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To: ransomnote
You may like the NYT article today. Here's a quote re Death Rate: On Friday, government scientists estimated that the figure could be below 1 percent, roughly the rate occurring in a severe flu season. https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-coronavirus.html.

Even if true the ultimate death rate doesn't really matter. What matters is the number of people that NEED hospitalization in order not to die. If there were plenty of doctors, nurses, respirators and other needed equipment and the rate of transmission stayed very low then yeah, the death rate would be relatively low. BUT we know that a significant portion of people who get it need hospitalization.

Look I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here but that's the ONLY explanation why every government on earth is reacting as if they're terrified of this thing...it's going to crash at least the medical system if left unchecked.

1,289 posted on 03/01/2020 2:05:34 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC

Even if true the ultimate death rate doesn’t really matter. What matters is the number of people that NEED hospitalization in order not to die. If there were plenty of doctors, nurses, respirators and other needed equipment and the rate of transmission stayed very low then yeah, the death rate would be relatively low. BUT we know that a significant portion of people who get it need hospitalization.

Look I’m not trying to beat a dead horse here but that’s the ONLY explanation why every government on earth is reacting as if they’re terrified of this thing...it’s going to crash at least the medical system if left unchecked.
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I can see we’re just not gonna agree on many things. I was responding to the information you posted as a basis for your reasoning and had no intention of evaluating all of your other reasoning on this issue.


1,292 posted on 03/01/2020 2:14:33 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: DouglasKC
how do you stop a virus, seriously?....I don't think you can, no more then you can stop the common cold....

are we supposed to stay in our houses for the rest of our lives?....

the whole deal is to get the virus or flu and mitigate the symptoms.....that's the key because MOST people do not get very sick with lots of diseases...West Nile,Hep A,colds, flu...and MOST people survive..

take preventive measures, sure, and also tend to your own health and your own immune system....

1,303 posted on 03/01/2020 2:48:58 PM PST by cherry
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