Coronavirus is everywhere!

[lwmcguire]

China is reporting few or no new cases

There is light at the end of the tunnel

Economic impact is going to be like never seen before in terms of wealth lost

Stay calm

[1doodadd]

Anyone want to hear a different view go to youtube and look up Mahmoud ElAwad. Watch the Whole video He is not set on any one person, but finance minded. Get a different look at the whole picture if you dare. Im not saying he's right but just weigh out some other evidence and follow the money

[richard5933]

Originally Posted by shootist

This flu season has killed 18,000 Americans. Corona 150. So far they're doing a pretty good job.

Knowing that the seasonal flu kills more people annually than this new virus doesn't make the new virus any lead deadly. Your logic is flawed.

It's the mortality rate which will tell us how likely someone infected is to die as a result of infection. Right now the data is showing that this new virus is up to 10 times more likely to result in death for those infected.

Unfortunately, until widespread testing is done we will not have good data to work with. The final mortality rate is likely to be less once the total number of infected persons is known, but likely still higher than seasonal flu.

[Cumminsfan]

Originally Posted by shootist

This flu season has killed 18,000 Americans. Corona 150. So far they're doing a pretty good job.

I suggest you wait another year and check the death totals then. Right now there's no season for the Corona. It's just now taking off.

[Tireman9]

Originally Posted by Funengineer

Wife and sister in law are retired RN’s. They each received emails today from two different large hospitals asking them to return to work mostly ICU floors. Unfortunately they are both in the at risk group.
This is the start of a shift at Henry Ford Hospital, downtown Detroit.
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If those people are going to the ER because they think they have CorVid19 they are doing the wrong thing. BUT this is not their fault but the fault of our leaders failing to plan and learn from what has been shown to work in other countries. If you enter the ER you can immediately infect our health care providers when a remote test site should have been set up at least two weeks ago. BUT certain people did not want to see big numbers so they intentionally mislead America.


Suggest you read THIS post.

[Funengineer]

Originally Posted by Tireman9

If those people are going to the ER because they think they have CorVid19 they are doing the wrong thing. BUT this is not their fault but the fault of our leaders failing to plan and learn from what has been shown to work in other countries. If you enter the ER you can immediately infect our health care providers when a remote test site should have been set up at least two weeks ago. BUT certain people did not want to see big numbers so they intentionally mislead America.


Suggest you read THIS post.

Did you take the time to read the photo caption? These are the dedicated employees of Henry Ford Hospital showing up for the day shift. They are being screened before starting work.

[C5c5]

Originally Posted by Tireman9

...BUT this is not their fault but the fault of our leaders failing to plan and learn from what has been shown to work in other countries...

Be careful when comparing a much larger, spread out, and more diverse populations (USA) to other smaller, homogeneous, urban, and tightly controlled populations.

There is no one-size fits all solution to very different countries and cultures.

[shootist]

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[Gary.Jones]

This virus is just getting started in the country because we are just at the beginning of having a test to make a definitive diagnosis. Be smart and get beyond the [Mod Edit] and start taking this seriously !!!!

Gary

[Tireman9]

Originally Posted by shootist

This flu season has killed 18,000 Americans. Corona 150. So far they're doing a pretty good job.

Sorry you are a bit behind. Number of dead Americans is 217 as of March 20, 2020, 12:56 GMT


Projections for next week is multiple thousands based on the Science. But you can stay in denial.

[Tireman9]

Originally Posted by Funengineer

Did you take the time to read the photo caption? These are the dedicated employees of Henry Ford Hospital showing up for the day shift. They are being screened before starting work.

Yes they are screened but they are not receiving all the PPE they should have. Expanded testing as seen in S Korea allows them to isolate most of the infected. That is how you shut down the spread.

Why isn't the US testing 20,000 a day as they are in S Korea?

[Funengineer]

Originally Posted by Tireman9

Yes they are screened but they are not receiving all the PPE they should have. Expanded testing as seen in S Korea allows them to isolate most of the infected. That is how you shut down the spread.

Why isn't the US testing 20,000 a day as they are in S Korea?

I think we all know why we are not testing as they are in South Korea. Poor planning, blame it on who you want to blame it on but our current government officials have failed us.

I take exception to your comment that they are not receiving PPE. You speak of something you know nothing about. They currently have the PPE‘s they need but will run out in a matter of weeks.

[rk911]

Originally Posted by C5c5

...This is ridiculous and getting out of hand.

getting???

[GBB]

Everybody needs to get a dose of it. In couple weeks it will have run its course and everything will be back to normal. I swear people have gone nuts.