Posted on 03/16/2020 10:07:59 AM PDT by Mariner
thread # 17 is here...
http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3824800/posts?q=1&;page=1
We are used to living in a nation with an excellent health care system.
What happens if that is no longer the case for an extended period of time?
Think about it. Think hard.
NETHERLANDS
7-03-2020 | 14:00 hr
Nine patients deceased, 292 new patients, in total 1705 persons tested positive
Since yesterday, 292 people have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. This brings the total number of positive tested people to 1705. Among them are 389 people working in health care; they are tested more often than other groups.
Nineteen patients have died from COVID-19 since the last update. The number of fatalities in the Netherlands is now 43. The age of the deceased is between 63 and 94 years.
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/current-information-about-novel-coronavirus-covid-19
What happens if we don't even touch our health care capacity?
ALABAMA
Alabama Covid19 cases 29
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Alabama
Updated: March 16, 2020 4:25 p.m (CT)
County of Residence Cases
Baldwin 1
Elmore 1
Lee 1
Jefferson 17
Limestone 1
Montgomery 2
Shelby 3
Tuscaloosa 3
Total 29
Deaths: 0
https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/infectiousdiseases/2019-coronavirus.html
Numbers are your FRiend.
Do your homework—crunch the numbers...
I am not going to do it for you.
Believe me, I don't want you to.
A friend who works in a hospital is telling me that they are worried about blood supplies.
The system gets a lot of its blood from blood drives at schools, colleges, and work places — all of which are currently shut down.
Thanks. That makes sense.
I have a feeling a lot of this panic is going to subside this week, no thanks to the media. Normal people are going to stop and think, “What the hell am I doing? This is insane.”
And that’s the problem a lot of secondary things like that, and the ability to treat people with other medical conditions.
NETHERLANDS
In the Netherlands, more than half of the people in intensive care with Covid-19 are aged under 50, IC association chairman tells
@ADnl
.
The family of a 16-year-old boy in intensive care has asked the Netherlands to “Wake up and take this virus seriously.”
Hospitals need blood for many other ailments, and folks are reluctant to give blood right now for many reasons (some legit, some not).
Blood has a short shelf-life.
https://www.oneblood.org/about-donating/blood-donor-basics/what-is-blood/why-blood-is-needed.stml
FluTrackers - CDC case counts US - 4,500+ cases, 93 fatalities as of March 17, 2020
“This is a SHTF situation and all bets are off.”
“No, it’s not.”
What would a SHTF situation look like to you?
A great discussion of “systems thinking”.
It is not taught in school, and many FReepers do not know how to do it:
https://thesystemsthinker.com/systems-thinking-what-why-when-where-and-how/
That explains many of the “flu bros” and other variations on that theme.
MO
Patients Tested at Missouri State Public Health Laboratory and CDC*
207
0
8
215
Positive cases are residents of St. Louis County (2), St. Louis City (1), Greene County (3), Henry County (1) and one is TBA.
https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus/
“I’ve been blue collar all my life and I doubt the shops like I’ve worked at will even take that two weeks off.”
They will take plenty of time off when they are sick.
MD
Number of Confirmed Cases: 57
Cases by County:
Anne Arundel - 3
Baltimore City - 1
Baltimore County - 6
Carroll - 1
Charles - 1
Frederick - 1
Harford - 2
Howard - 3
Montgomery - 24
Prince George’s - 14
Talbot - 1
Cases by Age Range:
0-18 : 0
19-64 : 37
65+ : 20
https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/
LA
Data updated: 03/17/2020 9:30 a.m.
171 Cases Reported
457 Tests Completed by State Lab
4 Deaths Reported
Parishes with Reported Cases
12 of 64
Orleans - 116 case(s)
Jefferson - 31 case(s)
St. Tammany - 6 case(s)
Caddo - 4 case(s)
St. Charles - 3 case(s)
Terrebonne - 3 case(s)
Lafourche - 2 case(s)
St. Bernard - 2 case(s)
Ascension - 1 case(s)
Bossier - 1 case(s)
St. John the Baptist - 1 case(s)
Washington - 1 case(s)
http://ldh.la.gov/Coronavirus/
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