[RummyChick]

perhaps a function of viral load

[RummyChick]

for those that can be bothered to read the article

40s
front line ER doc
tested negative on tuesday then positive on Friday

[Paladin2]

I’m going to go with an “Oh, Kr@p” on this one.

[Paladin2]

Who thinks the wuhuflu is on the wane in the US?

Can we see a show of hands?

[NautiNurse]

There is another ER doctor COVID-19 positive and in critical condition on the East Coast.

[Skywise]

This thing behaves so weird... in some it acts like a normal cold but in others it seems to take people down almost instantly.

Wonder if he got the worse strain...

We can only pray the weaker strain does coz immunity for the stronger strain.

[DannyTN]

Here's a Texas police officer in his 40's in critical condition 2 days ago

[DannyTN]

Another doctor in New Jersey has it, in his 70's and critical

[mewzilla]

Or genetics. Check out the list of ER docs for Kirkland.

[familyop]

"The physician, who is in his 40s,..."

But that's impossumle! It can't be! I won't believe it! I won't! I won't! [familyop, sitting on the floor, bouncing, crying and generally imitating one of the "It's like the flu" bros.]

[dp0622]

he’s critical but stable. Make sure to always leave out the stable or anything that will make this virus sound much less potent than it is

After all that’s how propaganda works

[Nifster]

This is why people are being asked to social distance. Health care workers are front line We don’t want to over load the system

[Shethink13]

Evergreen is the hospital in Kirkland, WA that is associated with the ground zero nursing home that had the majority of fatalities. Not really surprising other than that it took this long.

[familyop]

"'If the number of cases gets up to 10,000, then we're looking at 1,500 people requiring hospitalization and 500 requiring admission to the ICU. If it gets to 100,000, you can do the math — 10,000 would require hospitalization and 5,000 would be admitted to the ICU,' Yore said."

Yeah. Looks pretty ugly.

[Moonlighter]

My thought exactly.

[eastexsteve]

Ehhh..it’s just a cold. Nothing to worry about. Right?