Nationals and Coronavirus.

I am irked by the note about the Plague of Justinain and it saying that it hastened the fall of the Roman Empire. The plague occured from 541-542 AD. The fall of the Roman Empire is typically marked on September 4th, 476 AD...so not sure how a plague that occurred almost three quarters of a century later hastened its demise :P Yeah, everybody knows The Plague of Justinian affected the Byzantine and Neo-Persian empire...duh! The problem quoting mortality statistics this early is it's not really known. I work for the largest hospital system in Arizona (2nd busiest hospital in state) and we are currently only testing high risk people (travel or exposure to known coronavirus positive peeps). Obviously, this will skew the denominator (and thus mortality rates) if we are only testing the sickest people. My hospital is way past capacity most all the time and I bet most run this way chronically (can't be paying people to sit around when we have administrators making 25 millon per year). Coronavirus is not going to change that. Don't worry though I saw a neat you tube video yesterday and learned how to connect 4 people to one ventilator. I am sad by cancellation but it seems to be necessary in this legal, risk-adverse world we now live in. I was planning on rolling the dice with me and all my family (y'all were about to witness an all Dickson mixed free and medley relay) but then again, I have nothing to live for. See you all in Richmond. Be nice!

I am irked by the note about the Plague of Justinain and it saying that it hastened the fall of the Roman Empire. The plague occured from 541-542 AD. The fall of the Roman Empire is typically marked on September 4th, 476 AD...so not sure how a plague that occurred almost three quarters of a century later hastened its demise :P Yeah, everybody knows The Plague of Justinian affected the Byzantine and Neo-Persian empire...duh! The problem quoting mortality statistics this early is it's not really known. I work for the largest hospital system in Arizona (2nd busiest hospital in state) and we are currently only testing high risk people (travel or exposure to known coronavirus positive peeps). Obviously, this will skew the denominator (and thus mortality rates) if we are only testing the sickest people. My hospital is way past capacity most all the time and I bet most run this way chronically (can't be paying people to sit around when we have administrators making 25 millon per year). Coronavirus is not going to change that. Don't worry though I saw a neat you tube video yesterday and learned how to connect 4 people to one ventilator. I am sad by cancellation but it seems to be necessary in this legal, risk-adverse world we now live in. I was planning on rolling the dice with me and all my family (y'all were about to witness an all Dickson mixed free and medley relay) but then again, I have nothing to live for. See you all in Richmond. Be nice!