You know it’s a really good question. And while I don’t usually do this I will answer a question with a question
I have discharged multiple patients. They are not classified as recovered. It’s unclear to me what the definition of recovery is. So I think the numbers are skewed. The mortality in the United States according to world odometer is 40% of concluded cases. Clearly this is not accurate. From the get go there has been a recalcitrance to classify recovered patients.
So if you take all cases 96% are mild 4% critical. The death rate is realistically around 1% of cases that we know of but here is where the run is...Iceland is reporting a high amount of antibody positive patients. They were symptomatic. If we extrapolate there numbers most likely the death rate is .1% or so.
Based on my clinical experience I see this acts like a very typical severe ARDS. The whole HCQ is a wonderful corollary and I wonder if it can be used in other cases that are not CoVId
This is clearly my opinion but there appears to be some speed to report death and or reclassify it as in the case of New York and slowness in declaring a case resolved
I wonder why that is?
What I need is a way of blunting the disease in a way that doesn’t outright kill me but allows me to get immunity so I can do my nursing work in a free and open way without a million layers of protection. I will always hand wash and use gloves...but the mask and gown thing is a chore and the gowning is a sweat box.