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New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« on: April 23, 2020, 04:09:18 pm »
New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
By Zack Budryk - 04/23/20 11:51 AM EDT

The more than 147,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in New York City are “just the tip of the iceberg," the city's health commissioner said on Thursday, adding that the actual figure could be closer to 1 million.

Speaking at a news briefing, Oxiris Barbot said she thinks the number of cases is vastly undercounted "for a number of different reasons,” according to CNBC.

“New Yorkers have been heeding to our advice that if they have mild symptoms, at this point in time, when you’ve got community-wide transmission, having a test result isn’t going to change what we’re going to tell you to do,” Barbot said.


She added that city is still acquiring the necessary materials to scale up its testing capacity, including test kits, swabs and reagents, so it must focus on testing for the sickest patients.

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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2020, 05:57:56 pm »
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the actual figure could be closer to 1 million.
And monkeys could fly out of Oxiris Barbot's butt. There's just way too much speculation going on here.
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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2020, 06:42:56 pm »
Hey, there, mountaineer -- that wasn't monkeys!   wink777
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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2020, 06:44:49 pm »
Meaning the actual mortality rate is probably closer to that of a bad flu season.
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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2020, 08:57:14 pm »
It's kind of obvious that advising people not to be tested if their symptoms are moderate or mild will result in under-counting. That's true of Covid-19 or the flu-of-the-year. So while 1 million may be a butt-monkey-grade number, reality is higher than "known".

On the other hand, whether reality is 200K, 600K or 1M, that also means the mortality rate is much lower, and the recovery rate is much higher than "known". If Ms. Barbot did not mention those equally obvious facts, then either she is trying to stir up@#$% or she is dumber than someone in her position should be.
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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2020, 09:44:03 pm »
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whether reality is 200K, 600K or 1M, that also means the mortality rate is much lower
But, hey, let's destroy the economy anyway!
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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2020, 01:12:53 am »
Is this the one who said to go to the parade?
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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2020, 01:19:05 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 24, 2020, 01:12:53 am
Is this the one who said to go to the parade?
I believe so.
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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2020, 03:53:09 pm »
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The more than 147,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in New York City are “just the tip of the iceberg," the city's health commissioner said on Thursday, adding that the actual figure could be closer to 1 million.

That reduces the fatality rate by 75%.
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Re: New York City health commissioner: Confirmed coronavirus cases just 'tip of the iceberg'
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2020, 09:27:07 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on April 24, 2020, 03:53:09 pm
That reduces the fatality rate by 75%.
Would that be corrected for inflation? Have more people succumbed to the coronavirus than the total who died in NYC yet?
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