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03-01-2020, 12:56 PM | #198 |
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03-01-2020, 01:02 PM | #201 |
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It is likely lower. Many mild cases were probably missed or under reported. So the actual rate is lower.
But keeping the death rate down depends on giving the sickest individuals very intensive care. If you don't like the idea of putting entire cities under house arrest like China did, the virus might spread quick enough to overwhelm hospitals and cause the deaths of individuals who otherwise could have been saved. |
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It is in Japan and South Korea. It is in Italy and the middle East. It will no doubt get into the USA from multiple sources. |
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This is a good summary, for the pod listeners.
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aH...EegQIBhAG&ep=6 |
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Pretty grim. Long time health reporter who covers pandemics is saying this looks similar to the Spanish Flu of 1918. Saying if that is accurate everybody will at least know somebody who dies from it. The virus seems to be about as "transmissable" as the flu.
He says for reasons unknown, children seem to be less likely to contract this disease. Most people who are hospitalized are 30+. The older you are, the more likely you are to die. Elderly chinese men make up majority of fatalities. In China a lot of men are smokers, and smokers over 50 pretty much have crappy lungs so very susceptible. One possibility is disease will go away for the summer, but hit U.S. in a big wave this fall. (Which happened in 1918.) Also notes that all of the medical advances with tamiflu and ventilators and such have been used in China, but people still die even with modern medicine doing all it can. Right now they are testing a bunch of anti-viral drugs, no effective treatment known yet. A vaccine will take a year to produce. |
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I'm also trying to keep an eye on the vaccine being developed in Isreal. They believe they will have a vaccine ready to roll in less than 3 months now. https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost....s-vaccine/amp/ I'm assuming that means it goes through all the trials and everything else and is ready to start being produced in 90 days. I hope everything goes well for them in development and testing. |
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I’ve heard experts comparing it to the Swine Flu from about 10 years ago.
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03-01-2020, 01:59 PM | #210 |
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