The Jay Doherty Podcast · Episode 127 · March 20, 2020
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TODAY ON THE JAY DOHERTY PODCAST:
Coronavirus has changed American life. With tens of thousands of restaurants and bars closed for dining, millions of American residents being ordered to shelter in their home, and worrying projections from international health organizations, COVID-19 is growing rapidly as a pandemic. What should the strategy be going forward, what is the federal government actually doing to halt the spread of the virus, and how does Congress play into the equation?
Also, Apple has announced major upgrades to two of their most popular product lines. On Wednesday, the major tech company released a new iPad Pro with better specs, a new trackpad to work with iPadOS, and a swanky new LiDAR Scanner. Is this refresh to the iPad product line worth the upgrade or the price?
We’ll answer all of that and more on episode 127 of The Jay Doherty Podcast.
SHOW NOTES:
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COVID-19 Coronavirus
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO STAY INSIDE AND TO NOT SPREAD THE VIRUS!
A RAPID INCREASE IN NUMBERS
This thing is spreading very very quickly… and in most cases, it is faster than governmental procedure and infrastructure can act. This virus has nearly doubled in the amount of cases there are worldwide since last week’s episode and more than doubled the amount of deaths there are since last week’s episode. You may recall me saying this on episode 126 of The Jay Doherty Podcast… TJDP 1.
Yeah, well… those numbers have risen dramatically since then.
Keep in mind, those are only the confirmed cases worldwide… there could be many more…
- An article last Friday from NYT saying worst-case COVID-19 could cause up to 214 million deaths in the United States! That’s 65% of the American population. (4th para)
- CNBC also had a peice
Are these numbers likely to actually end up appearing in reality? Likely not… in fact, the NYT article says:
The assumptions fueling those scenarios are mitigated by the fact that cities, states, businesses and individuals are beginning to take steps to slow transmission, even if some are acting less aggressively than others. The C.D.C.-led effort is developing more sophisticated models showing how interventions might decrease the worst-case numbers, though their projections have not been made public.
The New York Times
In other words, these numbers would be the spread of Coronavirus if literally no one did anything about it and we were all living in a field with no hospitals, medical knowledge, civilization or governments advising us on what to do.
In terms of improvement, China, who started this and initially lied and failed to contain this virus, has sort of gotten their act together, but not in ways that one may view ethically… this is good for now but really bad for the future.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE
Speaking of the government advising us on what to do, I think the federal government is doing a mixed job at best. The reason that their resp
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