AGAIN, if everybody does what the NBA is doing then everybody needs to go to their cave, preferably in the Yukon, and stay there indefinitely. If you "think" that you "might" have been "remotely" in the "proximity" of someone who "might" have corona, then you and everybody you work with and go to school with and live with should isolate in their separate caves, according to the NBA.
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well one doctor was quoted as saying there was about a 14% chance of getting it twice, but it's just considered more of a relapse, kinda like when you get a cold twice within a month or so....
Also, just because one is old, doesn't mean they are going to die, per doctor Layne A. Hermansen, DO,
" Initial reports show around an 8% mortality rate for those above 70 and 14% mortality rate for those older than 80. "
So basically approx 8% of those above 70 and 14% of those above 80 end up passing away....
Also, just because one is old, doesn't mean they are going to die, per doctor Layne A. Hermansen, DO,
" Initial reports show around an 8% mortality rate for those above 70 and 14% mortality rate for those older than 80. "
So basically approx 8% of those above 70 and 14% of those above 80 end up passing away....
Why are you throwing so much hyperbole into this?
Reports are Gobert has been around three NBA teams during the incubation period. That's players, coaches, media personnel and others surrounding the team. 50+ people not including casual encounters. Multiply that by all those people's encounters...
Many don't show symptoms for 2 weeks. So we're already looking at numerous infections inside and out of the NBA from Gobert alone. Those three teams must be quarantined for 14 days minimum.
The successful countries did so by coming down hard with mass quarantines. Your cave comments trivialize this situation and come across at trolling.
Reports are Gobert has been around three NBA teams during the incubation period. That's players, coaches, media personnel and others surrounding the team. 50+ people not including casual encounters. Multiply that by all those people's encounters...
Many don't show symptoms for 2 weeks. So we're already looking at numerous infections inside and out of the NBA from Gobert alone. Those three teams must be quarantined for 14 days minimum.
The successful countries did so by coming down hard with mass quarantines. Your cave comments trivialize this situation and come across at trolling.
Others have made this point but I'm going to chime in. Yes, many people who get this will not show much in the way of illness (or may not realize it). The elderly and those with health problems are most in danger.
The issue is containment and "flattening the curve". You can't have this very contagious virus start overwhelming the hospitals and available health care professionals. This isn't a joke.
And it is showing the US that our absolutely unprepared health care system couldn't handle a real emergency. What if this was just as contagious but also as deadly as SARS or, heaven forbid, ebola. Can you imagine how bad things would be if it were? Sacramento County can't test more than 20 people a day, and they are devoting that entire capacity to checking the folks in Elk Grove at the center where the victim passed away recently from this virus. So, everyone else in Sacramento County can't even be tested - it's not possible. At all. I have a friend with a 100° fever and symptoms who went to the doctor today and he can't get tested.
Consider this our wake-up call. What if this were an intentionally released bioweapon instead of a somewhat benign flu-like (but still much more deadly) virus. We are screwed. I'm not getting political, I'm just saying we need to reconsider how we prepare for these things because as of right now, we aren't. At all. Other countries figured this out. We need to as well.
The issue is containment and "flattening the curve". You can't have this very contagious virus start overwhelming the hospitals and available health care professionals. This isn't a joke.
And it is showing the US that our absolutely unprepared health care system couldn't handle a real emergency. What if this was just as contagious but also as deadly as SARS or, heaven forbid, ebola. Can you imagine how bad things would be if it were? Sacramento County can't test more than 20 people a day, and they are devoting that entire capacity to checking the folks in Elk Grove at the center where the victim passed away recently from this virus. So, everyone else in Sacramento County can't even be tested - it's not possible. At all. I have a friend with a 100° fever and symptoms who went to the doctor today and he can't get tested.
Consider this our wake-up call. What if this were an intentionally released bioweapon instead of a somewhat benign flu-like (but still much more deadly) virus. We are screwed. I'm not getting political, I'm just saying we need to reconsider how we prepare for these things because as of right now, we aren't. At all. Other countries figured this out. We need to as well.
We've come a long way from a medical standpoint since the Spanish Flu though. Medical Care was absolutely horrid back then. They had a shortage of everything. Hell, even their quarantine ability was probably abysmal back then. If the Spanish Flu happened today, the mortality rate would probably be closer to 1%