Posted on 03/29/2020 8:50:41 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday morning estimated the US could see between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths.
‘We’re going to have millions of cases,’ he said, adding that he did not want to be held to that number because the pandemic is ‘such a moving target’.
As of Sunday morning, there were more than 123,000 positive cases, and more than 2,100 deaths in the US.
New York City remains the epicenter of the nation’s outbreak, with 30,765 cases and 672 deaths.
But very sad news came from Europe.
The Portuguese health minister says a 14-year-old boy with COVID-19 has died.
The Daily Mail reported that the teenager suffered from psoriasis, but had no major underlying health conditions He lived in Ovar, south of Porto, with his family, and died in the early hours of today.
Medics are said to have decided against transferring him to a hospital with a pediatric A&E unit because of the severity of his condition.
He has been confirmed as Portugal's youngest person to die from Covid-19 so far.
Portugal reported Sunday it has 119 total deaths from the virus and 38,042 infections.
This news comes after a healthy 16-year-old girl Julie Alliot died at a Paris hospital this week.
She had no underlying health conditions and was pronounced dead a week after developing 'a slight cough'.
Sad day, RIP boy!
How many people die of the flu that were otherwise healthy. The media highlights this one case. The bottom line, a vast majority of people dieing with the virus have underlying health issues, in other words they were dieing with or without virus.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, so the boy did indeed have a relevant underlying condition.
How does (or not) the immuno effects of psoriasis relate to susceptibility to the pulmonary effects of corona virus?
Done in my head, so off. But, if we had a number on those who haven’t been tested, i e non-symptomatic but infected, it would be much lower. But I was still wrong on the initial division.
Not for a couple of decades. I’m too buisy creating flat earth Youtube videos anyway. ;)
Anecdotal, I know, but a friend who works at a children’s hospital in Denver reports that there is exactly ONE coronavirus patient hospitalized at his hospital, and that patient is eighteen years old.
Well said.
This hysteria is driving me nuts.
People need to grow a pair of balls and get grip.
AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!
Germany is apparently testing more than any other nation and their mortality rate is around 0.5% if NPR is to be taken at face value.
If the 14 year old had psoriasis, it is in an indication of a compromised immune system.
“this is the second case” out of 686,000 cases. Do you know how rare it would be if NO outliers existed?
Should I add several exclamation points?
He would have had clinically significant pre-existing inflammation from an auto-immune disorder. Add to that the added burden of the virus and he probably entered into a cytokine storm with his lungs filling with fluid.
The most common underlying health issue cited among deceased Covid19 victims is high blood pressure, the second is diabetes. If you know someone with these conditions, you know they can be controlled with medication and people usually live for decades with them. Casually accepting they they are going to die immediately of Covid19 is pretty harsh.
Also the present participle for the verb “to die” is spelled “dying” not “dieing”
i believe we had 60 million swine flu cases.
You said very well my point. Thank you for putting the right terms to it.
“How does (or not) the immuno effects of psoriasis relate to susceptibility to the pulmonary effects of corona virus?”
Psoriasis is immunodysregulatory. It isn’t thought to be immunosuppressive. In fact, untreated psoriasis is thought to bolster immunity. Most effective treatments for psoriasis ARE immunosuppresive, by design. There are many current therapies, both old drugs and very modern injectable biologics. Therefore, the question remains if this boy was receiving an immunosuppressive medication for psoriasis that made him more vulnerable to the coronavirus infection and its ill-effects.
Kid had psoriasis, an autoimmune disease in which young onset patients tend to be more severe and more likely to have additional disorders of excessive inflammation. And one sometimes treated systemically with agents suppressing the immune system. It would be interesting to know how severe was his psoriasis and what treatment he’d been receiving for it. It may be that instead of being a sad exception to the “young and healthy do well” rule of thumb that he’s a clue to another risk factor.
Yes, the headline is just wrong and the article is written by someone who shouldn’t be in the business of reporting.
> WE got the filthy Chinese to Thank for this! <
I’d say the filthy ChiComs, but yeah, you’re right. Will the world forget this in a few years? Sure they will. And the ChiComs are banking on that.
This child may have had a genetic zinc deficiency, or deficiency caused by diet or other factors...
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