"Covid-19 Is An Exponential Threat" - Why Global Politicians & Business Leaders Must Act Now
At this point, with no vaccine and no immunity, social distancing is the best "weapon" we have in this battle. The below graph is from the article.
Posted on 03/14/2020 6:02:18 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
As the novel coronavirus continues to claim lives in the United States, experts are investigating what factors increase some people’s risk of dying from the virus.
So far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not released a summary of basic demographic information about the people who have died, but according to information collected by ABC News' Medical Unit, the majority of deaths have been among people in the 70s, 80s and 90s....
In the U.S., of the cases for which there is data, only one person who died was in their 40s, while two people died in their 50s. Seven people were in their 60s, nine people in their 70s, 13 people in their 80s and 10 people were in their 90s.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Two absolute must-read articles are up on ZeroHedge right now. Here is one.
Covid-19: European Leaders Finally Acknowledge Scale Of Crisis
Sat, 03/14/2020
The disease is spreading fast: more than 28,000 coronavirus cases (93% of all cases) in Europe were confirmed during just the first twelve days of March. The number of new cases has been doubling, on average, every 72 hours.
[EUROPEAN CASES DOUBLING EVERY 72 HOURS!!!!]
“The threat is very significant... There are many epidemiologists who talk about the potential of the virus in terms of attack rates globally that could be between 50% and 70% of the global population.
“It is important to recognize that the virus is here and that it has tremendous potential to be disruptive, to cause high rates of illness and even high rates of death....
“I don’t think we are dealing with the flu here... this is a virus that is now circulating in a population that has absolutely no immunity to it.... You might have an attack rate that is three times higher than seasonal flu with a mortality rate that is ten times higher.
“The most concerning thing about this virus is the combination of infectiousness and the ability to cause severe disease or death. We have not since 1918 — since the Spanish flu — seen a virus that combined those two qualities in the same way. We have seen very lethal viruses — Ebola’s mortality rate in some cases is greater than 80% — but they don’t have the infectiousness that this virus has. They don’t have the potential to explode and spread globally....
“I think that what we are seeing is a virus that is many, many times more lethal than the flu, and a population that is completely vulnerable to it, and we are seeing its ability to explode. It has increased in some countries over the last two weeks by one thousand-fold and many countries are seeing ten-fold or one hundred-fold increases in cases. There is nothing to stop that expansion from continuing unless those societies move aggressively, engage their publics, implement multiple public health interventions, including introducing social distancing....
“We need to modify our behavior. We need to start practicing that now. We have to modify our behavior in ways that reduces the risk of transmitting the virus.... One challenge that we face is that people who are young and are generally healthy won’t perceive personal risk and they will govern their behavior based on what they perceive their personal risk to be. I think we need to start thinking in terms of the social risk. If I have a cold and I go to work and shake hands with my older colleague who has a chronic medical condition, I could be responsible for that colleague’s death. We all need to think about our responsibility to each other as we govern our behavior. We can’t view the epidemic in terms of our personal risk, we need to act collectively in a cooperative manner....
“I don’t think it’s a crazy analogy to compare this to World War 2... I think this is an appropriate analogy and the mindset that people need to get into....
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/covid-19-european-leaders-finally-acknowledge-scale-crisis
Here is another MUST read for today.
It’s reprinted at Zero Hedge (instead of Medium) so it’s much easier to access. All the graphs will enlarge for easy study if you click on them.
“Covid-19 Is An Exponential Threat” - Why Global Politicians & Business Leaders Must Act Now
When you’re done reading the article, this is what you’ll take away:
The coronavirus is coming to you.
It’s coming at an exponential speed: gradually, and then suddenly.
It’s a matter of days. Maybe a week or two.
When it does, your healthcare system will be overwhelmed.
Your fellow citizens will be treated in the hallways.
Exhausted healthcare workers will break down. Some will die.
They will have to decide which patient gets the oxygen and which one dies.
The only way to prevent this is social distancing today. Not tomorrow. Today.
That means keeping as many people home as possible, starting now.
As a politician, community leader or business leader, you have the power and the responsibility to prevent this.
You might have fears today: What if I overreact? Will people laugh at me? Will they be angry at me? Will I look stupid? Won’t it be better to wait for others to take steps first? Will I hurt the economy too much?
But in 2–4 weeks, when the entire world is in lockdown, when the few precious days of social distancing you will have enabled will have saved lives, people won’t criticize you anymore: They will thank you for making the right decision.
What has it done?
Curious... will those of us who have been inoculating ourselves from various flu viruses over the past several years have some level of immunity?
"Covid-19 Is An Exponential Threat" - Why Global Politicians & Business Leaders Must Act Now
At this point, with no vaccine and no immunity, social distancing is the best "weapon" we have in this battle. The below graph is from the article.
Ah, I love the smell of fear-mongering in the morning.
Nope, zero. This is a novel coronavirus. No immunity at all.
We are like American Indians being confronted with smallpox-ridden European settlers.
To expand on your question, should those planning Shingrix vaccines defer?
Except small pox is a serious disease and COVID-19 is a really infectious case of the sniffles that affects the really old & infirmed more adversely.
Hysterical overreaction.
This is the flu with mild to moderate symptoms for most.
It is not going to stop, because we canceled our sporting events.
Canceling everything will, however, cause a global depression which WILL kill tens of millions. Articles like this will be the cause.
Spreading false information should be a criminal offense.
“will those of us who have been inoculating ourselves from various flu viruses over the past several years have some level of immunity?”
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Not from this, no. From the flu bugs you were vaccinated for you’ll have whatever protection the shots will lend.
You have to keep in mind the Euros are well-vaccinated people and this thing is going gangbusters there.
BS
Vitamin C
Raw Honey
Zinc
I love fools and idiots in the morning.
You still spreading your vile ignorance.
If you’re 70+...or have underlying lung or heart disease or a compromised immune system...you may well have a problem.Otherwise...highly unlikely.
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