Just wondering. What will be the result of letting the virus just run its course, like a seasonal flu ? People would be advised not to catch it, but if they do then to just deal with it.
Yup. We should have had voluntary shelter in place for the vulnerable, with some support, and let the thing run its course.
We can't kill it - we'll all be exposed sometime, just like the flu.
“Just wondering. What will be the result of letting the virus just run its course, like a seasonal flu ? People would be advised not to catch it, but if they do then to just deal with it.”
I would support a hospital lockout for anyone who doesn’t shelter in place and gets caught by police. That way hospital care will be available for people who do follow the rules.
“ What will be the result of letting the virus just run its course, like a seasonal flu ?”
4,000,000 US deaths. Look it up on your phone.
“Just wondering. What will be the result of letting the virus just run its course, like a seasonal flu ”
Wishful thinking. If we dont take measure right now, the survival rate in 3 years is less then 30% of total population. 30 % become 6% in 7 years. Batten down the hatches.
“Just wondering. What will be the result of letting the virus just run its course, like a seasonal flu ?”
The worry is a having a huge bulge of people needing ventilators and intensive care all at the same time. That’s the recipe for deaths.
If the bulge can be spread out, “flattening the curve”, then there’s enough beds and medical personnel to handle the patient load.
The danger with the Covid virus is how fast it can spread. Its close cousin SARS only infected 8,800 hundred people total over maybe 10 months. This thing had infected 82,000 by March 1st. It’s 10 times as infectious.
Covid-19 is not as lethal as the 2003 SARS, but it can overwhelm medical systems with sheer numbers of patients needing hospital care all at the same time.
Overwhelms the health care system.
Marco Rubio
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We only have 3 months of information on #Covid_19
We have created the perception that younger people have nothing to worry about.
We now need to stop saying that.
In the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.
In France half of those in the ICU are under 65.