Posted on 03/01/2020 12:56:17 PM PST by Vermont Lt
Continuation of the thread.
Previous Thread 6 here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3820357/posts
“My husband told me 124 nurses/staff from UCDAVIS were off work due to exposure according to nurses union”
All confirmed exposures. Up from “about 2 dozen” on Thursday night.
Home quarantine for now. Testing if they get sick.
My brother in-law and sister did missionary work there, they have a lot of friends there. I will find out.
And who knows how many similar mistakes may have occurred in China. That would explain (aside from the normal Communist regime practices) why so few China cases have been reported outside of Hubei province.
“Yeah, the newest China data shows slower spread than originally feared. Likely due to their draconian quarantines.”
I do not think US will be able to do the same.
Seattle had a soccer game today and 40,000 in attendance. Portland also had a packed stadium.
These are the same people blaming the president for the spread of this.
This is going downhill faster than a fat girl on skis.
No. They won’t. They are different locks and different keys.
agree-these Live Threads are full of foolish rumors (some are now afraid to drink Corona Beer) and helping fan nothing but fear and helping elect President Sanders
see https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2020/02/29/five_reasons_you_dont_need_to_panic_about_the_covid-19_coronavirus.html
The vast majority of cases are mild, and the death rate is likely lower than reported. A large study of 72,000 confirmed COVID-19 patients in China found that 81% of cases were mild, another 14% were severe (characterized by difficulty breathing), and 5% were critical. Overall, the death rate was 2.3 percent. More recently, the WHO reported a death rate of 3.8% in China, but noted that it is rapidly falling as standards of care quickly improve. Early on, the city of Wuhan (where the disease originated) was inundated with patients and hospitals could not provide proper care due to overwhelming demand. For Chinese patients whose symptoms started after February 1st, the death rate is just 0.7 percent. (For comparison, the U.S. death rate from 2019-20’s annual flu oubtreak is between .06 percent to 0.1 percent. SARS a similar virus to COVID-19, had a death rate of 9.6 percent.) The death rate could be even lower, as very mild cases of COVID-19 that resemble a common cold likely go unreported.
“The chances of YOU dying from this is about 1000:1.”
My guess is you meant 1:1000 but who knows? 1000:1 chances of dying from the virus is pretty rough. :-)
Yes, and it sounds like the administration jumped on it quickly and is investigating. Glad to hear that.
Your dead ARE your emergency meat rations.
“This is going downhill faster than a fat girl on skis.”
I’m going to use that.
Soon.
Maybe today.
I woke up with a killer headache yesterday that would not budge. My son just spent over 2 weeks in SK & Japan and got back over a week ago. I must confess, I privately hoped it was just that - a headache. All better today.
A hospital does not “keep its census low.” In fact, one of the key metrics in hospitals is the turnover time. You are being timed from the second the doc puts in a discharge order to when a new body is in your bed.
And the ICU is first come, first served. They don’t hold beds for people who “might” show up sick.
Exactly.
I think 40% is high. Only 10% get the flu. Maybe 15/20% tops.
“I’m more worried about the panic than the disease.”
The economic impact will be felt by everyone.
The severity is yet to be determined.
That seems high. They will have it at a higher rate than us.
Panic is what happens when those with extreme normalcy bias discover...things aren’t normal anymore.
Then, get out of their way.
I sincerly hope I’ve ended up with a few weeks extra provisions a cpl months early for ‘cane season.
But, just in case my hopes are misguided...
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