores and some public buildings such as libraries and schools.

Nobody has claimed that Germany or Europe is exempt from the irrational people we have here also.

Edit: The article you linked also says nothing of people protesting violently due to economic conditions.

I also notice that @Greenman "like" your post. I wonder how he feels about violent protesting in our own country over systemic abuse of minorities by authority.

 

[vi edit]

It's the positivity rates that are alarming. Like, way alarming.

Iowa sees record 2,579 coronavirus cases, with 79% positivity rate

Iowa on Friday reported that more than three-quarters of the coronavirus tests performed in the past 24 hours had come …

www.thegazette.com

"Johnson County, home to the University of Iowa in Iowa City, reported 247 new cases Friday, its second highest 24-hour total behind Thursday’s 338. Friday’s positivity rate was 55.5 percent, an increase from Thursday’s 47.6 percent.
Johnson County’s seven-day rolling average for positive cases is at a record 146.
Story County, home of Iowa State University in Ames, on Friday reported a record 239 cases, with 65.48 percent of tests coming back positive.
Polk County reported 664 new cases, bringing the total number of cases in Iowa’s most populous county to 12,885.
Linn County reported 43 new cases and one death, bringing the county’s death toll to 93. The positivity rate for tests in Linn County was 38.05 percent."

47% positive.
FOURTY SEVEN PERCENT

1 in 2 people tested were positive. That's not good.

They are comically under testing right now.

 

[Moonbeam]

I will admit I did not fact check it.

Naturally, in these times of conservative liberal division, and on a forum probably leaning more to the left by the numbers of those posting, this, as you referred to it, ‘admission you didn’t fact check‘ in my opinion at least, is a sign of self respect that should be commended rather than inevitably ridiculed. So, while I also share the view that conservatives have become dangerously irrational to the point I can’t contain my rage, I see that as my own personal failing. I understand, intellectually at least, why conservatives have more trouble facing the deleterious results of their policies when actually applied, let’s say since Reagan, due to the attack implied to their valued ego identity, so I just want to say I respect your admission and encourage more of it.

Honesty, in my opinion, is a real moral value, a value your ‘admission’, regardless of what others say, I believe you also share. Thank you for sharing. I believe that a deep commitment to honesty can guide a person perhaps first through hell, but on to a much better place.

The issue I had that honesty lead me to was disentangling my belief in the good from my unconscious assumptions that all the things I was taught to respect as the good was one and the same thing. It took a while but the less of the things I used to believe that honesty dismantled, the more I discovered I didn’t need them.

 

[Jaskalas]

It's the positivity rates that are alarming. Like, way alarming.
...
1 in 2 people tested were positive. That's not good.

They are comically under testing right now.

The positivity rate just tells me that they are only testing people with flu like / COVID symptoms. And practically no one else.

For some perspective, no one I know has been tested. Nor come down sick. People around here in general are pretty agitated over wearing masks for a "non issue". COVID has scared some Americans, but not nearly all Americans. Republicans in general DGAF about COVID. It has not hit them yet, and they will not care until it does.

 

[Muse]

Clearly (positivity rates well over 50%!!!) IA is one place you don't want to be if you can possibly help it.

 

[blackangst1]

Isnt it a different state every month?

 

[soundforbjt]

I saw where the Gov had a state website so you could request a test and she claimed (like Trump) that anyone who wanted a test could get one.
Turns out most every request was turned down, even when people said they had temps of 104 and other symptoms.

 

[blackangst1]

OP:

5 of the top 10 states with highest deaths/100k people have Democrats as governors. Is your vitriol extended to them as well?

 

[vi edit]

OP:

5 of the top 10 states with highest deaths/100k people have Democrats as governors. Is your vitriol extended to them as well?

It's all shit data right now. Wait a year and compare deaths to historical averages. Texas, Georgia and Florida have some pretty high levels of pneumonia deaths over the last couple months. Uh huh.

 

[blackangst1]

It's all shit data right now. Wait a year and compare deaths to historical averages. Texas, Georgia and Florida have some pretty high levels of pneumonia deaths over the last couple months. Uh huh.

I understand. Im just curious if the wall of text vitriol is extended to those Dem and GOP governors, or if he/she just hates Iowa?

edit: and since WADC doesnt have a governor, the mayor is Dem also, so 6 of the top 10 are run by Dems.

 

[soundforbjt]

I understand. Im just curious if the wall of text vitriol is extended to those Dem and GOP governors, or if he/she just hates Iowa?

Well, if you remember the Blue states were hit first before much of anything was known about the disease and yes, mistakes were made.

The Red states should've used the gained medical knowledge to their advantage but Trump put the fear of being primaried/support, in them.

 

[blackangst1]

Well, if you remember the Blue states were hit first before much of anything was known about the disease and yes, mistakes were made.

The Red states should've used the gained medical knowledge to their advantage but Trump put the fear of being primaried in them.

Ah right. Its Trumps fault.

That was predictable.

 

[soundforbjt]

Ah right. Its Trumps fault.

That was predictable.

Who was pressuring the Red states to reopen their economy? Who listened...Red states.
Who was claiming it was no worse than the flu?
Etc, etc, etc.

 

[blackangst1]

Who was pressuring the Red states to reopen their economy? Who listened...Red states.
Who was claiming it was no worse than the flu?
Etc, etc, etc.

Then why isnt the top ten # of deaths per 100k red states?

 

[soundforbjt]

Then why isnt the top ten # of deaths per 100k red states?

Give them time...I explained the Blues states troubles in my first post. It hadn't gotten to the Red states as fast as NY and West Coast area.
Red states had the advantage of more knowledge and ignored it.