[Hostage]

The very first US case of corona virus was in Seattle. That patient has fully recovered.

But we won’t hear a peep about how most patients recover. We will hear neverending reports about deaths increasing but we won’t hear the average age of such deaths is 80+ nor will we hear that such deaths occurred in people with poor health to begin with.

This is a political war being waged. The President is holding an emergency meeting to coordinate and unify truthful messaging among medical officials that are recognized as authorities.

[BluegrassCardinal]

A few random thoughts from an RN who has worked in ICU settings:

Announcing EVERY new case on social media, traditional media is just driving panic and increasing anxiety. There has to be a more responsible and reasonable way to announce statistics than any particular media outlet blaring it five times over an hour on a Facebook post.

Expect hospital surges in hot spots across the country. It happened during H1N1 and will happen again.

Canceling mass events and so on is not a bad idea. Limiting the spread helps flatten the peak of this wave.

Seems like best case scenario for a vaccine is winter or spring next year. Hopefully Remsedivir will prove to be an effective anti viral and get be mass produced over the next few months. Just a treatment alone will calm some of the panic.

[Black Agnes]

That very first patient got an experimental drug.

They were literally at deaths door prior to getting that drug.

Had they not gotten that drug they might have been in the ICU for weeks longer or even died.

That first patient was a healthy 35yr old non smoker.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001191

[Starboard]

But we won’t hear a peep about how most patients recover.

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Oh but we would if the president was a Democrat. The news is clearly “shaped” depending on who is president.

Republicans never push back with the truth, facts, and counterpoints so there’s no reason for the media to make any effort to be in the least bit objective. Its pure propaganda 24X7.

[eastexsteve]

But we won’t hear a peep about how most patients recover. We will hear neverending reports about deaths increasing but we won’t hear the average age of such deaths is 80+ nor will we hear that such deaths occurred in people with poor health to begin with.

It would appear by your response that I'm a lot closer to 80 in age than you are.