Saturday morning I was about to write this story about how hospital beds would be overrun by mid to late May, when I discovered someone else had beat me to the punch. A Zero Hedge story, linked by Drudge, cites Liz Specht (@LizSpecht), who has a PhD in biology and works at the Good Food Institute. She lays out the math which explains why hospital beds will be overrun by around May 8th.
You can find that story here. Its a good read, of course, and it largely parallels my own pandemic projection model that I published several days earlier.
I also find it confirming that other PhDs are coming to same same mathematical conclusions Ive reached as a food scientist and published science author myself. It turns out that all the really smart science nerds are reaching the same conclusion on this: Its gonna be way, way worse than any mainstream source is admitting.
My own model, detailed at this link, predicts the following situation for May 8th if nothing is done to stop this projection (i.e. if no harsh travel restrictions are put in place):
174,362 actively infectious Americans Exactly cumulative 15,000 deaths in America 121,848 recovered Americans who are no longer infectious
These numbers are slightly lower than what Liz Specht predicts in her own work. My pandemic projection model is intentionally more conservative in the numbers, and it makes more complex assumptions than Spechts work. For example, my model calculates 14-day lag times for the infected, and it spreads out the R0 infections over the entire 14 days. This results in a slower projected spread but, I would suggest, represents a better model of how the virus actually spreads. My model predicts hospital beds wont be overrun until May 30th
Im not disagreeing with Specht here, as she has done excellent work. However, I would offer an alternative view based on a more complex model that I think may be more accurate. This model predicts the hospital beds wont really be overrun until the end of May.
Heres what my model shows on May 15th, for example, assuming no strong interventions that achieve isolation (travel restrictions, etc.):
323,245 actively infectious Americans 28,170 cumulative deaths in America 226,804 recovered Americans who are no longer infectious
And by May 30th, heres what the projections show:
1.2 million actively infectious Americans 107,224 cumulative deaths in America 854,542 recovered Americans who are no longer infectious
We also know that about 20% of the actively infected will need hospitalization.
On May 15th, we have 323,245 actively infected people, and 20% of that is 64,649. America can handle 64,649 hospitalizations. Thus, it doesnt look like hospitals will be overrun by May 15th, at least not according to this model.
But by May 30th, we have 1.2 million actively infectious people in America, meaning we need 240,000 hospitalizations during that time. Thats where I see the breaking point of the U.S. hospital system.
Thus, with respect to Dr. Specht, I would suggest that May 30th is a more accurate target date for the U.S. hospital system to be overrun.
If you still have a functioning Twitter account mine has been banned by the techno-fascist asshat Jack Dorsey for a very long time for talking about vaccines send @LizSpecht this URL, please, so she can take a look at this model. The only real criticism of my model is that its too conservative
Ive only used an R0 value of 1.82 for my projections, while the real virus spread an amplification factor of something closer to 4.5 or perhaps even 6.6. This means my pandemic projection model is deliberately erring on the side of being too conservative. Ive even publicly admitted this, explaining that if I used the more accurate R0 values, the projections become apocalyptic and far beyond the willingness of anyone to grasp.
Indeed, we are living in a time when most people cant do math, and almost no one can accept reality. So we have to spoon feed little bits of reality to them, one piece at a time, until they can finally come to face the full picture without psychologically rejecting it. I apologize if this sounds condescending, but if youre smart like me, you already know that most people cant handle the truth on this.
Even now, my own text messages are blowing up with comments from people who claim my projections are too scary, even when I use the lower figures as assumptions. This just goes to underscore the state of mental fragility that now defines our snowflake society where everyone claims to be triggered by anything they dont want to hear.
I keep telling people the virus doesnt care about your feelings, but few seem to be willing to listen. It makes them uncomfortable to think about any future that doesnt feel nice.
When I tell them Im really, really good at math and aced the mathematics sections of college entrance exams, they think Im being arrogant and condescending.
When I implore them to stock up on survival supplies and prepare for the collapse of society as we know it today, they tell me everything will be fine in 90 days and demand to know why Im attacking Trump. (Huh?)
So were way beyond the point of rationality here. Weve in full-blown la la land. We are living in the land of delusion where truth is treason and logic is a thought crime.
