Posted on 03/20/2020 8:42:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
With symptoms ranging from a gasping death to nothing at all, one has to wonder whether COVID-19 is a super flu or a mild cold. Have we ruined our economy over nothing or saved millions of people from death? If COVID-19 is a mild cold, how did we mistake it for a super flu?
There are over 200 different viruses that cause the common cold. The most common are rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, adenoviruses, and respiratory syncytial viruses. The average person gets one to three colds per year, and due to the large variety of viruses responsible, there is no vaccine. Influenza is another common respiratory virus. Cold or flu, respiratory viruses present similar symptoms and follow the same life cycle.
Launched into the environment from their current host, they might survive long enough to find another. Typically by inhalation, they might make their way to the mucosa. They might make it past the wall of mucus to the underlying cells, where they might manage to infect one. Irritated by the intruder, the cells send an alarm and macrophages soon begin the equivalent of carpet bombing. The release of cytotoxic chemicals causes tissue damage and even more irritation. The mucosa releases more mucus, filling the sinuses and dripping into the lungs. Cilia move mucus out of the lungs up to the throat, where most of it makes its way to the stomach, but coughing is also an option, launching virus into the environment.
The more specialized 'T' and 'B' lymphocytes make their way to the infection where they test the infectious agent to determine if they are a good match. Once a 'B' cell matches close enough, the precision strikes start. The adaptive immune system further alters its genetics to make an even better match.
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The US confirmed death rate is crashing as cases go up - the reason it was so high was because it got into 2 acute nursing homes in Washington where the average life expectancy was 3-6 months. Outside of Washington, the CONFIRMED (not actual) death rate is less than 1%.
I’ve had a stuffed up head and post nasal drip with subsequent dry cough for 4-5 days now...no fever, no body aches.....allergies or plain old cold, who knows....I’m being careful.....
If the US indeed gets and stays ahead of the curve, great!
Other countries are not and will not be so lucky.
1% may be the figure or it could be a bit lower.
But for a national pandemic that would make the flu mortality rate look like kindergarten.
So getting and staying ahead is the game.
Maybe something in the middle?
I had been overseas for a week on business at the end of February, so I have been paying close attention to my own symptoms, and those of everyone around me, especially those who traveled. I’ve been thinking for the last couple of weeks that there was a fair chance some of us were infected with Covid. Be careful out there, but no need to be too concerned unless symptoms suddenly get worse. From all the info I’ve found, it looks like if you are going to get really sick, it almost always happens between days 7 and 11, so I think that if you still have only mild symptoms after a week you are probably not going to get really sick no matter what the source of infection.
No, apparently destroying the economy and testing a command and control government is the name of the game. I bet this thing has a 0.1-0.2% death rate when all is said and done and I bet this thing comes back again next fall. We are going to have 25-30 million people furloughed or fired and hundreds of thousands of businesses going bankrupt over this. Pensions will go bust. Wait till the bad unemployment #s start coming out and you start seeing economist forecast -20 to -40% GDP in the second quarter. This will be worse than the great depression in terms of severity in any given year, although at least we have plenty of food. I am fortunately to have $100k liquid in cash + silver/gold + a lot more in all types of investments (real estate, bonds, stocks) but most people being laid off are hourly workers. It is a blood bath. SurveyUSA today survey said 14 million people have already been furloughed or laid off. And state governments, and possibly trump, are about to shut down another 40% of the economy. This is absolute madness.
Not good. Did she smoke?
Flu data of 2019
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
If you think 10% of people with flu die, I don’t have anything to tell you.
You need to start all over with reality. SMH
Different damage. Smoker's lungs
WTF would you think it matters who gets tested for the flu?
That’s just plumb loco. Maybe stick to how many ears of corn in Iowa.
At least it would appear more relevant.
Yes, and I also know that SARSr-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and MERS-CoV are all in the genus Betacoronavirus. We are fortunate that is not as deadly as SARSr-CoV or MERS-CoV. The four common human coronaviruses are merely annoying to various degrees.
Please don't be upset. I'm trying to understand why this isn't clear to people.
The media is using those that get tested for the coronavirus vs the total number of people that die from the flu.
When the numbers are not equal. It's like testing chickens for salmonella vs not testing the chickens. You're going to get smaller number with those that been tested.
Which changes the death ratios which makes it seem like a large number when it's not.
how did we mistake it for the super flu
Destroy Trump is the agenda not a mistake it is the plan
Not upset just aghast at so many bad analogies thus the ear of corn reference.
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