Coronavirus RESPECTFUL Discussion Only! (Mod edit: Closed)

[RobertWeathers]

Actually, I believe the worst (psychologically speaking) is yet to come because the number of tests available is woefully low at this point (The CDC has cited that as an "epic fail"). As more and more tests become available to the public, and more and more people take it and test positive, this will give the false impression that the pandemic is "exploding." This will probably create more unnecessary panic.

If you look at China, they're already past their peak. From mid-December when the virus was first reported, to now- that's just a little over three months.

However, their shutdown was far more draconian than what would ever be allowed in a democracy. With that in mind, I would give us probably a few more months than that timeline, depending on what level of intervention we engage in, in terms of "flattening the curve."

My belief is the spread will die down in a few weeks which is greatly accelerated compared to China because of our government (as bungling as they are), tech and medical superiority.

It may come back in the fall but imo at a smaller scale.

The economic impact is unfathomable. I think this might send us into a recession.

 

[Tunescribe]

This is good news:

New Coronavirus Test 10 Times Faster Is FDA Approved

Interesting article here: There Is a ‘Tipping Point’ Before Coronavirus Kills

Ironically, the best chance of surviving a serious bout might be in avoiding hospitals, where antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive. Bacterial infection can be a killer once the virus compromises your respiratory tract.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Listening to Marty Walsh on FOX25 is painful.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

My belief is the spread will die down in a few weeks which is greatly accelerated compared to China because of our government (as bungling as they are), tech and medical superiority.

It may come back in the fall but imo at a smaller scale.

The economic impact is unfathomable. I think this might send us into a recession.

This week and next will be brutal. Prepare for fear among folk.

 

[Triumph]

My belief is the spread will die down in a few weeks which is greatly accelerated compared to China because of our government (as bungling as they are), tech and medical superiority.

It may come back in the fall but imo at a smaller scale.

The economic impact is unfathomable. I think this might send us into a recession.

Closing down travel from China was the right thing to do.

Washington State began working on a vaccine months ago and the CDC shut them down.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Closing down travel from China was the right thing to do.

Washington State began working on a vaccine months ago and the CDC shut them down.

Bad look for Redfield .

 

[Tunescribe]

Good work.

Wonder why Fraud44 is staying out of sight?

Every president sees his party lose hundreds of positions — it's the price a party holding the White House pays — but no president has come close to Obama. During Obama's eight years in office, the Democrats have lost more House, Senate, state legislative and governors seats than under any other president.

The Democratic Party Got Crushed During The Obama Presidency. Here's Why

In other stunning news, Republican president Herbert Hoover presided over the 1929 stock market crash heralding the Great Depression. Where is Hoover now and why is he hiding?

 

[XLIX]

Still takes a year or more of testing. This why Fauci said we were a year to a year and a half away.

A lot of that time involves cutting red tape and performing extra due diligence during clinical trials. That time period can be shortened considerably.

 

[PP2]

My belief is the spread will die down in a few weeks which is greatly accelerated compared to China because of our government (as bungling as they are), tech and medical superiority.

It may come back in the fall but imo at a smaller scale.

The economic impact is unfathomable. I think this might send us into a recession.

Tech and medical superiority, yes.

Governmental? Absolutely not. We have ZERO leadership at the very top.

 

[XLIX]

Buddy you're gonna die

Every man dies.

But not every man truly lives.

 

[Froob]

Interesting article here: There Is a ‘Tipping Point’ Before Coronavirus Kills

Ironically, the best chance of surviving a serious bout might be in avoiding hospitals, where antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive. Bacterial infection can be a killer once the virus compromises your respiratory tract.

It’ll be interesting to see what we do with staff here. If people start getting sick, yikes.

 

[scout]

Pro Westling will have events! It can't be that bad. In other news, Gronk signed a contract to wrestle.

After urging from President Trump, Dana White says he'll keep holding UFC events despite coronavirus

 

[BTTA]

There will be a lot of news about early vaccine efforts. It'll take about a year, at accelerated rates, for the testing to get done. And the last thing we need is a hurried, under-tested vaccine that causes complications, given all the misinformation about vaccines that's already created so much illness and misery.

 

[XLIX]

Hussein was on top of things.

"Genius" - CNN
"We are lucky to have the Messiah in our presence" - MSNBC
"And he even has time for golf" - Washington Post
"Barrack is special" - Michelle O


Unprecedented? Really? Do CNN’s reporters and editors not know about the flu pandemic of 1918? Or even the swine flu pandemic of 2009?

Although everyone seems to have forgotten the swine flu was even a thing, it infected nearly 61 million people in the U.S. from spring 2009 through early 2010. And it claimed more than 12,000 and as many as 18,000 lives, according to a Centers for Disease Control study published in 2011. In total, the disease is now believed to have caused more than 200,000 deaths worldwide.

A Tale Of Two Pandemics: Media Downplayed Swine Flu Outbreak Under Obama

The left wing media is in danger of overplaying their hand here. They’re playing it like it’s the Spanish Flu. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people will die, says they.

If this ends up with numbers in line with the swine flu (10,000 to 20,000 dead) then it sets Trump up to look like a genius for having done such a great job.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

99.7 survival rate for healthy people under 50.

Be smart and you'll be fine

1) to the extent that’s true, it’s assuming you can get treatment if you need it. If you can’t it is going to be higher. And as we can see from Italy, if this really takes hold then a lot of people won’t be able to get treatment. (Though I suppose if it is like Italy they’ll be giving the healthy under 50s treatment and leaving other to die , so there is that).
2) because people will be blocked from effective hospital access because hospitals will be full of covid-19 patients people without covid-19 (including young people) are going to die more often than baseline.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

There will be a lot of news about early vaccine efforts. It'll take about a year, at accelerated rates, for the testing to get done. And the last thing we need is a hurried, under-tested vaccine that causes complications, given all the misinformation about vaccines that's already created so much illness and misery.

What we really need is to find some existing or fast-trackable drug that can move the needle on getting people out of ICUs quicker (or preventing them from going in) to buy time until there’s a useable vaccine.

 

[XLIX]

Yep. Another couple of weeks of this crap.

I just don't want my over 35 basketball league cancelled.

That would be the apocalypse.

They goddamn better leave the casinos open, that’s all I have to say.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Tech and medical superiority, yes.

Governmental? Absolutely not. We have ZERO leadership at the very top.

Are you saying the US Government and it's policies and systems is inferior to the Chinese Government? A government that didn't do a f-ing thing about this until it was already an epidemic?

 

[XLIX]

Excellent article this morning with nice graphics that illustrate the beliefs of infectious disease epidemiologists and underscore the stunning importance of early action based on science-based national policy.

Opinion | How Much Worse the Coronavirus Could Get, in Charts

I'm 62, and my wife is 57 with a history of pneumonia. We are pretty tense right not.

And I'm just amazed at how often I touch my face, now that I'm focusing self awareness there.

Before you put too much stock in The NY Times editorial pages, be aware that one of the people who runs those pages thought 500 million divided by 327 million equals roughly 1 million.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

The left wing media is in danger of overplaying their hand here. They’re playing it like it’s the Spanish Flu. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people will die, says they.

If this ends up with numbers in line with the swine flu (10,000 to 20,000 dead) then it sets Trump up to look like a genius for having done such a great job.

The 2009 H1N1 infected about 20% of the population. This is more contagious than that so let’s say (to be conservative) this infects 30% of the population.

The US population is 330mil, so that would be 99mil people.

If the overall death rate is 1%, that’s 990,000 dead. Even at 0.5% (which would be very optimistic) that’s 495,000 dead.