Aside from myself and Liz Specht, theres another person who really, really gets all this. His name is Chris Martenson with PeakProsperity.com. He even uses the phrase, Dont Test, Dont Tell which I coined at Natural News in this article on Feb. 24. It was also the title of this podcast we published 12 days ago. Watch his video here (and someone please tell him to start a channel on Brighteon.com so that when he gets banned by YouTube, he can still reach people via Brighteon):
Chris Martenson and I have a very similar view on the coronavirus, and were both scientists who have a strong understanding of mathematics and biology. Hes been spot on from day one. I listen to his podcasts each day, and I often find him saying the exact same things Im thinking. (I should invite him for an interview )
If you want to hear my podcasts, which are a whole lot more opinionated and occasionally hilarious, check out the Health Ranger Report channel on Brighteon.com where youll find 3 new podcasts each weekday, much like the one shown below. Unlike Chris who has a more academic delivery style and tries to avoid being banned by YouTube, I dont give a crap anymore since Im banned everywhere, so I just lay it out in a completely uncensored fashion that sometimes borders on hilarious or rude, depending on the day:
https://www.brighteon.com/8d0ef869-afc0-40db-b43b-4c3ed2f6070f
Finally, if you want to live, read Pandemic.news where we combine all the videos, articles, science articles, statistics and downloadable MP3 audio podcasts in one place, so you can get informed and possibly survive this with your life intact.
Poster Comment:
The point to be made here is that the United States is a big country. We have no Asians students and no large Chinese, Japanese and Korean community in my state. It is a bioweapon designed to kill Asians. We have almost 7 million people and just one diagnosed case. It is mild. It would take a long time to get to a pandemic level here. But the News Media is in New York and LA. Lots of homeless people urinating in public in NYC to spread the disease. In Seattle, SF and LA, the homeless defecate in public as well as urinate. There should be no functioning hospitals left by May 15. But the summer will raise vitamin D-3 levels so the first wave of the plague should dissipate.
#1: Pinguinite To: Horse (#0)
Pinguinite posted on 2020-03-08 15:10:07 Reply Private Reply
#2: Ada To: Horse (#0)
We don't have that many Chinese students and workers. Many fewer, I believe, than Africa does. Yet,
So far, cases across Africa remain in the dozens rather than hundreds, and its the continent thats least equipped to deal with the highly infectious outbreak. Health officials on the continent are still bracing themselves for the worst-case scenario.
International African hubs such as Ethiopia that are yet to record a single case are allocating funds, setting up isolation centers and closely screening international travelers
Ada posted on 2020-03-08 15:13:19 Reply Private Reply
#3: Horse To: Ada (#2)
The continent of Africa was sent one Virus testing kit. They were receiving 1,500 Chinese airline passengers a day. They do not have 5G 60GHZ mobile towers broadcasting waves which diminish your blood's ability to hold oxygen. And it is summer so they have lots of Vitamin D-3. Our growth rate for the virus will slow this summer but return in the winter. The US has 360,000 Chinese students. 20 million Asian Americans are vulnerable.
Horse posted on 2020-03-08 16:25:14 Reply Private Reply
#4: BTP Holdings To: Horse (#3)
When I worked concerts in Chicago, the cop at Medusa's was named Rich Wong. He was Chinese-American. This was back in the 80s so it is likely he is retired by now. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-03-08 16:37:42 Reply Private Reply
#5: Ada To: Horse (#3)
Ordinary flu is a winter disease. Come summer and it goes away. (Its still winter in North Africa.) Seems, though, that Chinese in China are vulnerable whereas they don't seem to be in Africa.
Ada posted on 2020-03-08 19:08:49 Reply Private Reply
#6: Horse To: Ada (#5)
Horse posted on 2020-03-08 19:19:46 Reply Private Reply
#7: StraitGate To: Ada, Horse (#5)
StraitGate posted on 2020-03-08 19:37:17 Reply Private Reply
#8: Ada To: Horse (#6)
Ada posted on 2020-03-08 19:44:46 Reply Private Reply
#9: BTP Holdings To: Horse (#6)
After Europeans brought modern agriculture and medicine to Africa, the birth rates and life expectancy improved markedly.
And until Mugabe took over in Rhodesia things were not all that bad there either. During the height of inflation in Zimbabwe were denoted by "Zimbabwe banknotes ranging from 10 dollars to 100 billion dollars printed within a one-year period. The magnitude of the currency scalars signifies the extent of the hyperinflation." (From Wikipedia)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-03-08 19:59:01 Reply Private Reply
#10: Ada To: Horse (#6)
There has been frequent air travel between China and Africa. AFAIK none of the Chinese in Africa have developed the disease.
Ada posted on 2020-03-08 22:39:55 Reply Private Reply
#11: Horse To: StraitGate, Ada (#7)
The Wuhan Virus And 5G 60 GHZ Are Binary Weapons
https://vidrebel.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/the-wuhan-virus-and-5g-60-mhz-are-binary-weapons/
Horse posted on 2020-03-09 00:20:52 Reply Private Reply
#12: Horse To: Ada (#10)
And like I said the Africans do not have 5G 60GHZ mobile networks attacking their blood's ability to transport oxygen to where your body needs it. Oxygen kills anaerobic germs and cancer cells on contact.
Horse posted on 2020-03-09 00:31:08 Reply Private Reply