Posted on 01/24/2020 7:04:12 PM PST by luvie
That did satisfy the question I’ve had for years as to why people get the flu in winter rather than warmer times, but this particular virus isn’t an influenza virus.
This one manifests itself as pneumonia...in other words the lower bronchial system rather than the upper system like the flu does. Steve explained that on one of his previous streams. He had pictures showing the difference.
Especially since each of these sick people had to get home on an airplane or boat with hundreds of other people to infect with what they caught in Wuhan. It’s growing exponentially. As unknown diseases often do. Quite worrisome to me.
makes sense that disease would take out the frailest, weakest, chronically ill people first....afterwards, when this group is gone, the rate of deaths would probably decrease...
there is supportive care if chronically ill people catch the flu, but there is no quick fix.....
What’s your point? Some people that receive medical intervention (I do not recall using the term ‘cure’) will survive while they would not have if left on their own.
The scary part of that map is in the corner right next to the death toll. As of this posting, it says only 38 confirmed recoveries. Next to 41 deaths.
If that ratio is anywhere near accurate, we are not looking at a 3% mortality rate with this disease. More like 52%
No wonder China is freaking out!
I’m really hoping that ratio is wrong.
They are notorious trolls over there. Don’t take it seriously.
That’s not a body, that’s a living person. Bodies don’t hold their heads up and out of the water. It looks like a Russian version of the polar bear club. While I don’t trust Putin, nor the Russian government, I don’t think this pic is ominous.
It will take at least a year to get a vaccine to market in quantities to affect this virus - several levels of tests, human trials, etc need to be performed before they will even begin manufacturing in quantity - unless the Gov’t nationalizes the health care system; which could be an outcome if this gets really bad.
I worked in vaccine development for BMS. Very familiar with the process.
If things get really bad, corners can be cut.
And somewhere I read that there drastic changes after survival in the lymphocyte populations.
According to the Johns Hopkins website, as of midnight, deaths (41), now outnumber those who have recovered (38).
Nope - “average everyday Flu” is about 1/30th as deadly...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o9lVJ6IlE4k
Link doesn’t work - use the long one I posted
Prayers are firmly in place
But all 79 tested were tested because they were critically ill.
The actual number of infections is unknown, testing is presumably following a "worst first" priority scheme, and under the conditions now existing in Wuhan there is no chance that population-based screening for mild or asymptomatic infections is going on.
41 dead of 79 infected is a world emergency, 41 dead of 250 000 infections is a mild flu season.
Thank you.
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