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Last year 18,000 people died of the flu and 350,000 people were hospitalized. In 2013 almost 60,000 died of the flu and yet we managed to get buy without any hysteria.
That’s missing the entire point of all this.120 flu deaths today, 39 carona virus deaths to date. Yeah, let's panic about carona virus and forget the flu.
People are literally selling TP on EBay for $2 a square. Not a roll, one perforated square! WTF people.
I put it this way to my students.
Would you rather overreact and look back and have a chuckle, or would you rather under react and live with the consequences impacting daily life from an economic and medical standpoint for a much longer time?
One might start to believe that with all of their efforts to induce panic and crash markets over the coronavirus that the media just might actually be the enemy of the people....
There's no cure for the flu, no medical means of stopping it spreading, and even the so-called vaccines for it are ineffective in many cases. I got the flu vaccine like I do every year and still got type A flu and missed a week of work.The difference between the flu and coronavirus as I understand it, is there is no medical cure for corona. There s no medical means of stopping it spreading. Also the death percentage within those who contract corona is much higher than those who get the flu. The medical profession doesn't have a clue where this is heading given it is so contagious, which is really the problem.
I'm hoping beyond hope that my theory is correct that the spread of the virus is already far greater than assumed.
China has known about this since December and lost control of it in January. All the while, people were coming and going within the country and to and from abroad. Travel on planes, cruise liners, etc.
Yet somehow, the 1st case in the US was only weeks ago? I personally cannot conceive of that.
This is an illness that the WHO reports 80% of all infected would have zero to mild symptoms. And those symptoms would mimic the common cold. It's also a disease that can spread anywhere from 5 to 10 times faster than the flu. Even with ease and availability of flu shots (not always perfect, I know), there can be upwards of 10-15% of the public with the flu at any given time.
I simply cannot conceive that the spread has not already been underway and in massive volume. My hope is that many, many people have already had it, unbeknownst to them, and recovered. Sucks from the standpoint of missing containment measures but nobody with a minor cold would have sought assistance.
It's my hope because if true then the mortality rate would be much lower. But an argument against that is the devastation the disease caused in one facility for the elderly in Washington. Incredible devastation that shows the clear peril for those in that age and individual health group.
It cannot be contained just like the flu nor the cold can. Imagine those being deadly diseases? Good luck corralling them. Can only be slowed, IMHO. Still, hoping I'm right for the sake of the survival rate and the prospects of the vast majority beating this.
I’d like to throw a HUGE shoutout to all the incredible, brave, selfless healthcare workers out there for protecting, supporting all of us. I can imagine how scary it must be for them to potentially risk their health and that of their own families for us. I pray they are not overwhelmed during this pandemic and the curve remains flat.
Thank you all out there!
Ya think? This is there only way to win. They have lied to people for the past 4 yrs with out obtaining the results they wanted. Now they see they have incited panic, and this could possibly get them what they want. Why stop for the good of the people now, when they have been against them the last 4 yrs.
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Let's see, the NYT and WAPO are #1 and #3 best newspapers in the world. They have uncovered scandals on both sides of the aisle. Now if you watch the cable news over and over and over ... don't do that. That is irresponsible. You will go out and buy more TP. Now if you want to talk about irresponsible, look at a government that consisently lies to you.
Last year 18,000 people died of the flu and 350,000 people were hospitalized. In 2013 almost 60,000 died of the flu and yet we managed to get buy without any hysteria.
Yes, but the flu has never put a strain on the healthcare system either. The issue with this virus isn't the high mortality rate. The issue is about 10% are severe enough to require hospitalization with a recovery time of 3-6 weeks. We could run out of capacity very quickly, which would result in a much higher death rate. It would also result in a limited capacity for the people who have heart attacks, strokes, car crash injuries, appendectomies and other standard procedures.
I think that's what is causing the hysteria. Yeah, most people will recover. But if we get to a situation where someone in your life needs to be hospitalized and there is no capacity....
Ya think? This is there only way to win. They have lied to people for the past 4 yrs with out obtaining the results they wanted. Now they see they have incited panic, and this could possibly get them what they want. Why stop for the good of the people now, when they have been against them the last 4 yrs.
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